Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Lars Rohde to retire from National Bank of Denmark
Governor will step down after 10 years in the role
Nigerian currency pressure mounting as central bank releases airline funds
Customers are facing limits on what they can withdraw from some banks, say reports
Big tech firms may suffer from ‘too much information’ – BIS paper
Firms that pry too much into customers’ affairs may find themselves with no business, authors say
ECB appoints expert advisers on supervisory process
Members include former Japanese FSA head Himino and Bank of Canada deputy Rogers
IMF says Sri Lanka must reform central bank law for $2.9bn bailout
Government must end monetary financing and give central bank autonomy, fund says
Privacy commissioner closes probe into RBNZ cyber defences
Central bank has “made every change recommended and more” in wake of hacker breach
RBA to focus on inflation targeting for 2022–23
Australian central bank changes priority as inflation reaches highest level since 1990s
Swift aims to cut cross-border frictions with predictive tool
Use of anonymised data can help spot errors in cross-border payments, Swift says
FedNow scheduled for mid-2023 launch
Bowman and Brainard see CBDC substitution and cloud technology advantages
Hungary raises interest rate to 11.75%
Central bank official cites inflation and dispute over rule of law
Chile renews IMF flexible credit line as risks grow
Months after ending the previous facility, Chile has reactivated it
BoE paper analyses drivers of price setting
Panel data on UK firms reveals asymmetry in how firms decide to raise prices
Supply-side pressures likely to persist – Carstens
Policy-makers “need to be realistic” about the feasibility of demand management, BIS chief says
US household debt rising across the board
Delinquencies for subprime loans are approaching their pre-pandemic proportion
Two rural banks in China’s Liaoning province go under
Regulator says the banks were involved in illegal operations
HKMA fines Commerzbank for anti-money laundering lapses
German banking giant failed to conduct required checks on 17 customers between 2012 and 2016
ADB provides $100 million in emergency loans to Mongolia
Funds will be used to expand government support for vulnerable households
Chinese authorities arrest 234 suspects linked to Henan banking scandal
Authorities also start repaying more depositors after months-long freeze
Fintech needs better oversight as risks grow, FSI says
Basel-based group sees room for system-level testing and closer scrutiny of tech firms
Australian banks must do more on climate risks, RBA official says
Green asset taxonomy must be appropriate for Australian conditions, says central bank official
Bank of Israel raises rates by largest amount since 2002
MPC says short-term inflation expectations have fallen, but warns of faster increases in house prices
Geostrategic risks now a major factor – CNB reserves head
Ondrej Strádal supports use of CBR reserves for reparations, is reassessing renminbi allocations and has US recession as a ‘base case’ scenario
Bank Indonesia raises interest rates for first time in three years
Governor says decision is “pre-emptive” after inflation reaches a seven-year high
PBoC urges big state banks to increase lending
Yi Gang summons bankers as PBoC says economy faces “critical moment’