Liquidity
China cuts rate on excess reserves for first time in 12 years
PBoC levels up stimulus, cutting rate on excess reserves while reducing RRR for the third time this year
Should the Fed be next to implement yield curve control?
RBA joins BoJ in effort to control longer-term rates
The long march to global growth
Liang Tao, vice-chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, says that China’s growth is fuelling innovation and modernisation, but financial regulation and governance needs to be tightened up for China to take its place at the top…
Official institutions shed US Treasuries in record amounts
Fed holdings of Treasury securities for foreign official institutions dropped by $127 billion in March
Fed eases capital restriction on large US banks
US repo rates stray into negative territory as investors make massive flight to safety
Fed opens dollar funding to majority of central banks
New repo facility aims to ease strains caused by global flight to the safety of dollars
‘Ostrich approach’ to financial stability is a mistake
Denmark’s top supervisor says scaling back IFRS 9 would be a costly error
Coronavirus latest: Central banks still rolling out easing measures
Live coverage as central banks respond to the virus outbreak
Singapore eases monetary policy sharply and taps reserves
MAS flattens currency appreciation slope to zero after government unveils $34 billion stimulus
Central Bank of Colombia cuts rates and unveils liquidity support
Central bank cuts main rate and offers liquidity in US dollars and pesos
China makes surprise rate cut to resist crisis
PBoC unexpectedly cuts the seven-day repo rate while injecting liquidity
Sarb consults on Covid-19 regulatory easing
Central bank mulls lowering Pillar 2A capital requirements
Bank of Canada launches large-scale asset purchases
Measures target market function more than monetary easing, says governor Stephen Poloz
Concentrated firepower: central banks must expand their arsenal
Philip Turner argues central banks should be prepared to go further to avoid economic collapse
Brazil unveils measures to boost liquidity
Central bank estimates action will boost credit supply by 1.2 trillion reals ($238 billion)
IMF releases first emergency Covid-19 funding to Kyrgyz Republic
Country is battling with balance-of-payments gap of $400 million
RBI follows ECB with crisis-fighting TLTROs
Central bank slashes rates and launches targeted liquidity measures
Swiss central bank launches unlimited refinancing facility
SNB asks federal government to reduce countercyclical buffer to 0%
Sarb to buy government bonds
South African central bank also broadens refinancing operations to boost liquidity
Central Bank of Colombia starts buying sovereign, private debt
Central bank aims to ensure the constant provisioning of liquid resources to the economy
Canadian governor says central bank can buy corporate bonds outright
Poloz’s statement could mean Bank of Canada is considering QE, observers say
Bank of Israel to buy $13bn in government bonds
Central bank also supplying $15bn to banking sector to meet “very high” demand
Major economies already engaging in ‘currency wars’ – former IMF chief
De Larosière floats new commodity-based exchange rate regime
The dawn of a safer and sounder European banking sector
Implementation of two pillars of banking union has led to significant improvements