Quantitative easing
RBNZ boosts asset purchases and prepares new policies
Negative rates and funding for lending programme under “active preparation”
Lane stresses inflation will determine ECB’s PEPP purchases
Lower inflation outlook could mean the programme will remain longer than anticipated
IMF publishes transparency code for central banks
Updated framework aims to help central banks rank themselves against best practice
Bank of Israel’s bond purchases are working – deputy governor
Andrew Abir says corporate bond purchases have eased conditions for non-financial firms
ECB slows down PEPP purchases
Emergency asset buying fell to lowest level since programme was launched in April
Lagarde hails EU fiscal-monetary co-ordination
Recovery fund will support economy from 2021, avoiding fiscal tightening once national stimulus lapses, stresses ECB president
EU recovery fund set to ease ECB’s burden
Common debt issuance likely to significantly reduce fragmentation risks, taming sovereign bond spreads, say analysts
Chilean MPC says it will keep stimulus in place
Central bank says credit supply is weak despite emergency liquidity package
Eurozone outlook is ‘highly uncertain’, says Lagarde
ECB maintains stimulus package unchanged as lower energy prices weaken inflation
Bank of Canada sees economy enter ‘recuperation’ phase
Central bank keeps government bond purchases at minimum C$5 billion ($3.7 billion) a week
Sri Lankan governor obeyed president’s call for credit easing – reports
Central bank closes down two more deposit-taking institutions in signs of further strain
Banks used TLTRO to convert less liquid assets – ECB paper
Researchers say that broad collateral standards for first TLTRO series played important role
Haldane and co-authors conclude QE has made UK happier
Authors use survey data to track QE’s impact on household balance sheets
Bank Indonesia to buy $28 billion of government debt
Central bank increases direct financing of government, raising fears over currency and independence
Fed’s repo market footprint goes back to zero
NY Fed has no outstanding repo interventions for first time in 10 months
Bank of Israel launches corporate bond purchases
Central bank also extends cheap funding for bank lending
Riksbank expands QE and adds corporate debt to purchases
Swedish central bank cuts lending rates to banks, but keeps repo rate unchanged at 0%
IMF warns unprecedented central bank support may fuel instability
Investors may be too optimistic about recovery, IMF report says
Weidmann to use ECB documents before German lawmakers - report
Bundesbank president’s appearance may satisfy conditions of German court ruling
UK debt office narrowly avoided disorderly market in March
DMO chief says BoE intervention triggered rapid recovery; debt issuance now running at record levels
Bank of Canada stimulus to continue for ‘very long period’ – Macklem
Economic recovery will be “prolonged and bumpy”, governor Tiff Macklem warns
NY Fed economists weigh in on yield curve control debate
Jury still out on Japan’s measures to control yield curve but there is “one clear benefit”, researchers say
Weidmann to testify quarterly in parliament to explain ECB policy
Measure follows constitutional court ruling requiring ECB to demonstrate proportionality of government bond purchases
Chilean government wants to give central bank QE powers
Draft law would allow Central Bank of Chile to buy government debt in “exceptional circumstances”