Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Kuwait raises policy rate 25bp
Central bank usually times increases to match FOMC meetings
HKMA invites CBDC business plans from private sector
Banks and tech companies may be invited to work with the central bank on future CBDC research
Monetary policy ‘increasingly synchronised’, say IMF officials
Very few central banks have bucked the global trend since the start of the pandemic
PBoC vows not to flood economy with liquidity
Chinese central bank warns of rising structural inflation pressures
Colombian study estimates policy impact on capital flows
Meta-analysis using web scraping finds central banks have more control over some flows than others
El Salvador abolishes statistics agency
Central bank will absorb body that calculates inflation
Thailand raises rates for first time since 2018
Bank of Thailand signals more “gradual and measured” rate increases to come
People: Pimco re-hires Fed’s Clarida
Burundian president replaces central bank chief; Israeli research chief stepping down
Central banks weighing up CBDC offline alternatives
Institutions are testing ways of allowing digital payments without the internet
Moldova raises rates as inflation hits 31.8%
Policy interest rate reaches new record high
Australian central bank launches CBDC research project
RBA says it will look into different use cases of digital currency
Activity-based regulation will not guarantee level playing field – BIS paper
Authors propose framework to clarify use of entity- and activity-based regulations
Israeli reserves increase on higher equity prices
Portfolio increases by over $4 billion in July to $197.8 billion
Romania continues tightening cycle with 75bp rise
Eighth consecutive increase comes as headline inflation passes 15%
South Sudan president fires sixth governor
Moses Makur Deng ends seven-month stint as currency depreciates
RBI raises rates to tackle ‘uncomfortably high’ inflation
Central bank has been intervening to defend rupee, but governor insists reserves remain ample
UAE central bank issues guidance on politically exposed persons
Measures build on AML/CFT requirements following FATF greylisting in March
MAS to raise $1.7 billion with 50-year green bonds
Singapore’s debut green bond was oversubscribed more than two times by large investors
More depositors in Henan and Anhui to have frozen funds repaid
Chinese authorities announce repayments for depositors with savings of up to 250,000 yuan
UK’s possible next prime minister promises BoE mandate change
Liz Truss says situation now “very different” to when central bank’s mandate was laid down in 1997
Taiwan governor says ‘no need to worry’ about capital outflows
Yang Chin-Long says Taiwan has sufficient foreign reserves to handle potential FX volatility
BIS report highlights challenge of modelling green reserve portfolios
Survey of central banks finds legal mandates and liquidity make green reserves management difficult
Banknotes round-up: Egypt debuts polymer note
Peru continues rollout of new series; Mexico to withdraw 20 peso note; and more
BoI reshuffles banking supervision department
Heads of division will switch positions in a bid to foster new thinking