Coronavirus
War in Ukraine raising eurozone stability risks, says ECB
Non-bank sector vulnerable to higher interest rates, financial stability review finds
RBA’s approach to QT does not involve selling bonds
Selling assets could undermine future quantitative easing programmes, says assistant governor
Lagarde says ECB likely to abandon negative rates in September
Central bank would need to confirm end to asset purchases in June, and hike in July and September
NY Fed releases supply chain pressure tracker
Recent months have seen resurgence of supply chain bottlenecks
Communications Benchmarks 2022 – executive summary
Key findings of the 2022 report, including the ongoing shift to social media and the impact of Covid-19
Tackling private-sector debt in the wake of the pandemic
Navigating Covid-19 debt is more of a challenge amid gathered storms of inflation and war, write Roong Mallikamas and Benjamin Weigert
China cuts key lending rate
Authorities acknowledge “complex and severe environment” as they step up support
Mervyn King says central banks made ‘serious errors’ on inflation
Former BoE governor says UK should raise rates further to curb spiralling prices
How to stop stablecoins from hoarding precious collateral
Repo markets expert and crypto bank chief exec think Fed reserves are the right answer
Central bankers have lost sight of inflation
Resurgence comes after crypto and climate distractions from primary task
Austria’s Partsch explains decision to raise equity exposures
Central bank boosted equity investments from 5% to 12% in wake of pandemic
Bernanke says Fed acted too slowly on inflation
Former Fed chair argues forward guidance hampered Fed’s response to rising prices
Fed paper examines non-bank emergency facility
More flexible investors tapped facility earlier, doing more to stabilise markets
Risk Management Benchmarks 2022 – governing members presentation
Central Banking's Victor Mendez-Barreira on emerging risks, risk management departments and influential risk approaches
Email main channel for central banks’ two-way communication
A majority of central banks interact with the public through social media platforms
Central banks use multiple channels for internal comms
Email and platforms developed in-house are top channels, but many others are also common
Cuban central bank to license crypto service providers
Resolution may encourage greater use of virtual currencies for remittances
Botswana hikes newly introduced policy rate
Central bank announces first rate increase since 2008 as inflation stays in double digits
How high can the ECB take interest rates?
Despite rising inflation, eurozone central bank is seen as unlikely to take rates over 1.5% in coming years
The international effort to manage NBFI risks: where do we stand?
Maurizio Trapanese details progress made during the Italian G20 presidency as well as outstanding macro-pru issues
Andrew Bailey acknowledges risk of ‘over-tightening’
Senior economists discuss how to avoid stagflation during a fragile moment for the global economy
G20 creates fund to guard against future pandemics
WHO says there is a $10.5 billion annual funding gap
PBoC announces policies to help pandemic-stricken economy
Package of 23 measures echoes actions taken in 2020
IMF launches vehicle for SDR transfers
Fund’s aim for $45 billion in transfers seems to fall short of earlier ambitions