Central Banks
Bailey predicts ‘significant increase’ in BoE repo operations
Banks have started demanding reserves through short-term repo facility as balance sheet shrinks
Communications Benchmarks 2024 – model banks analysis
Additional breakdowns of the data highlight differences in emerging market and advanced economies
Nigerian central bank raises rates for third consecutive time
MPC says tight policy is starting to work but calls for more action on food security
Hungary close to end of easing campaign as it cuts rate by 50bp
Vice-governor Virág hints at “one more cut” in June
Bank of Israel to offer banking licence to credit card companies
New entities will be allowed to operate with “more lenient” regulations, supervisor says
Food prices keep Indian inflation up – RBI
Target may only be reached in H2, central bank research says
FDIC chair Gruenberg steps down after harassment review
Hundreds of reports of inappropriate behaviour at FDIC have come to light
What is forecasting for? Bernanke and the future of BoE projections
The Bernanke review pushes central banks to rethink the role of forecasts in policy-making, but it also shies away from solving a key paradox in the process
Global supply chains undergoing “great reallocation”, expert says
Mexico is biggest winner from US trade shift, economist tells Atlanta Fed conference
ECB paper uses RCT data on inflation expectations
Consumers’ level of attention is determined by economic environment, research finds
Hungarian minister calls central bank ‘unco-operative’
MNB’s critique of government strategy draws official’s rebuke
Bank of England may cut rates soon – deputy governor
Pressures have faded but economy is facing second-round effects, Broadbent said
Cecilia Skingsley on monetary policy tech and a unified ledger
Head of the BIS Innovation Hub speaks about tokenisation, CBDCs and the ‘black box problem’ in AI
Bank of Spain imposes capital buffers on Portugal-exposed lenders
Move follows Bank of Portugal’s November decision over possible risks in housing market
Paper finds link between housing costs and inflation expectations
Housing inflation expectations exceed other measures – National Bank of Belgium research
G7 may use Russian asset profits to fund Ukraine
US asks European governments to agree money should back $50 billion loan
Past US presidents’ Fed pressure raised inflation – NBER paper
Nixon-era evidence points to major impact on price level from “political pressure shocks”
Profit inflation and monetary policy: weighing the evidence
Biagio Bossone says profit inflation needs monetary ‘fuel’ to rise – but fiscal policy is the best fix, should governments have the ‘guts’
Eurosystem completes first DLT experiment
Austrian central bank settled “mock transaction” on distributed ledger technology
Bank of England to increase staff in regional office
Seven-fold expansion of Leeds employees will widen talent pool and improve trust, BoE says
Data ‘does not warrant’ July cut by ECB, Schnabel says
Eurozone inflation risks remain tilted to the upside, ECB board member warns
Banks should share data on borrowers, working paper argues
Compulsory data sharing has increased credit supply, Hungarian central bank paper says