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Expected loss model can cut capital procyclicality – BoE paper
New approach to loan loss provisioning can improve stability of capital and leverage ratios
BIS paper proposes new capital flow management tool
Offsetting capital flows rather than blocking them could be the optimal choice, authors say
Rates round-up: Canada to pause after 25bp rate rise
Thailand ups 25bp; Nigeria increases sharply; Angola opts for cut; and more
RBNZ to expand FX reserves
Bigger economy and markets demand larger pool of reserves, central bank says
Haiti receives $105 million emergency loan
IMF urges central bank to cut back monetary financing
European investigators want to interview Lebanese governor
Magistrates investigating money laundering reports have interviewed two former deputy governors
Papua New Guinea names new acting governor
Prime minister says previous acting head had served past legal limit for interim officials
BoE says rush to sell could undermine insurance stability
Supervisor questions whether some firms’ stress-test assumptions are “realistic”
Pakistan raises rates 100bp amid reserves crisis
Reserves now only enough to cover about three weeks of imports
People: Former PNG central bank governor dies
Bank of Canada appoints non-executive deputy governor; Patra’s term at RBI extended
Japanese inflation hits 41-year high
Inflation now double the BoJ’s target, but officials are not convinced it will last
Somalia plans to introduce new notes by 2024
Country has become dollarised since the collapse of the central government in 1991
South Sudan central bank orders pricing in pounds
Governor orders end to use of pricing in foreign currencies in private and public sectors
Danish National Bank gets new governor
Christian Kettel Thomsen had long career at finance ministry and served as EIB vice-president
Alan Budd: 1937–2023
Economist played key role in establishing BoE’s inflation-targeting framework
Ethiopian PM nominates new central bank governor
“Young technocrat” Mamo Mihretu has served as head of sovereign wealth fund
‘Funding for lending’ may suffer side effects – BIS committee
Survey finds lending schemes tend to be effective, but firms may become dependent
Cuban foreign exchange reserves have fallen, state says
Unusual disclosure in official publication sparks speculation about country’s financial position
Malaysian central bank holds rates while Indonesia hikes again
Both countries report marginal rises in inflation and BNM warns of global growth slowdown
Capital buffers not all working as intended – BoE paper
Some banks raised rates and contracted credit supply during the Covid-19 crisis
“Make-up” strategies may boost monetary policy, says paper
Price-level and average inflation targeting regimes stabilise import-related inflation, researchers find
Monetary tightening has ‘rapid’ effect on spending – BIS paper
Study finds conventional policy tools have bigger impact on consumption than unconventional ones
FSB finds implementation of non-bank reforms still ‘incomplete’
Banks are well insulated but more progress needed on liquidity management and securities financing
Bank of Japan defies expectations of yield curve change
Governor says it will take time for last month’s yield curve tweak to play out