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Hernández de Cos on ECB policy, crises responses and Basel reform
Spanish governor and Basel Committee chair Pablo Hernández de Cos favours a form of average inflation targeting, says ECB is willing to boost stimulus and Basel reforms not diminished by Covid-19 exceptions; stresses the need for structural reform and…
BoE’s Bailey explores future of balance sheet policy
Question of whether QE is “state contingent” could impact how it is deployed through the cycle
BoE’s inflation target may hamper response to no-deal Brexit – IMF
Report urges BoE to bolster market communication in the event no deal is reached
Fed faces longer-term challenges under new policy strategy
Steve Kamin warns central bank may not have paid enough attention to why r* has fallen
Ingves: Riksbank must have flexibility to develop new policy tools
Governor warns inquiry into central bank “clings” to an outdated view of economics
ECB is caught in a ‘communications trap’ – Issing
Monetary policy architect says ‘close to’ 2% inflation target was never part of original plan; urges ECB to reject Fed-like average inflation targeting
The dawn of average inflation targeting
The Fed has failed to explain how it will calculate the ‘average’ for its new AIT framework, raising new risks that central bankers would do well to reflect on
Brazil central bank could ‘test’ lower rates if inflation remains weak – IMF
IMF staff see “no constraint” to lower rates as long as forward guidance is deployed
BoE prepares to launch sharia-compliant liquidity facility
Special-purpose vehicle will be structured as a ‘wakalah’ or fund-based liquidity facility
Rehn says ECB should adopt average inflation targeting
Finnish governor says current target has “asymmetric downward bias”
RBNZ considers greater focus on house prices in MPC decisions
Government is concerned house price rises are excluding people from the market
Lower r* demands new ECB inflation target – economists
Average inflation targeting is one possible alternative, says Jordi Galí
IMF staff suggest review of Mexico’s inflation target
Mexican government needs to abandon restrictive fiscal policy, many IMF directors say
Frank Smets on the ECB’s strategy review
The ECB’s DG of economics explains how expectations, communication, fiscal dominance, climate change and the Fed’s actions will be factored into the ECB’s delayed strategy review
SF Fed’s Daly calls for major action on US inequality
Fed can use new policy framework to cut inequality but Federal government must do more, says Daly
Fed’s new framework splits opinion
Former Fed officials offer mixed reactions to average inflation targeting, with most calling for the US central bank to refine its communication
Beyond climate: addressing the ‘E’ in ESG
Environmental degradation raises fundamental questions about how central banks think about risk; efforts to expand focus beyond climate risks now under way
BIS’s Borio: natural rate puts central banks in ‘straitjacket’
Official urges policy-makers to take “broader view” of the costs and benefits of monetary policy
ECB open to above-target inflation – Lagarde
President lays out strategy review goals, hinting approach could bring ECB closer to the Fed
BoE’s Ramsden: UK not yet ready for negative rates
Deputy governor highlights several important considerations in decision to push rates below zero
Fed’s new framework has had little impact on expectations – NBER paper
Early evidence suggests few people heard the announcement and fewer understood it
Bank of Canada looking at inequality, governor says
Monetary policy review is considering impact on wealth and income inequality, says Tiff Macklem
Fed’s new framework will help poorer communities – former Fed official
New approach recognises benefits of long expansion to low-income communities, says Stephanie Aaronson
Judging scarcity of reserves depends on Treasuries outstanding – paper
Increase in short-term Treasuries causes money markets to behave, as there is a scarcity of reserves, researchers find