Central Banking
Mozambique replaces governor Gove with IMF official
Ernesto Gove leaves central bank after a decade in the role; new governor to leave role as head of IMF mission to Djibouti and Somalia
RBI annual report shows both income and expenditure on the rise
Staff costs and transaction fees drove rise in overall costs in 2015–16, although these were balanced by higher income; staff numbers on the decline
IMF praises Argentina’s new statistical rigour
Fund pleased with progress made reforming statistics but there is still work to be done; IMF willing to provide “technical assistance”
Countries’ capital flows differ substantially since financial crisis – ECB paper
Macro-prudential policies could be a long-term impediment to capital flows, according to the authors of an ECB paper
Slovenian central bank appeals against court decision on advisory committee disclosure
Dispute is the latest clash between Slovenian legal authorities and the central bank over an inquiry into the country’s 2013 banking sector bail-out; move follows July police raid
Praet warns against creating ‘trade-off’ between monetary and financial stability
Senior ECB economist defends eurozone monetary policy against charges of being too concerned with short-term objectives
Rajan tells regulators: do not be afraid of innovation
Regulators should not ban innovation in order to be safer, outgoing RBI governor says; innovation needs support to encourage its “appealing features”
FSB sees limited evidence of regulatory side-effects
Global financial reforms appear not to have had a significant impact on market liquidity or emerging markets, and have helped prevent the global system from fragmenting, authority says
Bank Indonesia launches training and research institute
Central bank establishes a new centre for research and staff training, with the hope of building expertise and boosting credibility
Swift threatens to report users who fail to update software
Cyber security threat is "persistent, adaptive and sophisticated – and it is here to stay”, Swift says; customers have until November 19 to install updates
Second half of global FX code to be circulated in October – Debelle
“Significant progress” has been made drafting the second phase, says RBA assistant governor; market participants will be able to comment on draft proposals and provide feedback
Nepal employing varied approaches to financial inclusion – governor
Bank has developed a number of models to make financial services affordable; other initiatives have included interest-free loans to those in rural areas
Ukrainian central bank complains of failure to prosecute banking offences
Deputy governor criticises failure to bring “high-profile” court cases against suspected financial criminals; IMF has yet to announce whether it will disburse next tranche of aid
US credit constraints heighten global propagation of financial shocks, researchers argue
Normal credit conditions in domestic US economy greatly lessen the global impact of American financial shocks, a European Central Bank paper argues
Jackson Hole: ECB and NY Fed economists examine ideal operational frameworks for policy
Simon Potter praises paper by ECB’s Ulrich Bindseil for in-depth analysis, but also highlights a number of areas for further research
Jackson Hole: economists flag costs and benefits of bloated balance sheets
Economists including Christopher Sims, Ricardo Reis and Jeremy Stein unpack the economics of central bank balance sheets, identifying both dangers and potential benefits
Interest rates to remain flat for longer period of time – Chile minutes
It might be necessary to “postpone” normalisation of monetary policy, latest minutes from Central Bank of Chile show; interest rates to stay at 3.5% for “prolonged period” of time
Basel Committee warns on potential missed deadlines
A “significant number” of Basel standards still need to be translated into domestic regulation as deadlines loom; problems with risk-weighted asset variability and inconsistency continue
Bundesbank places first representative in Africa
South Africa is “fertile ground” for investment, says Andreas Dombret; Jenny Kilp to be placed in Pretoria to help foster projects between Sarb and Bundesbank
BoE deputy clashes with academics over use of leverage ratio
Shafik disagrees with paper that argues leverage ratio “harms” pass-through of monetary policy – leverage ratio is “here to stay” says deputy governor
Yellen: future policy-makers may need new tools to tackle recessions
Fed chair says equilibrium rates may not be high enough for rate cuts to deal with all eventualities, so US policy-makers may need to think more laterally about their options
Turkish central bank to conduct ‘extensive studies’ into inflation dynamics
Central Bank of Turkey on the hunt for price stability; bank looking to foster joint effort in improving structural factors
Financial inclusion in Rwanda rising, central bank report says
ATMs and mobile money has helped reduce the number of those financially excluded, governor says; banking sector starting to benefit but high proportion of NPLs in some sectors is a concern
FSB looks to halt correspondent banking decline
Board says it is working on filling data gaps, clarifying regulatory demands and building local capacity as signs point to a sharp decline in parts of the world