Articles by Arvid Ahlund
Sri Lanka seeks return of money offered at Indian shrines
Sri Lankan central bank seeks to repatriate estimated 20 tonnes of coins offered as part of religious worship in India
Financial Policy Committee angles for full powers over UK leverage ratio regime
Bank of England body poised to ask for lead role in design and implementation of leverage ratios in UK; move described as a natural fit
Ingves outvoted as Riksbank cuts 50bp
Swedish central bank hits zero lower bound for first time since 2010 as inflation plummets; outvoted Ingves says his standing is not weakened, calls housing situation ‘acute'
BoE scraps 170-year old weekly balance sheet ‘snapshot' to hide emergency liquidity
Bank of England to remove data on emergency liquidity provision from weekly statement, in a step away from full transparency in the interest of financial stability
Questions mount over Bank of Ghana's involvement in airlift of $3m football bonus
Experts say central bank must have been aware of $3m government operation that breached forex controls imposed by the bank in February
BoE introduces ‘ground-breaking' macro-pru measures to prevent housing bust
Mark Carney unveils a cap on high loan-to-income mortgages and affordability test; influential MP calls it a ‘major departure' for UK financial policy
Central Bank of Colombia goes for more detailed minutes
New minutes include more detail about board members' policy views that ‘on occasion may reveal the institution's future policy inclination', according to central bank
Bank of England MPC minutes reveal surprise over dovish market expectations
BoE minutes show MPC members expected markets to price in earlier rate hike despite bank's vow to keep them low for extended period of time
Turkey's central bank board removes five executives
The bank has yet to comment publicly on the reshuffle, which a spokesperson says is not a matter of public concern
Bank of Ghana admits monetising government debt
Central bank offers relief as investor flight drives sovereign bond yields to spike; ‘printing money to finance the deficit' will cause inflation and currency depreciation, Fitch warns
Mexico cuts while Colombia hikes, signalling diverging growth trajectories
Both central banks are fighting above-target inflation but Mexican expectations are more firmly anchored; Colombian economy to reach full capacity this year, bank says
Nigeria's ousted governor makes transition to Muslim 'spiritual leader'
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was appointed emir of Kano, a northern Nigerian state, on Sunday; influential post could make Sanusi a source of ‘frustration' for president, says analyst
New Nigeria governor Emefiele to target unemployment and lending to 'key sectors'
New governor says bank ‘cannot sit idly by and concentrate only on price stability' at first press conference; unemployment rate to play key role in monetary policy decisions
Central Bank of Ecuador deposits half its gold with Goldman Sachs
Three-year deal sees the bank swap half-a-million ounces of bullion for ‘high security instruments and liquidity', ostensibly to cover government's widening fiscal deficit
Norges Bank poised to complete shift from FX buyer to seller before year's end
The Norwegian central bank sends strong signal it will make no foreign exchange purchases this year; analysts predict bank will make ‘symbolic shift' to net-seller in Q4
Iceland changes monetary policy framework as capital controls set to be lifted
The central bank's overhaul of key instruments in anticipation of balance sheet reduction and lifting of capital controls signals start of policy normalisation six years after crisis
Nigerian court ruling deepens concerns over central bank independence
Former governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi's appeal against presidential decision to suspend him is dismissed by judge; investors ‘nervous' about bank's autonomy
Carney says UK's 3% growth is not ‘escape velocity'
Bank of England governor suggests rates likely to remain at current levels for another year or until recovery is underpinned by productivity pick-up and real wage growth
Newspaper spat puts ‘serious dent in credibility' of Central Bank of Barbados
A spokesperson for the bank declined to comment on claims The Nation has been banned from attending press conferences; newspaper is considering legal action
BoE's new international head among senior appointments expected this month
The Bank of England has three weeks to fill seven senior positions as part of a structural overhaul that goes live on June 1
IMF moves to unshackle programme countries' monetary policy
The Fund's move towards more flexible conditionality in support programmes is part of a bigger push, but some say it does not go far enough
New monetary policy tools in Hungary introduced to wean country off external debt
The Central Bank of Hungary is tweaking its policy tools to incentivise lenders to purchase more domestic bonds, so reducing government’s need for foreign-denominated debt
Two injured as bomb blast hits Bank of Greece
Bank of Greece security personnel injured by attack hours ahead of county’s return to international bond markets and visit by German chancellor Angela Merkel
Central Bank of UAE opens first ever discount window
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates will introduce a standing liquidity facility next week, offering banks overnight loans at 100 basis points above official repo rate