Dan Hardie
Staff writer, Central Banking
Dan Hardie previously worked as a journalist for Central Banking, as a staff writer and later news editor. He has a degree from Oxford University and served in Afghanistan with the British army.
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Report accuses Georgieva of changing data under Chinese pressure
IMF head rejects allegations made by World Bank-commissioned independent report
Turkey raises banks’ gold and FX reserve levels
Central bank announces work with state-owned organisations on prototype CBDC
Lebanese central bank audit has not yet started, says outgoing finance minister
Media reports prosecutor probing new prime minister over central bank-backed loans
Sri Lankan president names political ally to lead central bank
President appoints ex-governor Cabraal to role after predecessor resigns amid growing crisis
Iraqi court jails foreign engineers over central bank dispute
Australian engineer’s family say he was jailed to pressure firm over troubled project
Taliban name acting head of Afghan central bank
Mohammad Idris played leading role in financing Taliban war effort, senior official says
Taliban unlikely to gain immediate access to most DAB assets
Likely asset freeze and fall in currency may lead to hyperinflation, analyst warns
Afghan governor flees country as Taliban seize Kabul
Some former officials manage to leave Kabul while sources say others remain in country
Lebanese politicians condemn governor for ending fuel subsidy
Salameh says he will not resume subsidy unless parliament allows use of mandatory reserves
Somalia relaunches payments system after three decades of absence
World Bank played key role in restoring system to war-torn country, governor tells Central Banking
Turkish central bank holds rates despite pressure from president
Erdoğan said earlier that inflation would fall once rates were cut, but MPC declines to cut
Russian central bank may sell nationalised lender to ‘strategic investor’
Bank of Russia says it could bring sale of Otkritie forward if right buyer can be found
France and Tunisia carry out cross-border CBDC transfer
Latest BdF experiment sees central banks make wire transfer using wholesale CBDC
Kenyan governor asks for powers over digital lenders
Unregulated lenders are helping create ‘ballooning household debt’, Njoroge says
Libyan governors meet as UN tries to broker reunification
Audit will recommend ways to end division of central bank caused by civil war, reports say
University probing Turkish governor over plagiarism allegations – report
Newspaper alleges governor’s thesis was supervised by economist who is now senior policy-maker
Somalia’s governor on rebuilding its central bank
Governor Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi discusses reviving Somalia’s war-damaged economy, re-creating a payments system, and dealing with remittances
Turkish central bank has fired large number of staff, report says
Journalist says “political appointees” are joining bank in unprecedented numbers
Iranian president appoints new central bank governor
Economics professor has served as central bank’s deputy governor since 2014
Another Ukrainian central bank official quits in protest
Head of financial stability department backs other officials’ strong criticisms of bank decisions
Ukrainian central bank officials resign in protest
NBU’s decision-making process and standards are under threat, official says
ECB takes over supervision of largest EU investment firms
Firms posing systemic risk should not try to circumvent new regime by changing structure, ECB says
People: IMF deputy managing director and two more senior officials to leave
Tao Zhang leaves deputy’s role at end of tenure; IT and HR directors resign
Central banks will need new tools if low rates persist – Rogoff
Governments must clamp down on crypto assets while central banks develop CBDCs, economist says