Opinion/Comment
Tackling private-sector debt in the wake of the pandemic
Navigating Covid-19 debt is more of a challenge amid gathered storms of inflation and war, write Roong Mallikamas and Benjamin Weigert
How to stop stablecoins from hoarding precious collateral
Repo markets expert and crypto bank chief exec think Fed reserves are the right answer
Central bankers have lost sight of inflation
Resurgence comes after crypto and climate distractions from primary task
The green agenda dilemma
Central banks face a choice over whether to support national energy independence or climate goals
Do CBDCs make sense for Latin America?
Steven Kamin says CBDCs may be particularly beneficial to emerging market economies
Mitigating regulatory risks of mobile payments
Third-party payment providers need to give up data to supervisors to prevent fraud
Quantum computing: ready for prime time?
Central banks should add QC to their strategic planning, despite it being a work in progress
Are central banks ahead of banknote counterfeiters?
Antti Heinonen analyses data on recent trends in counterfeiting
Rethinking sovereign risk
‘Risk-free’ assets now include the possibility of complete confiscation with no recourse
Picking up the pieces: how to tackle the next phase of the Covid crisis
The global economy is heading into dangerous territory, writes Jagjit Chadha
How Afghanistan’s central bank can help prevent famine
The most pressing need is to ease a US dollar banknotes shortage
Inside the Bank of Israel’s emergency cash supply exercises
Amir Safranovich and Meir Bitton describe the central bank’s ongoing work on emergency preparedness
Is Latin American monetary policy still counter-cyclical?
Steve Kamin asks whether Latin American central banks are tightening aggressively by historical standards
The longest book ever written?
The Single Rulebook on EU financial regulation is a serious contender. But will it deliver a safer and better financial system?
Turkey’s Dornbusch moment
Turkey’s new deposit scheme sets the stage for hyperinflation, writes Barry Eichengreen
How to solve the payments privacy paradox
Anonymous CBDC has major drawbacks, but privacy in payments can still work, says Dave Birch
Time to stop handing out the pills: the great QE detox
We are facing a serious inflation threat that will test the resolve of central bankers, writes Jagjit Chadha
Interoperability of stablecoins
Central bank reserves could be a better option for backing stablecoins than Treasuries, say Manmohan Singh, Caitlin Long and Charles Kahn
MMT and the challenge of fiscal monetary co-ordination
Sayuri Shirai contrasts modern monetary theory with regimes of monetary or fiscal dominance
Green finance and mispricing: what role for central banks and governments?
Governments and central banks cannot stay on the sidelines, says Sayuri Shirai
The six key drivers for digital currency
Dave Birch breaks down the forces that are pushing central banks towards CBDC
Finalising Basel III is crucial for the EU banking sector
EU banks stand to be more heavily impacted by Basel III finalisation, but that is not a good reason to hesitate, says Pedro Duarte Neves
Technology is the best bet in fighting money laundering
Danish FSA chief Jesper Berg says there is a need to think ‘outside the box’ on corrupt money
The ECB’s monetary policy strategy review
Otmar Issing offers some initial perspectives on the ECB’s strategy review