Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Jamaica must sustain reform, central bank governor says
Jamaica must keep economic reform efforts going for another 15 years, Brian Wynter says; calls for enhancements to role of IMF’s centre for Caribbean technical assistance
Failed normalisation could hold back growth, IMF warns
Flagship report presents different scenarios based on whether the normalisation of monetary and financial conditions progresses smoothly or not; process could stall if risks crystallise
ECB publishes principles to avoid market-moving missteps
‘Guiding principles’ for communications by executive board members seek to prevent select groups gaining a commercial advantage from appearances
Increases in securitisation may lead to under-pricing of risk, study argues
Increased asset securitisation reduces premia on bonds and equities, Bank of Spain working paper says; decrease in cost of risk may not be related to an actual fall in risk
CPMI launches plan to halt correspondent banking decline
Consultation begins on measures designed to resist the decline of correspondent banking, which is threatening to fragment international payments and damage financial inclusion
Economists push IMF reforms back into spotlight
Indian economists make case for ‘more radical’ review of resource and representation in the future; Nordic and Baltic countries press for ‘interim steps’ towards delayed 2010 reforms
Value of capital controls still up for debate
Research published by BIS and IMF points to potential benefits from capital flow measures and macro-prudential tools, but other economists question the results
Spanish ‘bad bank’ must revise valuations of half of remaining assets
The Bank of Spain says Sareb, the country’s ‘bad bank’, must publish revised valuations of half of its assets by the end of the year; publishes criteria for company to use
CCPs’ initial margins ‘significantly’ raise cost of repo funding, study argues
Initial margins charged by central clearing counterparties (CCPs) can increase the cost of funds raised in repo markets, a Bank of Italy paper argues
Boston Fed conference lays bare uncertainty over macro-prudential policy
Central bankers raise concerns over theoretical and practical barriers to exercise of macro-prudential policy in the US and the appropriate role for monetary policy
Fiji laments 'torn and burnt' polymer banknotes
Central bank governor urges Fijians to stop ironing polymer notes which can 'cause them to melt and shrink'
Denmark’s Rohde concerned by lack of bail-in tool at mortgage banks
European standard for loss-absorbing capital does not apply to Danish mortgage banks, meaning resolution frameworks have to make do without bail-in
SNB’s Zurbrügg says negative rates painful but necessary
Vice-chair concerned by financial stability impact of negative interest rates, but says they make sense from a monetary policy perspective; talks with industry have been ‘very heated’
BIS paper uncovers new evidence on FX reserve and capital flow link
Paper argues role of domestic investors is key to properly understanding how foreign exchange reserves can dampen volatile capital movements
South Africa aims to launch electronic trading platform this year
A deputy governor of the South African Reserve Bank announces electronic trading platform could be launched in the coming months
Czech exchange commitment will ‘probably’ run beyond July 2016
Czech National Bank likely to use exchange rate as a monetary policy tool until July 2016 or later; formal extension and negative interest rates discussed but judged unnecessary
Weak jobs report sends dollar tumbling
Report shows nonfarm payrolls increased by just 142,000 in September, while July and August totals have been revised down; dollar drops by almost 1% against euro
Irish central bank proposes staggered rise in financial industry levy
Ireland’s central bank has proposed staggering a rise in the levy to cover financial regulation costs; still supports rise in proportion of costs paid by non-bank institutions
Regulators must move on shadow banking, says Bundesbank board member
Regulators must act on evidence of ‘significant movement’ towards shadow banking sector, says Deutsche Bundesbank’s Andreas Dombret
Basel Committee considers limiting bank modelling choices
Study of internal models of counterparty credit risk finds ‘considerable’ variation between banks, raising the possibility of the Basel Committee takings steps to increase consistency
Fed policy has ‘little impact’ on labour market, paper says
Paper published by Minneapolis Fed argues there is little the Fed can do to restore the level of employment relative to the population that prevailed before the crisis
Romania euro entry ‘no longer feasible’ for 2019, central bank governor says
National Bank of Romania governor says it is ‘no longer technically possible’ to join the single currency by January 2019; had previously warned of need for structural reforms
European Commission unveils capital markets union ‘action plan’
European capital markets must be standardised and liberalised, commission says; specific areas of focus include infrastructure funding and securitisation markets
IMF reveals Cofer submitters but scraps advanced-emerging breakdown
Fund reveals 96 economies submitting their reserves breakdown to the Cofer database, in the name of transparency – but axes breakdown of advanced/emerging economies for fear of revealing too much