US dollar
Patray retires from Liberia governorship
Embattled governor hands over leadership to deputy as country strikes IMF deal
Turkey and Russia continue expanding gold reserves
Central banks purchased 156 tonnes in third quarter of year, 38% less than a year earlier, WGC figures show
What is behind China’s digital currency aspirations?
The PBoC sees CBDC as a means of riding the wave of digitisation, and potentially challenging the US dollar’s dominance, writes Hui Feng
Argentine central bank restricts crypto asset purchases
Central bank continues with measures to resist peso’s decline
Fed reduces rates but signals pause
Current stance of policy “likely to remain appropriate” to sustain moderate expansion, Powell says
Lebanon central bank chief calls for urgent measures to end crisis
New restrictions on foreign currency announced as prime minister says he will dissolve government
‘Hegemonic digital currency’ could help fix global system – Carney
Using CBDC to facilitate online sales could bring about more rapid change, governor says
PBoC says its bills are better tools than bonds for China
Central bank bills will play bigger role in stabilising yuan exchange rates, suggests PBoC note
Strong global forces pushing some central banks to buy gold – analysts
Poland’s move and others pushed by negative rates, political uncertainty and changing monetary system, experts say
Strong dollar can be bad for trade – BIS paper
Textbook theory does not always hold due to the effect of global value chains, authors say
Global banks vulnerable to dollar funding shocks, IMF stability report shows
There has been a “resurgence” of US dollar liabilities relative to assets in non-US banks, IMF warns
World risks ‘global liquidity crunch’, former BIS officials warn
“Urgent action” needed to prevent crisis, say Philip Turner and André Icard
BSP governor rules out Philippines involvement in Asian currency war
Rate cuts by Central Bank of the Philippines due to ‘domestic factors’
HKMA dismisses cash limit rumours as tensions escalate
Emergency laws will not affect cash withdrawal or capital flows, HKMA says
BSP’s Diokno on forward guidance and cutting reserves
Philippines governor, Benjamin Diokno, speaks about fintech and efforts to wean Asia off the US dollar
Seven threats from big tech’s libra
Can central banks avoid a ‘big tech’ monetary meltdown?
Rate round-up: Fed triggers further global easing
Fed cut prompts flurry of action, with many central banks hinting at a more dovish stance
30 years of central banking
Central banks face credibility tests on a number of fronts
Argentina reimposes currency controls as peso plummets
Authorities aim to stem depreciation of peso, down 23.9% against dollar since August 11
A key message from Jackson Hole: policy must globalise
Setting policy in isolation is becoming untenable and spillovers must be considered more, remarks suggest
Argentina opens IMF talks as crisis deepens
Government extends debt maturity and pledges reserves will not be used to repay international investors
Carney: digital currency could help fix global monetary system
A “synthetic hegemonic currency” could end the destabilising dominance of the dollar, BoE chief says
Fund structures are ‘a big issue’ for monetary system – Carney
Immediate redemptions risk amplifying capital flow volatility
Trump attacks ‘horrendous lack of vision’ by Powell
President calls for return to crisis-era policies; acknowledges strong dollar is harming other economies