Central Banking
BoE begins unwinding gilt market intervention
Use of “reverse enquiry window” designed to limit market impact from £19 billion sales
NY Fed’s Williams foresees rate cuts in 2024
Fed minutes discuss inflation expectation dispersion, losses and policy lag risks
Rates round-up: Pakistan adds 100bp to main rate
Central banks raise rates in Kenya, Congo and Iceland
RBA to review payment system after outage
Central bank apologises for October incident that saw 500,000 payments via an Australian fast payment platform delayed for hours or days
People: Esma appoints vice-chair
HKMA names deputy chief executive; MAS expands sustainability group
Colombian court annuls Carrasquilla appointment
Law required president to name a woman to vacancy to central bank board, say judges
Oman marks 10 years of Islamic banking
Central bank deems sector “systemically significant”
Central Bank of Azerbaijan ramps up cyber security
Division head points to AI’s potential as additional safeguard
RBA governor apologises over forward guidance
Philip Lowe says he’s sorry that people took out mortgages on the basis of central bank guidance
Sarb hikes rates as inflation continues to rise
MPC votes by three to two for 75bp rise as Kganyago warns power cuts are harming economy
Slovak police charge governor with bribery
Kažimir strongly rejects allegation that he tried to bribe head of tax agency
African central banks expect CBDC to boost policy transmission
BIS survey finds greater focus on transmission and financial inclusion among African institutions
China cuts reserve requirement ratio for banks
Change to ratio will release funds for banks to help hard-hit industries, says the PBoC
PBoC pushes big techs to hand over user data, report says
Some tech firms are resisting order to supply information to PBoC-led credit-scoring firms
Turkish central bank cuts rates drastically despite soaring inflation
MPC’s 150bp cut comes as some economists say inflation may be much higher than 85% official figure
Balance sheet policy needs rethink, economists say
BoE chief economist says central banks should focus more on risks of assets they buy
Riksbank slows down normalisation with 75bp rise
Ingves chairs last policy decision as Riksbank predicts higher inflation and lower growth
BoE’s Ramsden says forecasts now less reliable
High uncertainty means policy-makers cannot rely heavily on forecasts, deputy says
BoJ to test CBDC next year, reports say
Two-year pilot project will examine whether digital currency can work without internet access
Bank of Korea raises rates to highest level since 2012
Governor says board expects to continue increasing rates “for some time”
UK Treasury makes first payment to BoE to offset QE losses
Indemnity was “integral” to QE but “day of reckoning” had to come, economist says
Bank of Israel slows down policy normalisation
Central bank increases rates by 50bp to 3.25%, as inflation stood at 5.1% in October
New York Fed advances two digital asset exchange projects
Regional Fed to test cross-border payments with MAS and explore “regulated liability network”
ECB paper presents new corporate default prediction method
Authors say their “distance to insolvency” measure outperforms other forecasting methods