Dan Hardie
Staff writer, Central Banking
Dan Hardie previously worked as a journalist for Central Banking, as a staff writer and later news editor. He has a degree from Oxford University and served in Afghanistan with the British army.
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Western ambassadors support independence of Ukrainian central bank as dispute continues
Diplomats line up behind Gontareva as the president’s attitude remains unclear
ECB says draft Croatian law could harm central bank independence
Proposals would give state auditor “undefined powers” over central bank, ECB says
Irish central bank levies record fine for AML and CFT breaches
Failures occurred over “extended period of time”, central bank says; case highlights need for controls over outsourcing of AML/CFT functions, says enforcement chief
Ukrainian central bank council holds first meeting
New body has extensive powers over monetary policy and governance; NBU cuts rates for the fifth consecutive time this year
Ukrainian central bank attacks leading law-maker as political dispute worsens
Central bank governor backed by the ‘reform council’ and the IMF, but the president’s stance unclear
Ukrainian central bank says proposed law is attack on its independence
Passing law could lead to a cut-off of IMF aid, the central bank warns; calls on country’s president to repudiate law-makers
Draghi postpones decision on extension of QE
ECB president is aiming to build governing council support for further asset purchases, one analyst argues
Irish central bank publishes minutes of first macro-prudential committee meeting
Governor and senior staff approve current O-Sii and C-Cyb plans; intend to look further at impact of macro-prudential measures on housing markets
Fed might stimulate labour market with ‘high pressure’ economy
Fed president floats idea of dealing with weak labour markets by “high-pressure” economy; Boston Fed’s Rosengren points to key ‘puzzles’ in data on US economy
Ukrainian governor attacks politicians over allegations of criminal complicity
Gontareva describes accusations against her as “nonsense”; says politicians are holding up passage of law designed to confiscate assets held by criminals
Singaporean and Swiss regulators move against merchant bank in 1MDB scandal
Senior management pressured staff to ignore anti-money-laundering regulations, reports say
Threat of stagflation is ‘now real’, Nigerian MPC member says
Nigerian central bank publishes unusually detailed account of July rate rise decision, including personal statements by MPC members
Special purpose vehicles make ‘very limited’ contribution to GDP – Irish central bank study
Study permits a better analysis of "shadow banking" sector, authors say; concentrates on non-securitisation vehicles
Nabiullina promises ‘profound’ structural change for Russian banking supervision
Current structure “insufficient” to solve Russia’s problems, governor says; first deputy governor Tulin to oversee regulation and supervision
Rajan and co-authors present paper to ECB research conference
Paper introduces “pledgeability” as analytical tool; concept helps explain prolonged financial downturns, authors say
Fed’s Yellen defends Brainard against congressman’s charges of political bias
No sign of political bias from FOMC members, Yellen says, amid accusations Lael Brainard might be looking for a job in a Hillary Clinton administration
Yemen’s president sacks governor and announces new central bank in Aden
Move may increase humanitarian crisis as former central bank head managed to prevent worst outcome in “dire” circumstances, expert says
IMF warns over problems in Belarusian banking system, but central bank disagrees
Systemic liquidity risks are “elevated” because of dollarisation, fund says; central bank claims country’s first asset quality review shows banking system is sound overall
Eurozone employment-to-GDP-growth ratio has recovered strongly – ECB
Employment growth concentrated in Spain and Germany; productivity remains “stagnant at pre-crisis levels”
Russian central bank closes eight lenders and reports alleged crimes
Six banks and two credit institutions were shuttered by Russia’s central bank in September; dossiers on alleged “crimes” at six more sent to prosecutors
Irish central bank announces major internal reorganisation
Bank will split market supervision department in two and create new financial stability directorate; full-time director of corporate affairs to be appointed
Obituary: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Former Bank of Italy governor dies aged 95. The former partisan also held the roles of finance minister, prime minister and president
Greek central bank governor is ‘the real goal’ of police raid, wife says
Greek police raid the office of a company owned by the wife of central bank governor Yannis Stournaras; she denies all wrong-doing and says aim of raid is to “denigrate” her husband
Cœuré mulls advantages and problems of GDP-linked bonds
ECB board member Benoît Cœuré says GDP-linked bonds could protect taxpayers but pricing might be difficult; says international financial institutions could play “catalytic” role