Bulgaria
Rates round-up: Poland holds rates despite high inflation
Serbia and Bulgaria raise rates as double-digit inflation plagues eastern Europe

People: Chicago Fed’s Evans to retire
Bulgarian parliament rejects governor pick; political heat on Cook still high as vote nears; and more

ECB supervision and the state of the eurozone’s banks
ECB banking supervision has passed the first stage of the Covid-19 test, but many challenges remain

ECB paper examines ‘euroised’ economies
European countries’ informal adoption of euro places limits on central banks, says working paper
Three ways to bolster flawed AML/CFT in the EU
EU must address significant weaknesses if it wants to combat illicit money flows, write Panicos Demetriades and Radosveta Vassileva
The eurozone’s eastern conundrum
Bulgaria and Croatia expect net positive effect as they move to join euro, while others remain reluctant
Croatia and Bulgaria join ECB’s exchange rate mechanism
Both countries move closer to eurozone membership as largest Croatian banks come under SSM
A better way to buy private sector securities?
Central bank asset purchases can do more harm than good, writes HKU’s Bryane Michael
Why Bulgaria needs to deepen its currency board
Bulgaria’s currency board rules should be extended to transaction deposits at commercial banks
Bulgaria: long live the currency board
Bulgaria should reject the euro and extend its currency board to cover bank deposits
Bulgarian central bank wins court case against Omani state fund
BNB says Washington tribunal ruled it acted properly in closing down bank
Bulgaria a case study in effective prudential policy – BIS’s Carstens
Country was early adopter of macro-prudential policy, which helped manage capital flows, Carstens says
The IFF China Report 2019
Insight and perspectives from the world's leaders, premier policy-makers and financiers
Bulgarian law would give central bank management of resolution fund
Draft law tightens links with Single Resolution Board as part of preparations for eurozone entry
The IFF China Report 2019: Redesigning the international trading and monetary system
Reform of the financial system that brought about the 2007–08 financial crisis has not gone far enough and advanced and emerging market economies must find a more co-operative way forward to ensure globalisation can continue.
Bulgaria nominates deputy governor as ECB inspects banks
Nominee to lead banking supervision team currently heads state deposit insurance fund
Romanian central bank warns on tax as dispute worsens
New team must be installed to lead central bank, says prime minister’s adviser
ECB prepares to supervise largest Bulgarian banks
Move comes as Bulgarian government attempts to join single currency
Bulgarian financial system still faces risks – IMF report
Financial safety net presents “important challenges”, despite reform efforts, IMF staff say
Prospective eurozone members fail to meet convergence criteria, ECB says
ECB reports greater convergence on economic indicators among seven countries
Bulgaria launches asset quality review and stress tests
Central bank’s ‘comprehensive assessment’ follows 2014 banking scandal
People: Trinidad gets new deputy, Bulgaria nominates three
Dimitar Radev nominates three deputy governors on his first day leading the Bulgarian National Bank
Bulgaria names Dimitar Radev central bank governor
Parliament appoints former IMF economist Dimitar Radev as governor
Bulgarian governor wants quick successor appointment to hasten his exit
Ivan Iskrov calls on parliament to elect a successor promptly