Central Banking19 小时
Capital markets union faces ‘death by a thousand cuts’ – Lagarde
The piecemeal, bottom-up approach to harmonising national frameworks to enable EU-level capital flows is failing, the ...
Central Banking2 小时
South Africa makes 25bp cut
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) on November 21 reduced its policy rate by 25 basis points to 7.75%. This was the second consecutive meeting in which the central bank’s monetary policy committee ...
Central Banking10 小时
Fifth review: done. How Ukraine set a record in passed IMF reviews
Risk.net, FX Markets.com, WatersTechnology.com, Central Banking.com, PostOnline.co.uk, InsuranceAge.co.uk, RiskTechForum.com ...
Central Banking19 小时
Turkey holds rates at 50% for eighth consecutive month
Turkey’s central bank yesterday (November 21) voted to keep its key policy rate at 50% for the eighth consecutive month. In a statement, the monetary policy committee said it had taken the decision ...
Central Banking19 小时
As a population ages, impact of deflation worsens – BoJ study
When a population ages, this can magnify the negative impact of deflation on the economy, a Bank of Japan (BoJ) discussion paper concludes. In the paper, published on November 20, BoJ senior economist ...
Central Banking8 小时
Sweden should modernise retail payments – Riksbank study
In the study, published on November 20, Sveriges Riksbank says recent progress in modernising Sweden’s underlying payment infrastructure has been slow. It says the country’s clearing infrastructure, ...
Central Banking8 小时
UK inflation could stay closer to 2% than forecast – BoE deputy
The monetary policy committee (MPC) has forecast a slight rise in both growth and inflation over the coming months, driven partly by higher energy prices and more generous fiscal spending. Ramsden ...
Central Banking19 小时
Barr defends easing of Basel III endgame proposal
The US Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision Michael Barr has defended his efforts to dilute the capital impact of a flagship new bank regulation package. He promised to work with incoming ...
Central Banking10 小时
Policy analysis takes most of PhD economists’ time
PhD economists across 25 central banks spend an average of 44.2% of official hours on policy research/analysis. The proportions span from a low of 20% in two jurisdictions to a high of 80% in one low ...
Central Banking1 天
The GFXC chair on the next steps for the global FX code
Gerardo García speaks about updating FX best practice, improving buy-side engagement and changes to the BIS’s triennial ...
Central Banking1 天
Basel Committee to build ‘day-to-day’ supervision toolkit
At its meeting on November 19–20, the Basel Committee agreed to build these tools to “strengthen supervisory effectiveness in ...
Central Banking1 天
Working group minutes: reserve managers chafe at constraints
Reserve managers said they faced challenges in taking an agile approach to adopting new asset classes during the latest ...