Central Banking
Lane warns eurozone faces ‘substantially negative’ price pressures
Tighter financial conditions and falling inflation called for expanded QE, says ECB chief economist
US unemployment falls sharply in May
Unemployment rate declined to 13.3% from 14.7% in April, despite widespread fears it would rise
Bundesbank paper looks at effective lower bound
Modellers can use survey information to reduce impact of ELB on yield decompositions, author says
Former officials say Fed should impose tighter regime
Donald Kohn and Jeremy Stein warn of risks and say Fed should stop US banks paying dividends
IMF should issue more SDRs – Brazilian governor
Brazil’s recovery will be crucially affected by external factors, Campos Neto tells Central Banking
BoE’s Hauser: Covid-19 forced “largest and fastest” actions ever
Executive director gives blow-by-blow account of how the BoE tackled the Covid-19 crisis in the markets
China moves towards single ‘green finance’ taxonomy
Move to unify central bank standards with other agencies could have major impact – observers
Trinidad and Tobago demonetisation hit illegal activities, central bank says
Financial Intelligence Unit recorded 900 reports of suspicious transactions in three-month window
People: Hungarian deputy unexpectedly resigns
Marton Nagy resignation raises questions on future policy; BIS picks new CPMI secretariat head
Capital controls less effective at curbing flows than macro-pru – BIS paper
Capital controls do not have significant impact on volume or composition of flows, authors find
ECB expands coronavirus response
Lagarde says ECB will reinvest profits from pandemic response purchases
At least 50 Bangladesh Bank officials test positive for Covid-19
Employee council asks governor to consider changing working arrangements to rotate staff
Chilean central bank requests access to NY Fed’s repo facility
Central Bank of Chile also seeks to expand renminbi swap line with PBoC
Phillips curve flatter when inflation is low – researchers
Downward wage and price rigidities cause non-linearity in Phillips curve, says Peterson Institute paper
ECB expected to sharply increase PEPP purchases
Central bank could start reinvesting PEPP securities and increase supranationals’ share
Canada scales back liquidity measures
Policy-makers keep rates unchanged; new governor Tiff Macklem plays observer role on first day
BoE urges banks to ramp up no-deal Brexit preparations
Brexit risks are resurfacing as trade talks remain deadlocked
DNB paper says eurozone investment-saving curve flatter in recent years
Persistently low interest rates in eurozone appear to have weakened monetary policy – researchers
US needs aggressive fiscal policy and negative rates – St Louis Fed economist
Policy response must be powerful enough to overshoot previous growth trend for a period, researcher says
Georgian central bank launches liquidity support for SMEs
New programme will supply liquidity to commercial banks in exchange for loan collateral
IMF gives Chile access to $24 billion credit line
Country is exposed to major risks from pandemic despite strong economic record, Georgieva says
Bond purchases will not imperil independence – Brazilian governor
Roberto Campos Neto stresses temporary asset purchases face strict limits
BoE paper explores global financial cycles since 1880
Cycles in credit and housing have become more pronounced, but only for some economies
MAS launches framework to promote responsible AI
MAS to work with banks to fight potential biases introduced by AI tools