Europe
Will Kevin Warsh’s communications gambit pay off?
Fed chair believes less is more with comms, but experts say time is ticking on his credibility
CPI quirk helps explain low Swiss inflation, says SNB’s Tschudin
Central bank official shares her views on monetary policy strategy
Lagarde ‘ready to serve’ as WEF head – Swiss media
ECB chief is reportedly founder’s top pick, but board divisions could put her election at risk
Eurozone inflation expectations steady as job fears grow
ECB’s latest data signals inflation is stabilising, but downward shift in labour sentiment may be ahead
Three veterans join Central Banking advisory board
New members have held top roles in Asia, Europe and the US
Warsh called for fewer FOMC meetings in July
Minutes show committee agreeing on above-target inflation but disagreeing over AI’s effect on prices
Reconsidering the role of money in monetary policy
Euro policy architect Otmar Issing argues that central banks must improve their flawed inflation targeting frameworks
Europe’s main asset in digital race is its size, says Lagarde
ECB president says domestic barriers must be lifted so start-ups can drive innovation
Merchants in the cash system
As policy-makers seek to protect cash acceptance and increasingly look to retailers to facilitate access to cash, Martina Horakova argues that merchants need adequate cash services themselves – and that providing cash to the public should not come at…
Europe’s stability at risk if AI bubble bursts – ECB blog
Correction could freeze functioning of continent’s financial markets, say central bank economists
Geopolitics is fastest-rising research topic for economists
Research economists are most widely judged on their output of papers
People: BoJ payments chief to join IMF
Plus: Australia appoints new monetary policy board member; Harrison to head comms at BoC
Sticky wages help explain depressed US sentiment – paper
Lack of salary indexation, rather than inflation, to blame for decline in sentiment, authors find
Slovak firms face high costs from heatwaves – blog post
Companies need to invest in adaptation, says central bank official
UK has a new prime minister, but the same fiscal woes
Debt, spending and bond markets present challenges for Burnham and BoE, say former MPC members
ECB speeches ‘twice as religious’ as other central banks’ – blog
Bank’s speechwriters use devotional tropes during times of crisis, LSE research finds
Economists devote up to half of working hours to research
Higher-paid research economists tend to spend more time on own research
ECB finds gaps in geopolitical stress-testing frameworks
Current methods fail to properly capture impact of geopolitical stress on liquidity
Comms staff need to reflect on how their messages are perceived
BoE’s Eric Tong discusses research probing how the public receives central bank messages via the media
ECB flags risks to cash despite rise in acceptance
Central banks should take active role in preserving cash, spokesperson says
Central banks predict growth more accurately than inflation
AI models may offer more precise forecasts