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BSP opens currency exchange for migrants fleeing Ukraine
Returning Filipinos can convert their hryvnia to pesos at central bank and authorised banks
Rates round-up: Uruguay, Tunisia and Serbia tighten policy
Inflation fears prompt more rate hikes from central banks worldwide
Zimbabwe lifts lending freeze
President had announced total halt to lending in bid to defend local currency
Austria’s Partsch explains decision to raise equity exposures
Central bank boosted equity investments from 5% to 12% in the wake of the pandemic
Bernanke says Fed acted too slowly on inflation
Former Fed chair argues forward guidance hampered Fed’s response to rising prices
Digital euro could be reality by 2026 – ECB’s Panetta
ECB will step up engagement with authorities and investigate means of issuing CBDC
Saudi sovereign wealth fund sets up national coffee company
Coffee venture is part of national diversification plann
People: UK appoints Bank of England MPC member
India names two RBI executive directors; Chilean vice-president to chair Irving Fisher Committee
BIS paper finds sovereign risk key to fiscal-monetary links
Study of Mexico models feedback loop between fiscal and monetary policy
Polish MPs confirm Glapiński for second term
Governor wins narrow vote despite double-digit inflation and harsh criticism
Argentine central bank hikes rates as inflation reaches 30-year high
Central bank makes optimistic comments on inflation path
HKMA defends currency on foreign exchange markets
First interventions since 2019 come as Hong Kong central bank props up dollar peg
Czech president appoints policy dove as governor
Koruna falls as rate-hike opponent and former Babiš adviser prepares to lead CNB
Fed paper examines non-bank emergency facility
More flexible investors tapped facility earlier, doing more to stabilise markets
Chilean central bank to step up CBDC work
BCCH to carry out public outreach but says existing payments system may be enough
Malaysian central bank makes surprise rate rise
Pre-emptive decision designed to stave off inflation
ECB paper analyses financial crisis contagion
Crisis in one region can trigger more as investors reassess other markets, researchers say
Romania meets inflation spike with rate hike
Central bank adds 75bp to policy rate as inflation passes 10% mark and economy sputters
Fed warns on crypto risks as major stablecoin breaks peg
CBDC could help protect against risks from crypto assets including stablecoins, Fed says
CBDC little threat to Canadian bank liquidity – paper
Bank of Canada research says most bigger banks have enough funding to handle retail CBDC competition
Zimbabwe freezes all bank lending
President announces controls on money creation to stem decline of currency
Norway’s headline inflation increases to 5.4%
Analysts say 50bp rate hike becoming more likely
Nigerian governor says he may enter presidential election
Godwin Emefiele demands right to stay as central bank governor while campaigning in election
Moldova continues rate climb as inflation passes 20%
Central bank orders another 300bp increase as war adds to price woes