Opinion/Our Take
Economy’s ‘first responders’ now in the line of fire
Forceful but late interventions to combat inflation raise the risk of central bank overreactions
(Un)stablecoins and central banks
Time to tackle stablecoin structures and support mechanisms
Fractures in the monetary system
Seizure of Bank of Russia assets likely to have long-term implications for international system
Tackling surging inflation
Central banks around the world are grappling with rapid price rises, with some taking very different routes to others
Too great expectations from the ECB’s strategy review
The review process represents operational best practice, but will fail to unify the Governing Council
A return of the inflation monster?
Fears grow over the intellectual shift to running economies ‘hot’
A bellwether moment for CBDC plans
Launch of ‘sand dollar’ may herald a new era of CBDCs as Fed and ECB step up their preparations
The dawn of average inflation targeting
Failure to explain how the Fed calculates its ‘average’ for AIT creates risks
Central Banking’s strategic changes for a new era
New institute, benchmarks, virtual training and online event weeks launched
Covid-19: a watershed moment for China’s BRI?
China faces a delicate task as its restructures debt while striving to preserve the soundness of its banks
High US inflation should not be ruled out
A prolonged health crisis raises the risk that hidden inflationary pressures could be stoked
Central banking enters a new era
‘Monetary financing’ and ‘buyer of last resort’ traps lie in wait
Global carbon taxes are coming: central banks must prepare
The next financial crisis could be a green one. Are central banks doing enough to prepare?
Inflation targets back in the spotlight
Monetary policy can do little to offset impact of Covid-19
Macroeconomics is not broken
The discipline has moved beyond the neoclassical synthesis. Critics should too
Facing up to the tech challenge
Central banks get a wake-up call from libra
Seven threats from big tech’s libra
Can central banks avoid a ‘big tech’ monetary meltdown?
30 years of central banking
Central banks face credibility tests on a number of fronts
An inside story on the central bank gold agreement
Robert Pringle reveals details of Mbeki’s appeal to central bankers
Five reasons why Mark Carney should head the IMF
The outgoing Bank of England governor has all the requisite skills
Purists lament as most cheer Lagarde as next ECB chief
Lagarde expected to adopt similar philosophy to Draghi at ECB
National Bank of Romania resists the populists – for now
Veteran governor Mugur Isărescu has defended the central bank’s independence
A climate of change
Central banks are striving to take practical steps to tackle climate change risks. Can they succeed?
The Brexit conundrum
Bank of England has only limited room to respond to hard Brexit