Foreign exchange
Malaysia’s Zeti on the key skills needed to be a successful central banker
BNM veteran recounts career-defining lessons and how the ASB synthesises theory with practical EM realities
Navigating uncertainty: the impact of the 2024 US elections on emerging markets
Franklin Templeton analyses possible outcomes of the US elections, the effect on trade, foreign and domestic policies, market impact and implications for emerging market (EM) economies
Swift to conduct live digital asset transaction trials from 2025
Network’s head of innovation says functionality will meet increasing demand for digital transactions
Reserve Benchmarks 2024 report – the challenge of diversification
Central banks’ insights into portfolio make-up shine light on new and old trends
Philippines central bank cuts reserve requirement ratios
Move follows rate cut in August
Alpana Killawala on communications under six governors at the RBI
The former RBI comms chief speaks about the importance of strategic communications, courting the media, open mouth operations and altering a governor’s ‘rock star’ image
Interpreting the PBoC’s slew of policy reforms
How are new stimulus measures, bond market tactics, deflationary pressures and monetary policy framework changes affecting central banking in China?
Banknotes: July to September 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Ethiopia adopts market-based FX regime
Move follows monetary policy reform aimed at attracting IMF funding
The unbearable lightness of the krone
Norway's weak currency reflects financial markets’ lack of confidence in the country's economic policy
Emerging markets at greater risk from stablecoins, FSB warns
Limited regulation, resourcing constraints and FX exposures create hazards for poorer countries
Argentina sells dollars in parallel FX market
Domestic currency’s CCL value jumps as central bank tightens monetary supply
Full-scale war with Hezbollah is a tail-end event – Bank of Israel deputy
Andrew Abir says central bank has advised government to ensure adequate fiscal space as it expects war to last longer and revises its growth and inflation forecasts
Turkey’s economic odyssey: inflation, lira decline and strategic shifts
Marcello Minenna delves into the damage of 20 years of ‘Erdoganomics’
Ukraine’s governor on central banking as war endures
The NBU’s Andriy Pyshnyy speaks about the need for investment and reform amid labour shortages, securing war-risk insurance and Ukrainian funding from Russia’s frozen assets
AI, quantum computing and tokenisation set to transform finance – Menon
But significant barriers remain preventing the technologies from unlocking their full potential
BNM’s Rasheed on inflation, growth and currency performance in emerging markets
Bank Negara Malaysia’s governor speaks about balancing inflation and growth, supporting the ringgit, multilateral currency settlement and greening Islamic finance
Masaaki Shirakawa on his ‘unease’ about 2% inflation targets and lessons from Japan
The former Bank of Japan governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the need to properly understand the business of banking, making sound contingency plans and the BoJ’s current policy constraints
Laotian central bank raises rates amid high inflation
Inflation in Laos has been above 20% due to weak local currency
Japan ready to intervene in FX markets, finance ministry says
Top currency official issues warning as yen hits 34-year low against dollar