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Bank of Mexico creates environmental and social risk department
Central bank’s attitude to environmental risk might put it at odds with government, says commentator
Chilean president grants Marcel new term as governor
Central bank leader faces continued challenges from pandemic and rapid political change
People: Portugal reappoints board member two years late
Second woman to join Paraguay board; Central Bank of Russia appoints government official to lead financial ombudsman; and more
Weidmann to step down as Bundesbank president
After over 10 years leading the German central bank, Weidmann will leave for “personal reasons”
Iranian court sentences former governor to 10 years in prison
Valiollah Seif convicted of currency offences, but reportedly remains free pending appeal
Gita Gopinath to leave IMF
Fund’s first female chief economist is set to return to Harvard
People: FCA chair steps down; Esma chair steps up
UK FCA chairman to depart; Verena Ross to chair Esma; new boards for Ecuador’s central bank
Turkish president fires deputy governors
Move appears to be Erdoğan’s latest bid to impose low interest rates despite rising inflation
Quarles term as Fed vice-chair ends without replacement
Fed supervision committee will continue without a chair, acting on consensus basis
Cubero calls for expanded IMF role
Costa Rica governor endorses Resilience and Stability Trust proposal
Summers fears for Fed’s ability to remove ‘punchbowl’
Central banks may not be able to counter inflation threat amid possible return to 1960s economics, says former US Treasury secretary
Peru central bank raises rates for third time in two months
BCRP forecasts inflation will return to target, but expresses concern over expectations
RBNZ names new deputy governor amid leadership changes
New Zealand central bank expands senior management and says CFO will leave in May
Peru’s president re-nominates long-standing governor
Economy minister says Julio Velarde is an “excellent professional”
People: US Senate confirms CFPB head
Israel adds new member to MPC; Swiss deputy governor will undergo heart surgery
Iran appoints third governor this year
Ali Salehabadi joins central bank three months after predecessor took office
Colombian lawyer asks court to annul central bank appointment
Lawsuit alleges president broke gender equality law in naming former finance minister
People: Bank of Korea nominates board member
Bolivia’s former governor Pablo Ramos Sánchez dies; Trevor Braithwaite departs ECCB; and more
Elizabeth Warren publicly rejects Powell reappointment
Senator calls Jerome Powell “a dangerous man to head up the Fed”
Zambia reinstates Kalyalya as central bank governor
Former World Bank official takes over following resignation of previous president’s central bank pick
Boston Fed president resigns, citing health
Rosengren had been accused of conflicts of interest due to real estate holdings
Biden nominates law professor for OCC
Saule Omarova favours more regulation and suggested the Fed take over deposits, alarming banks
Brazil’s Goldfajn to be IMF western hemisphere chief
Former central bank governor to take post vacated by Alejandro Werner
Strategies for change: central banks’ quest for diversity
Dedicated diversity strategies remain uncommon among central banks, despite growing recognition of the need for better minority representation