Climate change
Soledad Núñez on the future of European financial stability
Spanish deputy governor discusses global regulation and lessons from extreme weather
Policy cannot handle effects of climate change – Slovak official
Authorities will be unable to fulfil mandates if they ignore impact, bank’s head of climate change warns
Mongolian governor wants more finance sector foreign ownership
Sanjaa also discussed planned mandate change, response to climate change and emerging risks
Behind the scenes of the Bundesbank’s capacity-building programme
A multi-year effort has helped shore up expertise at West Balkan central banks. Will African and former-CIS institutions be equally responsive to Eurosystem technical assistance?
Helder Lopes on Timor-Leste’s transformation now the oil has run out
The Central Bank of Timor-Leste (BCTL) governor speaks to Chris Jeffery and Jono Thomson about dollarisation amid US policy unpredictability, managing legacy Petroleum Fund investments, Asean membership, digitalisation and financial deepening, and a long…
The challenges facing Fed chair Kevin Warsh
New chair has pledged sweeping change, but can he keep Trump – and the FOMC – onside?
People: DNB governor to chair NGFS
Plus: Sarb appoints new chief economist and Belgium’s queen visits CBRT in Istanbul
Pakistan’s central bank receives $1.3bn in IMF assistance
Fund says authorities need to maintain strong macro policies and accelerate reform efforts
Politics and finance threaten independence – Schnabel
ECB board member says fiscal woes and deregulation may make central banks’ jobs impossible
PBoC says world in flux calls for more IMF involvement
Pan Gongsheng says world should confront ‘enormous challenges’ with multilateralism
Central banks should stick to what they know, say governors
Focusing on key existing objectives is preferable to taking on new ones, say panellists
The evolution of central banks
Bank Negara Malaysia governor Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour writes that the roles and responsibilities of central banks are evolving in a changing landscape
Current threats to central bank independence
Improved communications, advocacy for tech oversight and international co-operation will help to address challenges posed by populism, excessive debt and new forms of money, write Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large
Sabine Mauderer on the past, present and future of the NGFS
Bundesbank official discusses green policy, the Fed, data blind spots and future prospects
Lagarde downplays odds of early exit
ECB president uses interviews to say she is on a ‘mission’ with a ‘baseline’ of serving out her term
Net zero transition could boost productivity – BoE paper
Impact of carbon tax depends partly on spillovers from green technology, economists say
BSP to use satellite imagery to aid policy-making
Philippines central bank partners with space agency to help identify climate-vulnerable communities
Risk Management Benchmarks 2026 report – tracking op risk
Benchmarks include new data on op risk prevalence, drivers and monitoring tools
Vast majority of central banks taking action on climate risk
Nearly one in five banks reflect climate risk in reserves management and collateral eligibility
Don’t count on central banks to buy public debt, says Lagarde
ECB president tells Davos panel that divergent global standards may puncture AI bubble
ECB reaffirms commitment to climate-related work
Central bank to continue scrutinising lenders over environmental risks on balance sheet