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Deputy to lead Bank of Israel amid appointment delay
Amir Yaron unlikely to be in governor’s office before the next monetary policy meeting
People: Former Malawian governor dies
Mathews Chikaonda served as governor in the 1990s; new senior appointments made at the BIS; and more
US academic likely to be next Bank of Israel governor
Amir Yaron likely to be appointed by Israeli cabinet but observer raises doubts about independence
People: Sri Lanka’s central bank promotes two new deputy governors
Attygalle and Karunarantne become deputy governors, Kilponen to succeed Välimäki at Bank of Finland, IMF promotes representative in Argentina, and more
ECB nominates Enria as next head of banking supervisor
Italian candidate likely to be accepted as next head of SSM
People: Macedonia appoints two female vice-governors
ECB brings statistics expert from Eurostat; RBNZ creates position of manager communications
Donnery and Enria in contention for top SSM job
Shortlist narrows after closed-door session at the European Parliament
People: San Fran Fed appoints head of research
Sylvain Leduc becomes head of research at San Fran Fed; Shonubi approved as deputy in Nigeria; two front-runners to lead FSB; Iceland appoints head of new IT division
Paraguay central bank bids farewell to Valdovinos as Sienra takes helm
Administration change prompts Valdovinos’s exit from the central bank after five years of service
Former Sarb governor assumes finance minister role
Tito Mboweni succeeds Nene but opposition party questions his “radical views”
Amir Yaron appointed Bank of Israel governor
US-based professor in line to take over from Karnit Flug later this year
People: Mexico appoints board member
Jonathan Heath to join Bank of Mexico board; new deputy governor in Solomon Islands; Google’s Julien Blanchez to head Swift data analytics
Gita Gopinath named IMF chief economist
The Harvard academic is a specialist in international finance and an adviser to central banks
ECB narrows down choices for next supervisory head
Donnery, Enria and Ophele will appear before European Parliament
Caputo quits as Argentina central bank chief
Former finance minister cites ‘personal reasons’ for departure after just three months, but speculation over future of monetary policy may have been a factor
People: NY Fed names new chief information officer
Pamela Chase Dyson to lead tech group; Richard Clarida sworn in; EBA appoints board member
Trump nominates former Fed economist for board role
Nellie Liang’s nomination may help the Fed guard against potential future downturns
Demetriades on political pressures on central banks and their governors
Former governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus speaks about the Cypriot banking crisis, the need for EU-wide AML oversight, independence and his fears for stability of the monetary union
Mary Daly takes San Fran Fed presidency
Head of research succeeds John Williams as president of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Governor returns to Sudan’s central bank to fill leadership gap
Hazem Abdelqader died suddenly of a heart attack on a visit to Turkey
People: Lagarde rules out transition to top EU jobs
IMF chief dismisses rumours linking her to upcoming changes in EU leadership positions; Bundesbank appoints executive board members; Thailand picks board member
Carney agrees seven-month extension to term
BoE governor continues to avoid full eight-year term laid out in the central bank law; Jon Cunliffe also reappointed
Carney signals ‘willingness’ to stay at BoE
Governor implies he is “willing” to serve another year, though decision falls to Treasury
Clarida confirmed as Fed vice-chair
US Senate approves appointment with 69 votes in favour, 26 against and four abstentions