Mark Carney
Book notes: The currency cold war, by David Birch
Pleasant and interesting read on if digital money will jeopardise US dollar’s dominance in global trade and finance
2020: The year in review
The past 12 months have been marked by crisis-fighting and losses, but also innovation
A ‘love-hate’ relationship with ESG screens
Screens seen as first step in adopting ESG practices, so why do so few central banks use them?
BoE considering legal action over hoax press release
Group calling themselves the ‘Yes Men’ claimed credit for the fake
BoE will not use climate stress tests to set capital buffers – Bailey
Andrew Bailey reveals new details of tests, with launch set for summer of 2021
Banks and regulators call for global climate risk standards
Carney and Winters warn private sector cannot move much further without lawmakers
The Central Banking Awards 2020 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations and acceptance comments from all the winners
Beyond climate: addressing the ‘E’ in ESG
Environmental degradation raises fundamental questions about how central banks think about risk
BoE welcomes temporary deal on post-Brexit clearing
‘Equivalence’ decision will avoid short-term cliff-edge for CCPs, as Brexit negotiations enter final stages
An end to the loveless marriage with the US dollar?
Covid-19 represents an unexpected shock that could cause further US dollar decoupling
CFTC report calls for US regulators to take urgent climate action
US should join NGFS, impose carbon price and mandate firms to disclose green risks, report says
BoE open to heterodox tools in new research agenda
Traditional tools of economic analysis “cannot always answer every question”, says Andrew Bailey
Carney to lead asset manager’s climate change strategy
Former BoE governor joins Canadian firm Brookfield and will continue in UN climate role
Should the BoE go negative?
Much research into negative rates suggests central banks should have little to fear
People: Former BoC governor Poloz joins board of energy firm
Haldane gets third time on Bank of England MPC; Bank of Israel director general steps down; and more
Cost of Mark Carney’s leaving gifts revealed
Former governor’s gifts appear small in comparison with predecessor Mervyn King
Football stadiums to airlines: BoE reveals commercial paper holdings
Central bank has taken on exposures to a wide range of businesses – including polluters
Stress levels rising: investment funds and the Covid-19 shock
Extreme market stresses are underscoring central role non-banks play in crisis contagion
Time for mandatory climate disclosures is now – Carney
Former BoE chief says Covid-19 provides an opportunity to introduce comprehensive disclosures
UK issues negative-yielding bond as inflation wilts
Inflation dropped sharply in April amid coronavirus lockdown
New Bank of Canada governor selected
Tiff Macklem, senior deputy governor under Mark Carney, will replace Poloz on June 2
Can growth in developing Asia be made more sustainable?
The structure of the global economy will be reshaped by Covid-19, writes Philip Turner
Libra’s Disparte on big tech’s move into digital currency
Facebook-backed consortium still has more than 3 billion customers in its sights
Global carbon taxes are coming: central banks must prepare
The next financial crisis could be a green one. Are central banks doing enough to prepare?