Spain
The role of Tips for the future payments landscape
Tips could support euro CBDC plus cross-border payments in many currencies
Hernández de Cos on ECB policy, crises responses and Basel reform
Spanish governor and Basel Committee chair Pablo Hernández de Cos favours a form of average inflation targeting, says ECB is willing to boost stimulus and Basel reforms not diminished by Covid-19 exceptions; stresses the need for structural reform and…
Bank of Spain paper applies text mining to climate disclosures
Some climate disclosures found only in remuneration or Pillar 3 reports, researchers say
Bank of Spain paper looks at loan origination times
Loan origination data provides important insights into banking stability, researchers argue
Olli Rehn on AIT, market neutrality and EU fiscal policies
The Bank of Finland governor talks about the ECB’s strategy review, market failure on climate change, lessons from the sovereign debt crisis, and the Draghi legacy effect on Covid-19 responses
Paper offers method for evaluating machine learning models
Bank of Spain paper looks at cost and benefits of ML models for predicting credit defaults
EU sees huge appetite for new triple-A asset
‘Sure’ bonds offer the ECB a less controversial option for asset purchases
Bank of Spain sets out research priorities for 2020–24
Central bank will focus on long-term trends including climate change, digitalisation, ageing and more
Spanish governor in favour of extending support to non-financial firms
Hernández de Cos favours grants and equity injections over debt issuance
Reserve managers weigh options to escape low yields
Longer-duration and emerging-market bonds may offer the way forward to portfolio managers
ECB should scale back monetary stimulus after crisis – Weidmann
Knot says central bank should adopt symmetry in the implementation of PEPP purchases
Bank of Spain research traces impact of lockdown
Authors call for exhaustive test-and-trace to avoid future nationwide lockdowns
The ECB, the lockdown and the monetary financing lock
The eurozone’s central bank may need to break its prohibition on monetary financing to fight the pandemic
Pricing the lives saved by coronavirus policies
How does the effort to reduce risks to human life from Covid-19 compare with the economic losses?
Lagarde misstep overshadows ‘bold’ measures, analysts say
ECB president seemed to have hampered governments’ debt financing at a critical juncture
People: Panama’s sovereign wealth fund elects first female president
Bank of Spain elects new financial stability head; Liberian governor to head West African group
Bank of Spain unveils first strategic plan
Hernández de Cos’s priorities include better macro-prudential policies and increased trust
Spanish governor calls for consolidation and reforms to preserve growth
Hernández de Cos highlights Spain’s stronger export sector after financial crisis
Andorra seeks to join International Monetary Fund
Tiny principality would bring IMF members to a total of 190
Female Spanish entrepreneurs face unconscious bias by lenders – research
Double standards suggest credit allocation among start-ups is not efficient
Paper looks at pro-cyclical consumption in Spain
Households reacted strongly to fears of job losses during economic crisis, Bank of Spain says
The challenges facing Christine Lagarde
The new ECB president will need to focus on a successful review of the ECB’s monetary and communications policy, while encouraging fiscal stimulus and structural reform
Loan-to-value analysis may be incomplete as macro-pru tool – research
Loan to purchase price, and loan service to income may be more robust analytical alternatives
BIS launches green bond fund for central banks
Institution aims to use fund’s clout to influence development of green investment standards