Central Banking
Eurozone soft landing depends on Phillips curve – Schnabel
Executive board member says evidence is hard to read, calling for “robust” policy-making
Policy transmission weak in Caucasus and central Asia – IMF
Recommendations include improved communications, and intraday and overdraft credit facilities
Supply shocks drive greater dissent on FOMC – BIS paper
Tougher trade-offs appear to reveal differences in policy-maker preferences, authors say
SDR allocation boosted global economy – IMF report
Review finds allocation met its main objectives, but some countries are failing to deliver on pledges
PBoC pledges more financial support for private firms
Governor Pan Gongsheng says authorities need to unblock funding channels for private firms
House prices suffer steepest fall since global financial crisis
BIS data shows sharp falls in many advanced economies, though prices are still up on 2010
Fed proposes long-term debt requirement for large banks
Governors Waller and Bowman express concern the rule doesn’t appropriately tailor regulation
ECB paper explores best response to inefficient capital flows
Exchange rate pass-through is key to whether policy should tighten or loosen, authors find
Macro-pru tools can cut risk of credit bust – IMF paper
Authors explore whether building buffers can increase resilience over the medium term
Jordan revamps forecast model with richer interactions
Jam2.0 adds a fiscal block and captures more complexities of central bank policy
Climate change poses ‘acute uncertainty’ for economy – RBA’s Bullock
Incoming governor says climate change may lead to structural changes and affect neutral rate
Vietnam joins South-east Asian cross-border payment bloc
Six Asian central banks have joined forces to build faster and cheaper cross-border payments
Hungary’s gamified CBDC pilot designed for children
Student Safe project is the first live retail CBDC pilot in Europe
Monetary policy impacts innovation, says research
Paper presented at Jackson Hole conference finds tightening can decrease R&D spending, cutting long-term growth
Lagarde envisions new model for world of ‘shifts and breaks’
ECB chief predicts bigger supply shocks and relative price swings in future
SEC targets NFTs in enforcement action
Two commissioners dissent from first SEC action against NFT issuer
Policy rate is Fed’s most powerful monetary tool, says paper
Researcher tests impact of changes in short-term rate, forward guidance and asset purchases
China rolls out more support for property sector and stock market
Authorities cut stamp duty on stock trades for first time since 2008 and relax home-buying rules
Powell gives hawkish speech at Jackson Hole
Fed chair warns monetary policy could do too little or too much
BoE study recommends ‘simple and flexible’ CBDC infrastructure
Central bank needs to be wary of firms wielding too much market power, author says
US inflation hurting poorer citizens – St Louis Fed research
Nearly 90% of low-income households report significant stress from inflation
RBA says CBDC decision is likely ‘some years away’
Australian central bank says a CBDC might improve payments system but also questions its necessity
Kazakhstan cuts main rate as outlook improves
Governor says inflation should keep falling but fiscal policy or Russian prices could derail forecast
IMF modifies deal with Argentina
Fund disburses $7.5 billion ahead of elections despite finding government failed to meet some targets