Capital
Former RBI deputy attacks government over fiscal dominance
Recent actions by Indian government are “tantamount to coercive monetisation”, says Viral Acharya
BoE runs ‘reverse stress test’ to prepare for renewed Covid crisis
Banks may have to take drastic “defensive actions” if UK suffers another major shock, BoE says
Claudia Buch: ‘We need higher transparency’ on resolution
Bundesbank vice-president discusses progress towards ending ‘too big to fail’ and the gaps that remain
How vulnerable are EMEs to renewed Covid-19 turbulence?
Emerging markets face pressures from the health crisis and global financial forces, says Steve Kamin
Lebanese central bank faces audit as crisis deepens
Inflation is spiralling and IMF talks have yet to result in a bailout package
Online machine learning can warn of impending crisis – Hélène Rey
Approach avoids some of the pitfalls of other methods, the economics professor says
Peter Praet on Europe’s Covid-19 responses
Former ECB chief economist discusses stability, negative rates, common debt and improving the EMU
BIS suspends dividend to prepare for further Covid-19 strains
BIS will not pay dividend for first time since 1950, as senior managers see further turbulence ahead
BIS warns of further shockwaves in ‘generation-defining’ crisis
Solvency crisis is looming on the horizon and health crisis is far from over, BIS officials say
FSB flags ‘gaps’ in too-big-to-fail reforms
Report highlights evidence reforms are working, but resolution remains imperfect and data limited
Fed caps dividends after stress tests show big potential losses
Brainard says decision not enough as tests show loan losses could exceed those during financial crisis
Fed to assess banks’ management during Covid-19
Supervisors evaluating business and operational strategies, cyber security and market risk assessments
Singapore and China to deepen collaboration on green finance
MAS chief proposes working together in areas including loan syndication and verification
RBI to push for bank governance overhaul
“Growing size and complexity” of the banking sector demands stronger governance, paper says
BoC must accelerate climate efforts, new governor says
Tiff Macklem sets out views on climate change in first public appearance as governor
Iran’s race towards monetary policy reform faces high hurdle reality
Majlis’s Tohid Atashbar writes that the central bank’s new inflation targeting approach may struggle to deliver
Fears rise over breakdown in Basel and IFRS standards
Bretton Woods institutions worried about growing divergence in capital and accounting rules
ECB testing banks’ ability to deal with a second wave of Covid-19 – Enria
ECB head of supervision stresses banks are reluctant to use buffers because of market reaction
Doyne Farmer’s next big adventure: capturing the universe
Complexity theorist plans to build an economic super-simulator on a global scale
BoE’s Hauser: Covid-19 forced “largest and fastest” actions ever
Executive director gives blow-by-blow account of how BoE tackled Covid-19 markets crisis
Central banking enters a new era
‘Monetary financing’ and ‘buyer of last resort’ traps lie in wait
Fed lifts lid on ETF purchases
Biggest holding is of a BlackRock ETF, the same firm managing the purchases
ECB’s Enria unsure banks will dip into capital buffers
Anxiety over investor and rating agency reaction may limit banks’ use of Covid relief measures
The complex art of reserve management
Lockdown represents another inflection point for central banks managing $12 trillion in FX reserves