Governance
People: UAE president restructures central bank board
Cleveland Fed appoints senior vice-president to head project on improving US Treasury’s tax collection
New governor takes office in Belize
Former IMF official Vasquez takes office as financial and economic crisis unsettles country
Carolyn Wilkins joins BoE’s financial policy committee
Former Bank of Canada deputy governor will replace Donald Kohn on FPC
UAE names new central bank governor
President appoints deputy to top role as former governor resigns after one year in post
Lebanese finance ministry and central bank clash over forensic audit
Central bank to release documents to independent auditors this month, finance ministry says
Lithuanian parliament approves new governor
Gediminas Šimkus caps long career at Bank of Lithuania
‘Giant of the field’ Robert Mundell dies
The Nobel laureate influenced a generation of economists via the Mundell-Fleming model
Republican senator accuses Fed of politicising research
Toomey demands documents from San Francisco Fed on climate and racial justice studies
People: Erdoğan fires deputy governor
IMF hires new finance director; new deputy governors at Nepal central bank; and more
ECB concerned by Hungary consumer credit plan
Draft law would give Central Bank of Hungary powers to directly issue loans for energy efficiency
Fed won’t set rates to ease debt pressure – Waller
Newest Fed board member stresses central bank autonomy in first public address
Cleveland Fed creates new inclusion council
Eight-member council charged with assisting the bank in fostering diversity
People: Steven Maijoor moves to DNB
Bank of Slovenia vice-governor nominated; ECB media relations chief stepping down; and more
Bolivian government prosecutes ex-governor over IMF loan
Justice ministry charges senior figures in last administration as observers condemn “political attack”
Czech governor rebuffs PM over government dividend
Rusnok publicly tells prime minister that profits must be used to rebuild CNB’s buffers
People: Central Bank of Brazil deputy governor resigns
Jens Weidmann re-elected as chair of BIS board of directors; Rwanda appoints new deputy governor; two former governors of the Costa Rican central bank die
Central Bank of Barbados’s first governor dies
Blackman helped to introduce dollar peg and pioneered transparency
Turkish president fires third central bank governor in a row
Former politician becomes governor days after MPC raises rates; lira falls sharply
China appoints two new PBoC policy members
PBoC gets two new monetary policy members as IMF warns of rising stability risks
Ukrainian security investigating deputy governor – media reports
Rozhkova accuses former owners of PrivatBank of orchestrating moves to discredit central bank
Myanmar central bank suspends over 200 staff for coup protests
Move comes as junta cracks down on government employees joining opposition protests
FCA to clamp down on firms with low levels of diversity
UK regulator says it will consider how best to use its powers if inclusion and diversity are in question
People: new deputy governor at Bank of Greece
Vice-presidents appointed at Cleveland and Richmond Feds; former Dominican Republic governor dies
ECB welcomes proposed reforms to Latvian central bank
Major reforms prompted by series of scandals under former Bank of Latvia governor