Currency swaps
Bank of Korea expands lending in new emergency measure
Bank of Korea will lend to insurers and brokers as well as banks in bid to avoid funding squeeze
Indonesia gains ‘second line of defence’ from $60 billion Fed repo
Bank Indonesia secures repo with NY Fed to boost dollar liquidity and shore up rupiah
Bank of Israel to buy $13bn in government bonds
Central bank also supplying $15bn to banking sector to meet “very high” demand
OECD supports swap line use in Covid-19 response
Adequate liquidity must be provided to prevent bankruptcy should cashflow issues arise – report
Brazil sells dollars as real falls to record low
Currency has fallen by 11.3% against dollar since July, as central bank cut interest rates by 150bp to new low of 5%
ECB and PBoC renew bilateral currency swap
Euro-renminbi currency swap agreement will stay in place until October 2022
Finnish paper looks at Chinese currency swap agreements
Bilateral swap agreements increase settlement of trade transactions in renminbi – researchers
Zhou on four key decisions that forged the modern-day PBoC
Former People’s Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan shares his perspectives about four critical moments in China’s economic reform agenda
Fed proposes expanding netting protection eligibility
Move reflects changes to industry landscape since the 2008 financial crisis
Turkish central bank defends reserves-boosting swaps activity
Swaps provide support for banks amid offshore Turkish lira liquidity squeeze, central bank says, after reports suggested the central bank was artificially pumping up its reserves figures
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RBI to repeat forex swap after high demand for first operation
Second round of long-term liquidity will be on offer in late April
BoE increases euro supply and activates ECB swap line
Financial policy committee warns that no-deal Brexit risks financial instability
Zimbabwe’s government hunts for dollar alternative
Continuing with dollarised economy could mean return to hyperinflation, economist says
EME central banks can counter the next downturn
Philip Turner urges central banks to consider a broad range of actions to tackle volatility stemming from currency mismatches
Yuan swap deal with Argentina boosts China’s presence in Latin America
Agreement expands existing line by 60 billion yuan to 130 billion
Sino-Japanese political optics right for $30bn swap and Tokyo RMB clearing
BoJ and PBoC agree local currency swap line after long delay; Bank of China set to be RMB clearer in Tokyo
RBA moves back into profit
Gains in foreign currency investments carry RBA back into profit, annual report says
Market power can explain financial market anomalies – BIS paper
Market power of intermediaries can explain behaviour of risk premiums, authors find
Turkish and Qatari central banks agree $3bn swap deal
Gulf monarchy announces $15 billion investment on August 15 to support crisis-stricken ally
Argentinian central bank raises large banks’ reserve requirements
Central bank in talks with China over credit swap sells over $1 billion this week to defend falling peso
Brazil needs loose policy to safeguard recovery – IMF
Central bank held rates unchanged at record-low level on August 1
National Bank of Angola settles $426 million debt with Namibian counterpart
Failed currency agreement resulted in huge accumulation of debt as a fall in oil prices stifled Angola’s access to US dollars