Macro-prudential
Fed warns of China debt risks
Financial Stability Report mainly optimistic about systemic health, including housing market
Asset sell-off biggest threat to Chile’s financial stability – Marcel
Governor reiterates warning against further pension withdrawals
Bank of Thailand raises LTV ratio cap as recovery slows
Central bank says home loan measure has limited risks despite high household debt
Evergrande tests China’s commitment to deleveraging
Chinese officials are having to choose between near-term growth and long-term economic health
RBNZ to tighten housing loan limits in November
“House prices remained unsustainable” despite earlier action, New Zealand governor Bascand says
BDF paper analyses banks’ capital buffers
Researchers suggest new approach to setting banks’ structural and cyclical reserve levels
Norges Bank given new macro-prudential responsibilities
Government assigns central bank power to set countercyclical capital buffer
Bolivian ex-governor warns pension law poses bank risk
Current governor has stayed silent on risks posed by measure, former governor Morales says
Myanmar authorities shut banks amid growing crisis, report says
Private banks closed from August 16 to August 22 amid ongoing cash crisis, reports allege
Israel’s financial risks back to pre-Covid levels – central bank
Banks are well capitalised and housing-related risks are low, report says
RBNZ to tighten loan limits as house prices continue to rise
Tougher loan-to-value limits could be followed by rate floors or debt service limits
Macro-pru mortgage limits were successful – RBA research
Central bank rates performance of policies implemented to cool risks in the housing market
BoE removes ‘guardrails’ on bank dividend payments
Central bank eases restrictions as outlook for UK financial sector improves
ECB paper investigates macro-pru’s impact on inequality
More research is needed on how borrower-based measures affect income inequality, researchers say
Rising spillover risks from macro-prudential policies
Tools used to restrict credit in specific sectors can increase the riskiness of credit in other areas, creating challenges in the use of household-specific and corporate credit-calming measures, write Lucyna Górnicka and Apoorv Bhargava
Shadow banking changes macro-prudential trade-offs – BdF paper
Presence of non-banks increases importance of dynamic capital ratios, researcher argues
RBNZ gains tool to curb house price rises
Government approves debt-to-income limits to address hot housing market
NGFS has ‘momentum’, but faces obstacles – Després
Lack of data and frameworks hamper climate mitigation, says Banque de France official
Danish central bank may tighten house lending rules
National Bank of Denmark recommends that FSA reimpose countercyclical buffers
Bank of Canada voices concern over house prices
Financial regulator imposes minimum rate on new uninsured mortgages
Brainard questions Fed approval of bank merger
Fed approves PNC purchase of BBVA USA, while Brainard warns of “weakened” safeguards
Macro-prudential tools can boost long-run growth – BoE paper
Authors develop theoretical framework linking financial frictions to long-run growth
Central banks need more data and better measures on climate – BCBS
Basel Committee may re-evaluate risk framework to account for effects of climate change and green policy
Bank of Canada warns of possible housing pressures
BoC research highlights “vulnerabilities” as banks issue more high loan-to-income mortgages