Central Banks
Central banks sign up to Fed’s Fima facility
Reported usage is marginal, but backstop is highly valued by reserve managers
RBNZ climate stress test planned for 2023
Central bank faces challenges in adapting NGFS scenarios to New Zealand and greening its own operations
HKMA says firms must report on national security law suspects
Financial regulators say firms must report on those arrested under anti-dissident law
Custodian use in upper-middle income economies declines
Unstable jurisdictions, such as Afghanistan or Venezuela, face risk of losing access to assets held abroad
Bespoke indexes often used with derivatives and securities
Central banks using bespoke indexes are more likely to lend securities
Central bank communications ‘after’ Covid
From crisis responses to coping with sudden digitisation, Covid-19 forced central bank comms teams to innovate fast. How much of it will stick?
Kazakhstan continues monetary tightening
National Bank orders third 25bp increase in a row, in line with Russia
UK financial firms worried by pandemic risks – BoE survey
Market participants cited cyber risk as the most challenging to address
Europe leads on gold lending and swaps
Just over 20% of central banks engage in these operations
Technology reserve staff levels hold during pandemic
Remote work posed an operational challenge
Bank of Russia raises rates and inflation forecasts
Nabiullina warns central bank will tighten policy further if above-target inflation persists
Bank of Mexico creates environmental and social risk department
Central bank’s attitude to environmental risk might put it at odds with government, says commentator
Investment committees play dual reserve benchmark roles
Final decision made by committees at half of responding central banks
Chilean president grants Marcel new term as governor
Central bank leader faces continued challenges from pandemic and rapid political change
Fed board member says US community banks under threat
Michelle Bowman says smaller community institutions play vital role for ethnic minorities
PBoC steps up efforts to safeguard cash use
Chinese central bank fines railway $78,000 over refusal to accept cash in ticket office
Reserve coverage remains at adequate levels despite Covid
FX interventions to tackle capital outflows have not meaningfully reduced portfolios globally
Podcast: Paul Fisher on the future of balance sheet policy
Central banks must think about the composition of their balance sheets, the former BoE official says
Fed announces strict new trading rules for senior officials
Regulations would ban individual investments, increase disclosure and restrict transactions
Paraguay’s MPC hikes rates by 125 basis points
Country follows Chile with unexpectedly large tightening as inflation continues to rise
Bank of Thailand raises LTV ratio cap as recovery slows
Central bank says home loan measure has limited risks despite high household debt