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Commercial value must drive digital asset adoption – Mills
BoE’s executive director for FMI says bank will not pick winning token, ledger or business model
UK mortgages out of sync with BoE policy
Average two-year rates for home loans have risen since March, despite BoE’s extended pause
BoE holds rates and reveals talks to sell gilts to Treasury
Economists voice concerns over blurred fiscal and monetary policies
People: Union leader among BoE’s new non-execs
Plus RBNZ assistant governor to leave and Fnality appoints three ex-central bankers
Tokenisation: a load of old bull for London’s financial markets?
Focusing on tech in context of digital transformation risks repeating 1980s Taurus debacle
PRA struggles to follow Fed’s FRTB modelling moves
Market risk experts say minor differences in US rules add up to more incentives for IMA adoption
Populism poses ‘serious challenge’ to central banks – Bailey
Monetary authorities need to respond to ‘growing scepticism’, BoE governor says
Ample reserves can yield highest welfare – BoE paper
Central banks face trade-off between financial stability and resource misallocation, author says
Taxing unrealised gains could support financial stability – study
BoE paper finds conventional capital gains tax cuts historically increased asset price volatility
UK has a new prime minister, but the same fiscal woes
Debt, spending and bond markets present challenges for Burnham and BoE, say former MPC members
Strong recovery in US treasury purchases is ‘unlikely’ – paper
Central banks’ demand for US government bonds has ‘plateaued’ as reserve managers diversify
Comms staff need to reflect on how their messages are perceived
BoE’s Eric Tong discusses research probing how the public receives central bank messages via the media
Venezuela seeks gold return from BoE for earthquake recovery
Interim government and opposition agree to “concentrate efforts” to retrieve reserves held in London
US Treasury looks to deepen G7 cyber co-operation after exercise
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and the US adapt long-term strategy amidst mounting tension
Book notes: Money: the inside story, by Rupal Patel and Jack Leslie
BoE’s latest explainer provides an entertaining and accessible guide to finance
Bank of England keeps rates at 3.75%
Split 6–3 decision points to divisions over inflation outlook amid escalation of Iran war
BoE’s leverage ratio rejig to hit HSBC and StanChart
Proposed changes aim to rebalance scales in favour of domestic lending
BoE’s MPC statements not sufficiently ‘collective’, says Bean
Former deputy governor laments ‘excessive and potentially confusing emphasis on individual views’
Everything you always wanted to know about money (but were afraid to ask)
Rupal Patel and Jack Leslie, authors of ‘Money: the inside story’, speak about how central banks can improve their comms – and credibility – by tackling popular misconceptions about how finance works
BoE’s scenarios are best way forward, say ex-MPC members
Former UK policy-makers say forecasting approach is suited to today’s highly uncertain times
Perception is reality when it comes to comms – BoE paper
Study finds central bank messaging rarely reaches public, though it shapes media narratives