Liquidity
Working group minutes: strengthening crisis management
Maintaining a strong team of resolution experts can be difficult for smaller central banks
PBoC plans more market-based monetary policy formulation
Analysts expect Middle East conflict to have little impact on policy in China
Asian central banks prepare for conflict-induced energy shock
IMF’s Georgieva says Iran war creates energy and confidence risks for most of region
Swiss National Bank’s profits down in 2025
Losses on FX holdings dwarfed by gold gains to enable bank to post Sfr26.1 billion profit
Monetary policy in Asia since the pandemic
Asean+3 nations must plan to tackle ‘disturbance’, ‘structural’ and ‘radical’ uncertainty using a disciplined policy mix to preserve price stability amid global shocks, writes Dong He
Philippines may not reach digital payments goal, says governor
Rate cuts will have limited impact on growth, despite BSP having ample policy space, says Remolona
Brazil’s central bank shuts down lender connected to Banco Master
BCB says bank had “compromised economic and financial situation”
Banks’ internal markets impact wider funding conditions – paper
Repos from affiliates play key role in channelling liquidity to financial system, authors find
BoE to assess eligibility of digital gilts in monetary operations
UK set to become first G7 country to issue sovereign bonds on DLT
HKMA wants lenders to accelerate post-quantum planning
De facto central bank to unveil preparedness index, among other future-proofing tech initiatives
Global liquidity surge continuing, BIS figures show
Lending to non-banks continues to lead cross-border credit expansion
Fed fractures post-SVB consensus on emergency liquidity
New supervisory principles support FHLB funding over discount window preparedness
US stock crash would be ‘felt across the world’ – BdF deputy
Current account imbalances cannot be solved unilaterally, argues Bénassy-Quéré
HKMA to double renminbi funding quota
Measure comes as Hong Kong announces collaboration with mainland over city’s gold trading system
AI and tokenised finance are reshaping financial trust
Amro’s CEO Yasuto Watanabe argues that sustained policy attention is needed to ensure the foundation of trust remains resilient amid financial transformation
China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged
One-year LPR stays at 3% and five-year rate remains at 3.5% following easing via structural tools
Indonesia holds as Thailand eases policy
Economists predict both countries’ central banks will aim for looser liquidity in 2026
DBS becomes Singapore’s second RMB clearing bank
PBoC and MAS agree to deepen collaboration on securities, e-CNY and other areas
China to continue ‘moderately loose’ monetary policy in 2026
PBoC plans to work with other agencies in effort to boost consumption
US policies could create challenges for MAS – Amro report
Singaporean central bank confident risks from possible capital inflows can be managed with existing tools
Eurozone bank uncompetitiveness a ‘myth’ – Schnabel
Regulations have made lenders better, says ECB board member