Governance
Polish Senate to decide on new MPC member
Opposition parties hold upper house majority and may pick more hawkish rate-setter
People: UK names veteran banker as chairman of BoE court
Appointments in Nicaragua, Cape Verde and Central African currency zone
People: World Bank appoints Gill as chief economist
Two members join Bank of Japan board, and senior IMF officials Lester and Rice step down
Millions stolen from central bank, Surinamese authorities say
Finance ministry official arrested as Dutch academic says corruption prevents central bank from functioning
Powell divests municipal bond holdings
Fed chair acted early to comply in with new ethics code at Federal Reserve
DNB officials propose framework for central bank capital
Study offers central banks a guide to the complexities of latent risk and independence
Poland law would fund coal benefit with central bank’s profit
National Bank of Poland remitted 95% of profits to government in 2020
Fed faces years of losses as interest rates rise
QE brought major interest rate risk onto central bank’s balance sheet
Endlessly interim? The struggle to appoint top US regulators
Two-year OCC vacancy is not that unusual in US system, but it may hamper initiative
Australian government to review RBA mandate and governance
Review will look into the board structure and performance, after RBA suffers criticism over policy choices
Lebanese prime minister ‘ready to replace governor’ after police raid
Investigating judge fails to find Riad Salameh, as PM says parties must agree on new governor
Polish governor accuses opposition of plotting violence against him
Glapiński says Tusk could use “a mob” to remove him and says opposition has broken law
Fed internal watchdog clears Powell and Clarida
Inspector-general still examining Rosengren and Kaplan, while senators criticise new code
US Senate confirms Barr as Fed vice-chair
Democrat appointees now form majority of board of governors
People: Saudi Central Bank appoints two vice-governors
BIS names heads of key committees; senior officials quit US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Polish opposition pledges to dismiss central bank governor
Glapiński calls opposition leader “a liar” after he says governor was appointed against legal advice
Brazil central bank union ends strike
Months of industrial action fail to secure requested pay increase
DNB governor apologises for its role in slavery
Knot outlines central bank’s close links to slave trade and pledges to fund diversity projects
IMF set for governance reform in wake of ‘Doing Business’ controversy
Board to make changes to data integrity, whistleblower protection and dispute resolution
Colombia announces largest-ever rate increase
Central bank orders 150bp rise, while president-elect announces next finance minister
IMF warns Iceland over bank privatisation and housing market
Some bank investors have conflicts of interest and housing market is overheating – report
US citizen pleads guilty to selling technology to Iranian central bank
Defendant faces jail after using UAE shell companies to skirt US national security law