Central Banking
Borio questions Larry Summers on ‘secular stagnation’
Two teams of economists present fresh evidence for divergent views of low real rates
Quarles: FSB to examine too-big-to-fail reforms
Organisation must improve transparency, says chairman Randal Quarles
Europe needs cross-border banking reforms – Lautenschläger
Nations must reform ring-fencing before next crisis hits, says ECB supervisor
Cypriot president appoints new central bank governor
Current governor’s term will not be renewed after clashes with government
Turkish lira depreciates as reserves fall sharply
Forex reserves have fallen by 8% in first three weeks of March, according to central bank data
Namibian government proposes to cap its borrowing from central bank
Finance minister asks for five-fold increase to central bank’s capital to pay for new responsibilities
Bank of Canada joins group of central banks tackling climate change
The network for greening the financial system aims to support Paris agreement’s goals
RBNZ announces members of new monetary policy committee
Four internal and three external MPC members will make monetary policy from May 8
Kenyan High Court strikes down law capping interest rates
But court rules law did not infringe central bank’s mandate and says caps could be brought back
BoE to improve supervision in light of bank’s near-collapse
Report on the Co-op Bank’s near-failure warns ‘open banking’ could throw up new systemic risks
Bank of Jamaica cuts policy rate again
Central bank aims to get inflation back to target range by December 2020
Draghi says ECB could further delay rate hike as inflation disappoints
Weaker growth forecast contributed to reduction in central bank inflation forecast to 1.6% in 2021
US bank holding companies have become less complex – NY Fed paper
Researcher examines organisational, business and geographical complexity in decade after 2007
Nigerian central bank cuts rates as governor’s future remains unclear
Pressures on emerging markets are major factor behind rate cut, MPC says
RBI using suptech to oversee rapidly growing fintech sector – Das
Supervisors need to undertake “accelerated off-site surveillance”, governor says
RBNZ signals future rate cut on international weakness
Looser policies in the US and eurozone are putting upward pressure on New Zealand dollar
Yi pledges to continue opening up China’s financial sector
Some measures are yet to be finalised despite end-2018 goal
Philippines launches inclusion initiative in memory of Espenilla
Late governor honoured in new initiative to help those underserved by financial industry
HKMA grants first three virtual banking licences
Move is “major milestone” for Hong Kong’s efforts to compete as financial centre
Access to cash a priority for UK’s PSR this year – report
Regulator criticised for response to earlier report which said 17% of population would struggle without cash
Latvia may replace regulator’s board several years early
Move comes as Latvian authorities try to respond to allegations of money-laundering
Irish finance minister seeks candidates for governor role
Senior civil servant seen as strong contender but has been criticised for pre-crisis optimism
Atlanta’s Bostic lays out case for central banking with ‘ample’ reserves
Floor system performing well and has benefits, says Atlanta Fed president; Harker and Rosengren argue for shift in balance sheet composition
RBI swap operation heavily oversubscribed
Unusual move to inject long-term liquidity into the system draws strong demand from the market