Central Banks
Agustín Carstens on BIS strategic priorities, innovation and central bank policy
The BIS general manager speaks about policy trade-offs at critical time, tackling NBFIs and the dearth of ‘green’ assets, tech collaboration, and why he favours Biden’s $3.5trn infrastructure bill
ECB climate stress test reveals uneven risks across eurozone
First step in ‘climate roadmap’ assesses 1,600 banks and over four million firms
EU bank resolution law needs reform – research
Law should recognise guarantees for subsidiaries by parent banks, NBB paper says
IMF ethics committee investigating Georgieva allegations
Executive board promises “thorough, objective and timely review” of alleged “improprieties”
Foreign vulnerabilities can affect domestic growth – BoE paper
Study of ‘GDP-at-risk’ shows financial factors overseas can lead to worse outcomes locally
Paraguay’s central bank raises rates to 1.5%
MPC says monetary policy normalisation should continue in wake of rising inflation
Cyber attacks rising, most benchmark institutions say
Financial sector hacking attacks rose in past two years
Bundesbank paper looks at short sellers in the pandemic
Short sellers saw Covid-19 would strongly affect fiscally constrained countries - paper
RBI steps up work on climate change
Sustainable Finance Group will “spearhead” climate-related supervision and regulation
MAS doubles down on subsidies for new listings
Expanded grant scheme aims to boost stock listings and equity market analysis
ECB’s stress capital buffer still a ‘black box’ – banks
National regulators retain wide latitude to set Pillar 2 Guidance under new rules
Angola’s central bank reopens office after delays
Branch was reportedly completed in 2017 but has lain dormant following governor dismissal
NPLs down in nearly 70% of jurisdictions, despite Covid-19
Lower income nations hit harder than most during past five years; Asia, Africa and Americas NPLs on different trajectory to Europe
People: ECB appoints director-general for international relations
Vansteenkiste replaces veteran Klöckers; head of IMF’s capacity development institute retires
BIS’s Borio urges return to fiscal-monetary separation
Action was necessary in crisis but could lead to “instability trap”, official says
Australia’s banks can weather climate risk – RBA research
Climate change will have an impact on mortgages and loan-to-value ratios, research shows
BIS paper explores Fed’s ‘whatever it takes’ moment
Covid facility had most of its impact without the Fed actually buying any bonds, authors find
Canadians ditched cash during pandemic, research shows
Central bank data shows cash withdrawals fell in comparison to debit card transactions
Most central banks cannot bring criminal charges against banks
But 87.5% of institutions report they can refer these charges to other public institutions
Report accuses Georgieva of changing data under Chinese pressure
IMF head rejects allegations made by World Bank-commissioned independent report
Vietnamese government tells central bank to draft fintech rules
Move follows central bank warnings of dangers posed by unregulated fintech sector
BDF paper analyses banks’ capital buffers
Researchers suggest new approach to setting banks’ structural and cyclical reserve levels