Governance
Mauritius postpones MPC meeting due to ‘administrative matters’
Central bank moves meeting to May 30 after prime minister appoints three new members to MPC, which is now at full capacity
South Sudan president sacks central bank governor again
Country faces “enormous economic and humanitarian challenges”, says IMF staff report
Bank of England should have ‘green’ mandate – report
Activist group says BoE should be given explicit mandate which would see climate sustainability on par with price stability
People: Nigeria gets two new deputy governors
Aisha Ahmad and Edward Adamu able to start work after political deadlock ends
Philip Lane on systemic risk, transparency and Brexit
The Central Bank of Ireland governor speaks with Dan Hardie and Chris Jeffery about transparency, shadow banking, ECB succession and tackling systemic banking risk in the eurozone
New Nigerian MPC members voice concerns over balancing act
Committee able to meet after lawmakers lift boycott of president’s candidates
UK regulators fine Barclays chief for whistleblowing failure
PRA and FCA say Jes Staley undermined protections for whistleblowers; bank expected to implement stronger controls
Listening devices found at Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten
Board admits devices were found, but does not say who placed them
Irish central bank may force banks to act on gender diversity
Deputy governor Donnery says central bank may act if voluntary agreements do not work
IMF says Ghana should change law to prevent monetary financing
Directors commend recent progress in reducing inflation but call for stronger safeguards
Book notes: I do what I do, by Raghuram Rajan
This collection of speeches and commentary sheds light on how the ‘rockstar’ central banker operated, but it reveals little in the more controversial areas of Rajan’s governorship
People: Carney gets new senior adviser
Bank of England creates new senior adviser role; IMF appoints chief information officer; and more
People: BoE appoints chief cashier in senior reshuffle
BoE makes promotion following departure of Chris Salmon; Malaysia picks new assistant governors; MAS makes changes to senior management
Bank of England unveils new education initiative
The “econoME” programme seeks to bring basic economics into UK classrooms
World Bank names new chief economist
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg brings deep experience of trade economics; predecessor Paul Romer spent a turbulent 15 months in office
BoE profits exceed target, but pay squeeze continues
Senior staff to receive below-inflation pay rises, though income and costs both “favourable”
Finnish lawmakers nominate Olli Rehn to be next governor
Likely candidate is former European commissioner and economic affairs minister
SNB loses $6.9 billion in Q1
Higher interest rates reduced the value of sovereign bonds
Romanian ruling party leader accuses central bank of political bias
President rejects accusations that central bank is spreading “fake news” as inflation rises