Ukraine
IMF extends food shock window despite low demand
Fund postpones end to looser caps on emergency credit
Central Banking Awards 2023: highlights from the ceremony
Event heard from award winners including Stefan Ingves, Shaktikanta Das and Andriy Pyshnyy
Ukraine war has valuable lessons for central banks, governor says
Central Banking Summer Meetings: Pyshnyy says new IMF aid structures will make the world safer
IMF plays key role in Ukraine aid
Ukraine is first country to receive large loan under new lending standards
EU concludes authorities cannot seize Russian assets
Brussels says Europe may be able to invest assets and use extra profits to aid Ukraine
‘Back to the future’ for FX reserve management
Rise in bond yields changes the dynamics of ‘security, liquidity and return’, writes Gary Smith
IMF approves $15.6 billion for Ukraine
Fund calls wartime loan “unprecedented” and risky
Central Banking Awards 2023 – the winners in full
Awards recognise extraordinary achievements by central banks and their partners in the past year
Central Banking Awards 2023: final group of winners revealed
Awards recognise lifetime achievement of Stefan Ingves, as well as reserves management, currency, technology and more
Central Banking Awards 2023: third group of winners announced
Awards include economic research, payments reform and risk management services
Central Banking Awards 2023: first group of winners revealed
Awards for Central bank of the year, Risk manager and asset service providers announced today
Book notes: The next age of uncertainty, by Stephen Poloz
This book provides a well-informed and well-argued view about our economic future
Currency round-up: Ukraine issues war anniversary note
Caymans redesigning banknotes; Travelex expands wholesale business; and more
End dependence on central bank financing, Ukraine governor says
Supervisors will start evaluating banks in April as IMF considers increased financing
IMF says global economy may be at ‘turning point’
China and India expected to drive half of global growth this year, but other economies are lagging
The always imminent demise of the global dollar
Creating effective alternatives will remain long and arduous despite China’s development of Cips, the mCBDC bridge and any oil-price redenomination, writes Barry Eichengreen
Reserve Benchmarks 2022 – presentation
Reserves specialist Victor Mendez-Barreira speaks with Chris Jeffery about staffing and salaries, the inflation challenge, Bank of Russia sanctions, green investments, asset diversification, and reserve levels and liquidity lines.
Ukraine accuses Russian governor of crimes during occupation
Security service says Nabiullina organised effort to create “ruble zone” in Russian-controlled Kherson
The behind-the-scenes effort to convert Ukrainian refugee cash
How central and commercial banks worked to allow Ukrainians to exchange cash in wartime
People: October to December 2022
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Chile’s Costa on tackling inflation, forex interventions and nowcasting
The Central Bank of Chile governor speaks about stubbornly high prices, Fed policy spillovers, reserve buffers, retail CBDC and the need to address unconscious bias
Ukrainian ex-governor accuses authorities of abuse of power
Shevchenko says he was not given time to prepare case before court issued arrest warrant
Ukrainian ex-governor attacks claim he is hiding from probe
Shevchenko says investigation is “politicised” after agency puts him on "wanted list"
Christopher Sims on modelling the inflation surge
Unprecedented series of shocks creates major challenges for central bank forecasters, the Nobel Prize-winning economist tells Daniel Hinge