International
CGFS report offers policy advice for coping with dollar funding strains
BIS committee gives advice amid “major changes” in the structure of global dollar funding markets
Why has the euro failed as a global reserve currency?
ECB's Klöckers says fragmented capital markets and incomplete banking union holding euro back; while sovereign crisis and low yields contributed to 'underperformance' as a reserve currency, survey finds
Trends in reserve management: 2020 survey results
Covid-19 expected to dent the risk appetite of central bank portfolio managers; socially responsible investing gains ground
Reserve managers ‘unprepared’ for home trading
Covid-19 presented reserve managers with unprecedented business continuity challenges at a time of acute market and economic distress
Iran’s race towards monetary policy reform faces high hurdle reality
The Majlis Research Center’s Tohid Atashbar says positive outcomes from the Iranian central bank’s fast-tracking of monetary policy reform – made in response to Covid-19 and US sanctions – may prove difficult to deliver
Recession causes inequality ‘double whammy’ – research
Paper links loss of hours worked to inequality, with recessions causing a negative ratchet effect
Fears rise over breakdown in Basel and IFRS standards
Bretton Woods institutions worried about growing divergence in capital and accounting standards as credit impairment tsunami looms; US and many emerging economies skirting the rules
CBDC development pushed into ‘top gear’ by Covid – policy-makers
The pandemic will have a lasting impact on consumer payment behaviour, panellists say
Researchers say hitting lower bound has little impact on expectations
Persistent deviation from inflation target can still undermine long-term expectations, authors say
Balance sheets could grow by 23% of GDP in largest advanced economies – BIS
Economists forecast balance sheets will remain large for the foreseeable future
Doyne Farmer’s next big adventure: capturing the universe
Complexity theorist plans to build an economic super-simulator on a global scale
Covid-19 forcing reserve managers to rethink asset allocations
Adjusting asset allocations and dealing with reduced market liquidity are key challenges for reserve managers, survey reveals
IMF should issue more SDRs – Brazilian governor
Brazil’s recovery will be crucially affected by external factors, Campos Neto tells Central Banking
Capital controls less effective at curbing flows than macro-pru – BIS paper
Capital controls do not have significant impact on volume or composition of flows, authors find
Phillips curve flatter when inflation is low – researchers
Downward wage and price rigidities cause non-linearity in Phillips curve, says Peterson Institute paper
Central banking enters a new era
Central banks face a delicate balancing act to preserve their reputations as they evolve into ‘buyers of last resort’ and some of their actions appear functionally equivalent to ‘monetary financing’
Stress levels rising: investment funds and the Covid-19 shock
Extreme market stresses due to Covid-19 are underscoring the central role non-banks play in crisis contagion, as in 2008. Were regulators better prepared this time?
BoE paper explores global financial cycles since 1880
Cycles in credit and housing have become more pronounced, but only for some economies
Time for mandatory climate disclosures is now – Carney
Former BoE chief says Covid-19 provides an opportunity to introduce comprehensive disclosures, as RBNZ governor says any delay could disrupt economic prosperity and social cohesion
Campos Neto on reforming Brazil’s economy amid Covid-19 distress
The Central Bank of Brazil governor speaks about how Brazil is managing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the benefit of large reserves, his plans to deploy emergency asset purchases and why he favours extending the IMF’s SDR funding
Carstens, Jordan, Weber: respect the boundaries of fiscal and monetary policy
Axel Weber says huge US deficit could pose problems for global financial stability
NGFS proposes five steps to integrate climate risks into supervision
Guidelines follow ECB’s public consultation on adding climate risks to its supervisory work
The complex art of reserve management
The coronavirus lockdown represents another inflection point for central banks seeking to optimise the management of their $12 trillion in FX reserves
Rising to the challenge – Reserve management in an uncertain world
Amid unprecedented measures being taken by central banks and governments to combat the global Covid‑19 pandemic, BlackRock‘s Stephan Meschenmoser, Laszlo Tisler and Crystal Wan compare and contrast BlackRock’s model portfolio against its high-grade…