Central Banking
Swiss National Bank opposes ban on ‘war material’ assets
Central bank says referendum motion is ill-defined and would hurt reserves management
Bank of Israel increases size of QE programme
Yaron calls on government to act on worsening economic outlook as Israel suffers “second wave”
Former HKMA chief Norman Chan sets up fintech firm
Chan becomes latest former senior Hong Kong official to move to fintech sector
Thai economy is like “patient in intensive care” – governor
Central bank extends debt relief for SME debt relief as political unrest mounts
Kenya’s central bank opens new currency centre
New facility will improve currency circulation within the region, president Kenyatta says
Bank of Italy paper compares US recession-forecasting methods
Measure of uncertainty out-performs even yield curve in short term, researchers say
Eurosystem lays out retail digital payment strategy
Access to cash and level playing field for electronic payments are key elements – Panetta
ECB paper presents new measure of underlying inflation
“PCCI” measure does not exclude HICP items and gives timely notice of turning points, authors say
Turkish central bank holds rates despite currency’s slide
MPC attempts indirect tightening again as expert claims official figures hide true inflation rate
RBNZ warns of cyber risk from cloud
Draft guidelines would mandate firms to notify RBNZ over outsourcing critical functions to cloud
Hong Kong open to working with PBoC on digital currency
Senior government official says authorities would “actively participate” if it aids “mutual connectivity”
EU sees huge appetite for new triple-A asset
‘Sure’ bonds offer the ECB a less controversial option for asset purchases
BIS tracks $1.1 trillion drop in cross-border claims
Lending surged and then fell back as banks reallocated funds during the Covid-19 crisis
Quarles: policy-makers have ‘work to do’ on non-bank fragilities
FSB chair outlines areas where non-banks may have amplified the Covid-19 shock
ECB paper looks at eurozone money markets
Policy-makers must ensure smooth functioning of secured money markets, researchers say
State Bank of Vietnam governor steps down to take senior party role
Vietnam government assigns SBV governor to new party role, without announcing his successor
Malaysia’s central bank to launch climate taxonomy in 2021
Information asymmetry among financial firms is hampering green lending, assistant governor says
Nobel laureate envisages climate change-fighting ‘club’
Green finance will not be enough to halt climate change, says William Nordhaus
Lagarde and Weidmann clash over EU recovery fund
ECB president wants it to become a permanent fiscal tool, Bundesbank president thinks it should remain a one-off
Fed’s Covid-19 response drove euro’s appreciation – ECB paper
Effects of QE on exchange rates are comparable to conventional monetary policies, researchers find
Banks and regulators call for global climate risk standards
Carney and Winters warn private sector cannot move much further without lawmakers
Covid-19 bolsters support for greener future – Menon
Managing director takes stock of economic damage but says future will be a sustainable one
Iceland prepares new interbank payment system for launch
Combined netting and high-value settlement system set to go live this week
Canadian opposition says central bank ‘must not become government ATM’
Bank of Canada to end some emergency financing programmes as lawmaker calls more QE “insane”