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Kohn worried about weight of expectations on Federal Reserve
The weight of expectations on the US Fed may be too high; the US is not as well placed as the UK to tackle another major crisis, says the former Fed vice-chair
UK’s Royal Mint challenges coin-note boundary
Director for circulating coin claims new feature will allow the new £1 coin to challenge low-denomination banknotes in terms of security
RBNZ’s Krippner: term structure models can make for better policy
Central bank economist talks about his work on modelling monetary policy at the zero lower bound, and what comes next
Bank of Canada’s Vardy and Harrison on the move to ‘peacetime’ communications
Central bank has reshaped its communications approach post-crisis, embedding it into the policy process and encouraging markets to think for themselves
Macedonia links up with EU payment infrastructure
Central bank announces local interbank payment system will connect with Target2 via the Bank of Italy; payments department manager says the development will enable smoother integration with the EU
Croatian governor warns of further financial crises
It is probably time for central banks to “get out” of expanded balance sheets, Boris Vujčić says
African central banks have cut euro exposures, says Uganda’s Kavuma
Combination of negative interest rates and falling reserves hit euro holdings but most central banks still avoid investments within Africa
National Asset-Liability Management Africa 2016 | Wellington Management | William J. Hannigan
William Hannigan on the challenges facing central banks investing in government bonds, and the current low-yield environment
Sponsored forum: Evaluating big data capabilities in central banking
Central Banking convened a panel of experts to discuss the big questions about big data, how and where it can add value to central banking in the near term, and balancing the pros against the cons
'Institutional repositories' can boost research – Bank of Spain’s Selgas
Organising materials in an efficient manner online can support research and collaboration, says Bank of Spain’s chief librarian; system expected to launch in 2017
Global sharia standards desirable, but impractical – Lebanon’s el Gemayel
Complete standardisation impractical, but other options are available, says Central Bank of Lebanon’s Joëlle el Gemayel; Islamic banking landscape is shifting
PBoC faces the ‘most challenging work of all central banks’ – HKU’s Xiao
The People’s Bank of China needs to meet short-term goals of exchange rate and price stability to achieve longer-term structural and financial reform, says Hong Kong University professor Xiao Geng
Antti Heinonen says cash is still relevant in modern society
Former ECB head of banknotes says cash is still evolving to keep pace with new payments technology, and banknote designs are staying ahead of counterfeiters
Riksbank adviser Segendorf offers insight into distributed ledger technology
Financial stability adviser evaluates the benefits of adopting distributed ledger technology and what effect digital currencies will have on cash
Zeti Akhtar Aziz on crisis management, mandates and capacity building
Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz speaks to Christopher Jeffery about her three-and-a-half decades spent tackling crisis management, capacity building and governance
Jacques de Larosière on the international monetary system and the eurozone
Central Banking’s Chris Jeffery speaks to former IMF chief Jacques de Larosière about efforts to restore the global financial system and challenges for the eurozone at the Central Banking Awards 2015