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Governor says Canada’s central bank will pursue policy that works in multiple scenarios
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Fed’s NBFI scenario may be more use than CCAR – experts
Main severely adverse scenario does not capture contagion risks from any squeeze on non-banks
Governors serving limitless terms tend to earn lower salaries
But governors’ average salary remains over $200,000 a year
BoE museum showcases virtual reality Phillips machine
VR version of Moniac brings 144kg hydraulic economic model to wider audience
AI at the ECB and the need to strengthen internal critical thinking
Carlos Bowles writes that efficiency gains should be shared with staff and efforts made to protect cognitive capacity
Hands off our gold, says National Bank of Belgium
Central bank rejects politicians’ calls to use bullion to pay for defence
Central Banking Awards 2025: final winners announced
Last group of awards includes governor of the year and lifetime achievement
Fernando Restoy on supervision, geopolitical risks and the rise of non-banks
FSI chairman shares his plans for the organisation and discusses the latest policy issues, including AI oversight, collateral pre-positioning and capital resilience
Awards
Lifetime achievement award: Agustín Carstens
A driver of strategic change, respected in both emerging and developed economies
Central bank of the year: Bank of Thailand
The Thai central bank has countered government interference while fulfilling its mandate and striving to future-proof the financial sector
Governor of the year: Aleš Michl
The Czech National Bank head brought inflation down from 18% to 2%
Reserve manager: Bank Indonesia
The Asian central bank turned to agile reserve management after higher rates put its reserves approach at a crossroads
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Fintech Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis
Data breakdown reveals differences in CBDC research, AI use and adoption of the cloud
Do central bank governors make good prime ministers?
Mark Carney is the latest to make the leap, but the record elsewhere has been mixed
Stop calling them ‘CBDCs’, ECB paper argues
Study says the term, and much other crypto terminology, is misleading and should be binned
Trump, the Fed and climate’s undeniable systemic risk
Experts disagree on the impact of the Fed’s withdrawal from the NGFS but are united about climate change’s devastating effect on the financial system
Benchmarking
Governors serving limitless terms tend to earn lower salaries
But governors’ average salary remains over $200,000 a year
Inter-bank working groups
Facilitating connections between central bankers across the globe to promote the exchange of expertise and support collaboration.
Upcoming meetings include: Cyber risk management, social media in communications and upgrading forecast models.
Central banking amid uncertainty and Trump 2.0
Deglobalisation set to challenge the central banking orthodoxy of the past 40 years
Central Banking Spring Meetings 2025
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Trump 2.0 piles pressure on reserve managers
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Conservatism in central banking ‘may not exist in 10 years’
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Book reviews
Book notes: Central bank capitalism: monetary policy in times of crisis, by Joscha Wullweber
Book notes: Default: the landmark court battle over Argentina’s $100 billion debt restructuring, by Gregory Makoff
Book notes: A fly on the RBI wall: an insider’s view of the central bank, by Alpana Killawala
Book notes: The bankers’ new clothes, second edition, by Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig
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