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Can central bankers turn finance green?
The Network for Greening the Financial System aims to bring about fundamental change. The central bankers who created it made a strong start but face serious challenges.
A climate of change
Central banks are striving to take practical steps to tackle climate change risks. Can they succeed?
Universal deposit insurance lowers consumer fears – Bundesbank paper
Authors study major change in Germany’s bank deposit provision
Weidmann warns trade war likely to hurt US more than Germany
Bundesbank president says policy normalisation should continue
The IFF China Report 2019
Insight and perspectives from the world's leaders, premier policy-makers and financiers
The IFF China Report 2019: The Bay Area Devlopment
Located at the start of the Maritime Silk Road, the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area seeks to harness advanced technology and green finance to catch up with the economically advanced bay areas of New York, San Francisco and Tokyo.
The IFF China Report 2019: Financial deepening, fintech development and green financing
The past 40 years have seen China transform from a recipient of global aid to a major economic centre in its own right. China is now seeking to deepen its markets, gradually open its borders to global financial flows, and promote new and innovative forms…
The IFF China Report 2019: The Belt and Road Initiative
Over the past five years, China has invested more than $70 billion in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries, of which there are now in excess of 100. Leading Chinese and international policy-makers explain how BRI efforts are progressing. This section…
The Belt and Road Initiative 2019 Survey – A new driver for globalisation?
The second Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Survey of 28 central banks reveals that they view the BRI as a major driver of globalisation, with a high percentage of respondents expecting the initiative to provide a significant boost to GDP. So far,…
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.
The IFF China Report 2019: New globalisation – The path to the future
Multilateral rules and multilateral bodies will need to be upgraded in the coming years to better represent the shift in economic gravity towards Asia, which has emerged as the largest contributor to global growth during the past decade.
Central bank outlook is key to rate decisions’ impact – Bundesbank paper
“Pure policy” and “information” shocks have very different effects on economy, researcher argues
Bundesbank paper analyses G10 currencies
Industrialised countries’ currencies differ in their influence on each other, researchers find
Weidmann given second term leading Bundesbank
Deutsche Bundesbank’s distributable profit rises to €2.4 billion
Tighter US capital ratios eased inequality – Bundesbank paper
Richer households’ incomes fell while Fed’s easing cushioned effects on middle and low earners
Currency innovation: Giesecke+Devrient Currency App
German company has helped central banks improve educational outreach to bolster national currency security
ECB secondary bond purchases are legal, European Court of Justice says
European Union’s highest court rejects German activists’ claim that PSPP breached constitution
Bundesbank paper looks at effects of sanctions regimes
German banks cut activity in sanctioned countries but subsidiaries may increase lending, paper finds
Weidmann calls for dropping QE tools in normal conditions
Long-term ultra-loose policy may have shifted natural rate of unemployment – Bundesbank head
Bundesbank paper looks at secondary markets’ role in bank runs
Adding secondary markets to model significantly alters possible equilibria, authors say
People: Lagarde rules out transition to top EU jobs
IMF chief dismisses rumours linking her to upcoming changes in EU leadership positions; Bundesbank appoints executive board members; Thailand picks board member
Weidmann urges Greece to implement further reforms
Deutsche Bundesbank president recommends additional reforms and “sound” fiscal policy
Banking stress tests need more robust methods – Bundesbank paper
Current methodologies suffer from significant uncertainty, researchers say
Bundesbank forecasts German growth will continue
Fiscal expansion will support aggregate demand in coming year, says Bundesbank