Climate change
Central Bank of Kenya raises rate and denies FX shortage
New president nominates former governor Ndung’u to become finance minister
Ukraine: the challenges for central banks
Rules on the weaponisation of money would help to protect a ‘public good’ amid geopolitical splits in a testing environment for central banks, write Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large
King Charles to appear on Bank of England notes from 2024
Other Commonwealth central banks have made little comment on changeover
ECB’s green bond plan is insufficient, NGO says
ECB plan shies away from excluding high carbon output companies, says Reclaim Finance
People: new climate risk officer at OCC, Sama hires CBDC head, and more
Saudi Central Bank names CBDC director; Dominican Republic and Tunisia announce senior hires
Bundesbank vice-president calls for shift to ‘carbon accounting’
Proper calculation of carbon costs will mean firms disclosing private data, Claudia Buch says
ECB lays out plan to green corporate bond portfolios
Central bank will focus on issuer-specific climate scores
Global economy faces four key risks, warns MAS chief
Ravi Menon says era of cheap money, cheap labour and cheap energy is most likely over
Economy’s ‘first responders’ now in the line of fire
Forceful but late interventions to combat inflation raise the risk of central bank overreactions
IMF unlocks $31.9 million for Madagascar
Natural disasters and oil price rises increased fiscal deficit
Morocco’s Jouahri on inflation, forex reform, digitalisation and sustainability
BAM governor speaks about Covid-19, Fed tightening, BIS membership, regional co-operation and inclusion
ETFs: a gateway to sustainability?
Central banks that prioritise sustainability face a complex investment landscape
Gontareva on Ukraine’s funding, NBU policy and reconstruction
Ex-NBU governor talks about fund shortfalls, finstab challenges, the CBR and post-conflict rebuilding
Decision theory can guide climate modelling, Nobel laureate says
Lars Peter Hansen argues policy-makers need to pay more attention to uncertainty
Australian banks must do more on climate risks, RBA official says
Green asset taxonomy must be appropriate for Australian conditions, says central bank official
Book notes: Can’t we just print more money?, by Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning
A genuinely readable but non-neutral introduction to economics
ECB rate hikes could damage climate change policies, paper finds
Researchers claim tighter financing conditions will hamper transition to capital-intensive green technologies
How central bank mistakes after 2019 led to inflation
There is a need to acknowledge errors and take concrete action to restore confidence in policy-making
Brazil’s MPC hikes again, but signals possible end to tightening
After 50bp hike, BCB to assess “residual adjustment” to policy rate in September meeting
BIS report highlights challenge of modelling green reserve portfolios
Survey of central banks finds legal mandates and liquidity make green reserves management difficult
Central Bank of Oman warns of climate risks to financial stability
Physical and transition risks identified in the oil-exporting country
Eurozone needs macro-prudential tools for climate change, says ECB
Regulators are struggling to address climate change risks, joint ECB-ESRB report finds
Poland law would fund coal benefit with central bank’s profit
National Bank of Poland remitted 95% of profits to government in 2020
ECB paper examines equity markets’ treatment of climate risk
Researchers look at public perceptions, investors’ judgement and firms’ risk premia