Data
Few central banks involve third parties in strategic plan development
Standard operational budgets remain leading source of funding
Strategic planning frameworks widely draw on Swot analysis
European central banks’ strategies tend to favour Pestel analysis
Narrower strategic planners use more pillars than broader planners
Secondary objectives average 15 in central banks’ strategic plans
Third of central banks set strategic plans on five-year horizons
Just one respondent implements planning on ad hoc basis
Global AI imbalances expected to hit emerging markets hardest
IMF’s Bo Li and Anthropic’s economics head discuss social protection on panel
AI surges as focus for strategic planning
But digital transformation is still the most widespread goal of planners
Oil shock makes it harder to formulate monetary policy – Ueda
BoJ governor pledges to monitor data to ‘last minute’ before next rate decision
BoK, RBNZ, SNB and Spain to ‘wait and see’ on Iran war
Governors say policy should consider longer-term price effects of Middle East conflict
Governance Benchmarks 2026 – model banks analysis
Data reveals differences between groups in board composition, legal protections and more
UK and Indian regulators seek better insights into private credit
Heads of FCA and Sebi speak at IMF meetings on boosting transparency and data sharing
BoK holds as energy prices drive up inflation
Governor expects ‘considerable’ wait before supply chains return to pre-war levels
Regulators having to abandon silos in age of AI, says tech exec
Central Banking Meetings hear how technological revolution is shaping supervisors’ responses
Poland and Serbia hold rates
Both central banks cite effects of Middle East conflict in explaining policy decisions
Olli Rehn on demographics, geopolitics and ECB policy
The Bank of Finland governor speaks about immigration and productivity, private credit and stablecoin risks, the mood on the governing council and the impact of conflict in the Middle East
Governor says RBNZ will tighten policy if inflation rises
Central bank holds and offers ‘uncertain’ estimate of inflation being well above target
Algorithmic pricing not yet a ‘menace’ to inflation – BoE study
Dynamic and personalised pricing may upend CPI measurements and expectations, research says
Central bankers test AI’s ability to detect systemic risk
Innovation leaders tell Central Banking Meetings that information silos still pose challenges
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
Sabine Mauderer on the past, present and future of the NGFS
Bundesbank official discusses green policy, the Fed, data blind spots and future prospects
Use AI for ‘deeper insights’, not to make decisions – CBBH head
Selimović also discusses payments and reserves at Central Banking’s Kuala Lumpur meetings
Pensions and staff morale least likely to constitute staffing challenge
Degree of concern varies by size of central bank