Emerging markets
IMF's Blanchard warns macro-prudential tools ‘may not be up to the task'
Chief economist outlines benefits of debt-financed infrastructure projects in the eurozone at opening of IMF and World Bank annual meeting
Lagarde sees black clouds over monetary policy normalisation
IMF managing director underlines risk of spillover effects as Fed winds down monetary easing; says ‘asynchronous’ normalisation could come back to bite advanced economies
IMF flags up uneven application of shadow banking regulations
Report finds ‘indications of increased market and liquidity risk' in sector; China ‘stands out and warrants particular monitoring'
IMF warns of new asset bubbles caused by ‘expansionary policies' post-crisis
Report finds global imbalances are shrinking, and concludes this is driven by structural reduction in demand rather than ‘expenditure switching' to domestic products
Trinidad central bank hikes rates in response to Fed forward guidance
‘Altered expectations' over timing of US normalisation puts pressure on Caribbean economy; necessary to ‘enhance appeal' of currency, says central bank
Central Bank of Turkey quadruples amount of forex on offer in daily auctions
Lira's ‘heightened volatility' follows bank's decision yesterday to hold interest rates steady; pressure on forex the result of geopolitical risk, says analyst
Latvian paper proposes refinement to definition of trade
Working paper produces measure to better account for the value added component of trade; authors argue this better captures a country’s contribution to world markets
Lower outside demand and structural bottlenecks explain EM slowdown, IMF paper finds
Slowdown a ‘remarkable feature for a non-crisis period' in emerging economies that was largely unanticipated by scholars and forecasters, paper notes
Sarb governor Gill Marcus to step down
Governor of South African Reserve Bank will leave when her term expires in November; move came as a surprise to many market watchers
State-owned banks played counter-cyclical role in EMs following financial crisis
Credit growth by foreign banks lagged behind that of domestic banks in Asia, Latin America and ‘emerging Europe', IMF working paper finds
BIS warns of risks related to dollar-denominated corporate debt in EMs
Hyun Shin says cross-border bank lending has seen first ‘substantial increase for some time', while Claudio Borio cautions against ‘exceptionally low' volatility in financial markets
Global financial system's future hinges on China's willingness to accept emerging India
India's emergence - and China's willingness to tolerate it - will be ‘test of survival' for the global financial system in the coming years, argues Deutsche Bank report
Dealing with ‘insidious' crises a ‘difficult proposition' for policy-makers, argues IMF paper
Conventional balance-sheet crises, however, are more effectively detected and contained than before the financial crisis, paper adds
Emerging currencies face uphill battle for true internationalisation
BIS report published alongside major EME survey also warns the costs of an international currency might outweigh the benefits
Portfolio flows to emerging markets make asset prices volatile - IMF paper
Working paper unpicks domestic pull factors versus global push factors, finding the latter more powerful in determining portfolio flows
Capital lured to EMs by interest rate differentials, CBRT paper finds
Inflation and global liquidity other important drivers of international capital flows post-crisis, but countries' growth rates have less effect
Chile cuts interest rates to lowest level since February 2011
Central bank may resort to additional cuts in the months ahead as growth disappoints; Number of Latam economies have performed below expectations so far this year
IMF paper finds Latam growth likely to slow even if commodity prices remain elevated
Growth over next half-decade expected to be 150bp lower than during boom years; need for 'ambitious structural reforms' to secure 'medium-term growth'
Bank of Mexico trims growth forecast for 2014
‘Sharp slowdown' early in the year suggests little inflation over ‘horizon in which monetary policy has effect'; structural reforms hailed as ‘indispensable step in right direction'
Ghana requests IMF bailout to bridge fiscal deficit
IMF deputy director will send a team to Accra early next month to initiate discussions; Ghanaian cedi is world's worst performer so far this year
Evaluating enhancements to reserve management
David Smart, managing director of strategic advisory, sovereign & institutional funds, Franklin Templeton Solutions, discusses developments in reserve management over the past 25 years
Central Bank of Brazil yet to see effects of tightening cycle
Inflation 'still shows resistance', July minutes note; bank lowered reserve requirements for lenders last week in bid to inject additional liquidity into Brazilian economy
Central Bank of Brazil lowers bank reserve requirements in bid to boost liquidity
Reserves held against deposits cut in half as CBB hopes to inject $20 billion into economy; move ‘seems to be aimed squarely at getting economy going ahead of elections', says analyst
RBI executive director says ‘multiple instruments' needed to stem EM capital outflows
Deepak Mohanty says drawdown of forex reserves, monetary tightening, and augmentation of reserves needed to dampen speculative flows