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Behind the scenes of the Bundesbank’s capacity-building programme
A multi-year effort has helped shore up expertise at West Balkan central banks. Will African and former-CIS institutions be equally responsive to Eurosystem technical assistance?
Battle of Trafalgar holds lessons on global liquidity – CEPR paper
Newly formed BdF struggled to cope with sudden loss of access to dominant currency
Busting Mythos: how Europe is responding to the latest AI model
Experts emphasise heightened importance of focusing on basics
G7 central banks warn quantum is in ‘early stages of experimentation’
Readying financial system for Q-day is ‘not a simple substitution exercise’, say authorities
BIS announces board changes
Panetta elected chair, plus new roles for heads of RBA, BCB, BoJ and BoK
People: Macron nominates ex-chief of staff to take over at BdF
Plus: BoJ appoints new head of international affairs, and MNB deputy joins EBA board
NBFI oversight ‘no longer adequate’, say BdF economists
Researchers call for stronger supervision of non-bank sector ‘before risks actually materialise’
BdF ‘not involved’ with French government’s move to Linux
Initiative aims to ‘reduce dependence’ on IT systems from outside Europe
Banque de France made €11bn by ‘bringing gold up to standard’
Exchanging lower-quality NY bullion for higher-spec European bars led to ‘exceptional’ capital gain
ECB has ‘no reason’ to hike as ‘2026 is not 2022’ – BdF head
Villeroy de Galhau first eurozone governor to speak about war’s potential impact on inflation
BdF buys stake in Austrian and Portuguese note-printing facilities
Bank says move aims to consolidate existing co-operation between three monetary authorities
Lagarde downplays odds of early exit
ECB president uses interviews to say she is on a ‘mission’ with a ‘baseline’ of serving out her term
Changing of Lagarde: who might take over at the ECB?
De Cos and Knot among contenders, following reports that president may be stepping down early
Banque de France governor unexpectedly steps down early
Villeroy de Galhau to take on new role at non-profit foundation
US stock crash would be ‘felt across the world’ – BdF deputy
Current account imbalances cannot be solved unilaterally, argues Bénassy-Quéré
EU should ‘roll up its sleeves’ against China and US – BdF head
Villeroy de Galhau says Europe has ‘many cards to play’ in geopolitical game
Don’t count on central banks to buy public debt, says Lagarde
ECB president tells Davos panel that divergent global standards may puncture AI bubble
Yield curve ‘steepening’ best seen as normalisation – ECB study
Long-term borrowing costs surged but overall structure ‘not in an unusual shape’, say economists
Central bank governors express ‘full solidarity’ with Powell
Lagarde and Bailey among signatories of statement in wake of Department of Justice investigation
Villeroy de Galhau warns of ‘Americanisation’ of money
Tokenisation and geopolitics are new disruptive forces, BdF governor says
Bulgaria becomes 21st member of the eurozone
Joining currency bloc is a “sign of belonging”, says governor Radev, as peers offer welcome