Kristalina Georgieva
China and private sector could free ride on SDR issuance – El-Erian
Economist calls for development of a new common sovereign debt restructuring framework; Vera Songwe says many countries need more debt relief
‘Giant of the field’ Robert Mundell dies
The Nobel laureate influenced a generation of economists via the Mundell-Fleming model
People: Steven Maijoor moves to DNB
Bank of Slovenia vice-governor nominated; ECB media relations chief stepping down; and more
Central Banking Awards 2021: winners in full
Winners in 2021 include the Federal Reserve, Alejandro Díaz de León and Charles Goodhart
IMF weighs up $650 billion SDR issuance
Figure would allow Biden administration to avoid a vote in Congress
Central Banking Awards 2021: final winners unveiled
Awards announced for central bank of the year, economics, risk management and more
Central bank of the year: The Federal Reserve System
Overwhelming Fed interventions forestalled a damaging global financial crisis
Pandemic likely to worsen market concentration – IMF research
Authors warn rising market power tends to impair monetary and fiscal policy
Ukrainian deputy governor accuses central bank of censorship
Rozhkova says governor is using “Soviet”-style practices but NBU spokeswoman attacks “slander”
Economics profession has a culture problem – Yellen
Former Fed chair says there is an implicit bias against women in economics
Yellen backs proposal for SDR issuance
G20 calls on IMF to develop proposal for “general allocation of SDRs”
Rich countries must aid poor over Covid-19: Georgieva
IMF chief warns of future financial instability and calls for major aid flows to developing world
IMF’s Georgieva highlights pandemic impact in Latin America
GDP contraction is forecast to be 8% of GDP in 2020, double the level for the global economy
Jim Wolfensohn, 1933–2020
David Malpass leads tributes, saying former World Bank chief “transformed” the way it did business
G20 agrees ‘common framework’ on debt relief
Leaders welcome decision, but criticise private sector for failure to act
G20 delays decision on poor countries’ debt relief
International efforts have been “unambitious, unco-ordinated and uneven” – prominent economists
Ukrainian central bank council reprimands deputy governors
Vote puts pressure on Rozhkova and Sologub to quit central bank in latest move against reformers
IEO calls for IMF to rethink house view on capital controls
Independent review says 2012 reform was helpful but still suffers from shortcomings
World faces systemic debt crisis, IMF warns
IMF calls for urgent reforms and Japanese finance minister criticises China over debt agreement
Ukrainian governor defends key banking reform
Shevchenko tells court deposit guarantees must stay independent to safeguard banking reforms
Lebanon aid depends on reform – IMF
Georgieva sets banking bail-in and further audit of central bank as conditions for emergency aid
More changes at top of NBU as donors watch closely
Council approves new deputy governor as NBU confirms strategy director has left
People: National Bank of Ukraine appoints new deputy
Heletii has served as Ukraine’s deputy finance minister since July 2018; Jamaica appoints senior deputy governor, MAS has new leader for green finance; IMF names special adviser to Kristalina Georgieva
IMF and World Bank chiefs call for more action on debt relief
But G20 fails to agree extension to the Debt Service Suspension Initiative