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Eurozone headline inflation drops sharply
But core figure remains high as service price rises persist
PBoC has lent banks $44 billion for ‘green projects’
Facility helps Chinese and foreign lenders to fund carbon emissions reduction, says governor
Singapore and Malaysia set up cross-border payments link
Travellers can use QR codes to pay for transactions in foreign stores
Rates round-up: Kenya raises rates to highest since 2018
Sarb adds 50bp more as economy struggles; Zimbabwe cuts 1,000bp; Mozambique holds
BIS paper warns of worsening fiscal and monetary trade-offs
Many governments have sought to shield consumers from price rises, at a high budgetary cost
BoE proposes minimum resilience for LDI funds
Funds at centre of UK’s bond market 2022 crisis must withstand bigger “yield shock”, BoE says
Australia to publish central bank review in April
Independent review likely to propose changes to RBA’s board
Credit Suisse collapse triggered eurozone contagion – ECB’s Enria
Enria says some kinds of contagion were more dangerous than others as Swiss G-Sib collapsed
Lagarde slightly injured in car accident
ECB president was departing Euro Summit
UK banks insulated from wider troubles, BoE says
Financial policy committee “closely monitoring” events but says capital and liquidity are sufficient
Rates round-up: Ghana and Thailand tighten
Many central banks in Africa, Asia and Europe still raising rates, but Angola continues cuts
Bailey says investors ‘testing’ banks for weakness
UK banks not facing same issues as SVB US or Credit Suisse, BoE governor says
PBoC swap lines now key international bailout tool
Researchers say PBoC extended support worth billions of dollars to Belt and Road countries
Taliban appoints new governor to Afghan central bank
Hidayatullah Badri was acting finance minister and previously ran Taliban’s finances
World faces ‘new investment regime’, says Mauritian governor
Seegolam says “bonds are back” but FX will be volatile
Georgieva warns of increased risks to financial stability
Action by policy-makers has only eased stress “to some extent”, IMF chief says
CAR to drop crypto as legal tender
Country bows to pressure from partners in regional monetary union
Riksbank governor stresses Swedish banks’ strength
Thedéen says “inflation needs to come down significantly” in 2023
Nigeria and Morocco raise rates
Inflation hits record level in Morocco and remains high in Nigeria
Norway and Iceland raise rates as inflation stays high
Iceland’s governor warns of wage-price spiral and says economy is overheating
Moldova cuts rates while North Macedonia tightens
Inflation falling in both countries as Moldova confronts drought and energy problems
BoE tightens policy after inflation surprise
Hot February inflation figure prompted policy-makers to continue tightening
MAS set to build digital platform to tackle financial crimes
Central bank will develop an information-sharing platform with six leading banks
Central Banking Awards 2023: final group of winners revealed
Awards recognise lifetime achievement of Stefan Ingves, as well as reserves management, currency, technology and more