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Brexit could spell larger mandate for Bank of England – report
House of Lords report asks government to consider adding competitiveness to mandates of FCA and PRA
Commodity price dip ‘likely to persist’ – paper
Bank of Canada research examines how global real economic activity can be used to model commodity prices
Central Banking Awards: Ireland recognised for transparency
Central Bank of Ireland, Bank of Lithuania and BlackRock win awards
Finnish paper examines 19th century Chinese lending
Loans to officials show how banks can enforce repayment despite hostile legal environment
Central bankers assess markets’ reactions to policy changes
Benoît Cœuré warns of complacency among investors as central banks move to normalise
China tightens scrutiny of outbound investments
Regulators are looking to restrict and control outbound investments
BoJ board notes disappointing inflation indicators
Low inflation and expectations in a “weakening phase” drag on BoJ’s policy outlook
People: US Senate confirms Powell as new Fed chair
PBoC’s Zhou Xiaochuan not included in key advisory body; Buhari set to appoint new deputy governor at CBN
Co-operation key to cyber defence success, says Sarb deputy
Groepe says institutions need to ensure fintech interconnectivity does not cause system failure; new players should be held to the same security standards
Central bank communications risk circularity, says BIS paper
Policy communications influence market prices and market prices influence policy, warn Stephen Morris and Hyun Song Shin
Draghi strongly criticises US statements on dollar
ECB president calls for US to keep “implicit agreement” on avoiding competitive devaluations
Better data needed amid rise of non-banks – BIS study
Survey of post-crisis banking structure finds sturdier core banking system, but risks shifting to periphery, raising the need for better surveillance
Income convergence in reverse among original euro members, research says
Fall in income disparities halted soon after 2002 and started to increase after financial crisis
Rebased ‘Maddison’ data reshapes economic history
New approach to measuring GDP per capita generates fresh insights from the long-run growth database
South Africa needs to press ‘reset button’ in 2018 – Mminele
Economy floundered after political instability harmed investor confidence; South Africa should capitalise on the upswing of 2018, says Sarb deputy
Anti-money laundering technologies can bring new risks – European supervisors
Regulators need to ensure firms understand new technologies, ESAs say
BoE denies involvement with controversial charity auction
Central bank says it was unaware tea with Mark Carney was being auctioned, after FT investigation raises allegations of sexual harassment
IMF welcomes reform progress in Egypt
A flexible exchange rate and tighter policy have helped stabilise the economy
Central Banking Awards: Bank of Canada is central bank of the year
Awards go to the Bank of Canada, PriceStats, Perago and De La Rue
Do not ban cryptocurrencies – DNB
Central bank says a ban would be difficult to enforce and could impede innovation
Nouy warns eurozone banks to prepare for NPL framework changes
Possible changes to ECB and Commission rules make balance sheet clean-up “crucial”
Liberalising services trade could tackle imbalances – BoE paper
Finding ways of reducing barriers to services trade could substantially cut imbalances
Goodfriend’s economic views challenged by US senators
Nominee to Fed’s board criticised the dual mandate of low inflation and unemployment in the past
ESM hails Greece’s progress in third bailout
The country should exit the programme in August as growth accelerates and bond yields fall