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Controversial nominee joins Paraguayan board
Central bank continues tightening process with fourteenth straight hike as inflation slows
IDB president faces dismissal over alleged abuse of power
Claver-Carone attacks investigation and denies alleged affair
Is there a case for a retail CBDC in Japan?
A BoJ-managed, account-ledger ‘digital yen’ tied to the new Kotora payments may offer some potential
NY court orders world’s largest stablecoin issuer to prove reserves
Defendants accused of crypto market price manipulation
US may release frozen Afghan central bank funds – report
Plan would transfer up to $3.5 billion to BIS under third-party supervision, source claims
Bank of Canada critic becomes leader of the opposition
Pierre Poilievre said in May he would fire governor for failing to contain inflation
Myanmar may go on money laundering blacklist, report says
Opposition calls on New York Fed to unfreeze Myanmar assets to back proposed digital currency
People: July to September 2022
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Fiji will eliminate cheques from 2024
Governor says improved RTGS will replace paper payments
Bolivian ex-governor calls opposition audit request ‘nonsense’
Most central bank gold reserves are held outside country, Morales says
Bolivian legislators ask to inspect gold reserves
Opposition politicians claim government wants to monetise and spend gold
Banknotes: July to September 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers during the past three months
Chile rejects new constitution, sinking central bank reform
Draft had proposed some changes to central bank governance and mandate
Ethiopia tells crypto firms to register with cyber security agency
National Bank of Ethiopia had said transactions using crypto are illegal
US judge rules against seizure of Afghan central bank assets
Assets cannot be seized while US government does not recognise Taliban regime, judge says
Chinese authorities arrest 234 suspects linked to Henan banking scandal
Authorities also start repaying more depositors after months-long freeze
Gontareva on Ukraine’s funding, NBU policy and reconstruction
Ex-NBU governor talks about fund shortfalls, finstab challenges, the CBR and post-conflict rebuilding
Glapiński accuses Germany of wanting to redraw land borders
Polish governor warns on plans for EU super-state as German foreign office calls claims “absurd”
Book notes: The Fed unbound, by Lev Menand
This book highlights need for charter-like oversight of shadow banking sector
Ecuador government will not recognise new superintendent of banks
Legislature and government clash as courts disagree on legality of appointment process
Fed announces new guidelines after master account controversy
Rules will impose tight scrutiny on non-conventional applicants
Critics accuse Barbados authorities of monetary financing
Government says it is using SDRs to buy bonds, while governor says purchases are legal
Ukraine’s wartime economy faces possible crisis
Foreign donors must increase financing of Ukrainian government, former NBU governor Gontareva argues
South Africa risks FATF sanction as legacy of state capture endures
Central bank finds thousands of bank clients have missing citizenship and incorporation data