Exchange rate
Vietnam central bank and US Treasury sign currency pact
US had briefly labelled Vietnam a “currency manipulator”
South African Reserve Bank: the first 100 years
Central bankers and academics reflect on a tumultuous first century for Africa’s oldest central bank
The RBI’s next big question: how to normalise monetary policy?
India’s central bank needs to plan an exit from its efforts to manage the ‘impossible trinity’
Cuba bars dollar cash deposits
Country struggling with sanctions as inflation spirals
‘Fiscal distress’ can reverse exchange rate dynamics – BIS paper
Authors emphasise “contingent nature” of exchange rate response to shocks
El Salvador’s bitcoin currency experiment
Move by first nation to approve bitcoin as legal tender raises important issues
Ailing Suriname floats its currency
Defaulting country holds debt talks as inflation and corruption take toll
Governance Benchmarks 2021 report – the frameworks that rule central banks
Benchmarking data offers insights on appointments, legal structures, powers, independence and more
Iran dismisses central bank governor
Hemmati is a presidential candidate and was told this was incompatible with governorship
Former Bank of Israel governor Klein dies
Governor oversaw transition to inflation target and sometimes clashed with government
Should the Fed’s Fima facility be made permanent?
Emergency repo facility reassures reserve managers about access to cash during breakdown in US Treasuries market
Iran governor registers for presidential run
Hemmati one of nearly 600 candidates for June vote who now face screening from Guardian Council
Emerging markets pass capital flows test
BIS report concludes inflows are broadly positive, as improved EM institutions make them more resilient
Israeli reserves reach new record high
Foreign currency purchases to offset shekel’s strength boost portfolio to $194 billion
Iranian prosecutors indict former governor
Seif charged with “wasting” reserves in case that some argue is politically motivated
Iran’s central bank tries to unfreeze foreign assets
Governor seeks to reduce effects of US sanctions, but expert says nuclear talks will be key
Tajikistan central bank announces rate hike
Currency devaluation in 2020 has added to inflationary pressure
Georgia central bank orders 100bp rate increase
Worsening inflation pushes central bank to raise policy rate to 9.5%
BIS to operate sterling liquidity facility backed by BoE
Move echoes 20th century arrangements when BIS acted as intermediary in swaps network
Kyrgyz central bank hikes policy rate by 100 basis points
Rising commodity prices and currency worries bring second hike this year
IMF praises Chile’s Covid-19 response
Fund warns against new withdrawals from pension system
Bank of Mexico has no dividend for government
Mexican president had asked for advance from central bank last year
Argentine court drops charges against governor
Former governor Alejandro Vanoli and other officials cleared in dollar futures scandal
Taiwan dollar weakens over fears of US action
US Treasury expected to label Asian ally a currency manipulator on next exchange rate report