Central Banks
EU seeks to offer reassurance on Brexit clearing exemption
Commission can act quickly to stave off no-deal market disruption, insists official
People: Bank of Canada appoints new deputy
Bank of Canada promotes from within; BIS appoints regional chair; FCA names new executive
Costa Rica cuts rates for fourth time since March
Central bank adds to wave of more accommodative policy stances around the world
RBI’s Das weighs up external economic threats
India’s external sector is resilient, but capital flows have been volatile and trade weak, governor says
Rate round-up: Fed triggers further global easing
Fed cut prompts flurry of action, with many central banks hinting at a more dovish stance
Brazil cuts main rate to new record low
Policy-makers cite subdued inflation as they move rates down a further 50 basis points
Argentina sharply raises key rate floor to tackle rising inflation
Political uncertainty has boosted inflation since mid-August
New York Fed injects liquidity for third straight day
Operation was oversubscribed for second day in a row, with banks requesting $83 billion
SNB holds despite recent ECB and Fed easing measures
Swiss central bank increases threshold on banks’ deposits exempt from negative rates
Norges Bank bucks global easing trend with rate hike
Central bank’s third hike this year may be its last for some time, governor hints
Indonesia cuts rates for the third time in three months
Bank Indonesia has cut a total of 75bp this year after tightening 175bp in 2018
Barbados launches new statistics hub
Central bank simplifies data publications for “man on the street” and standardises bank reporting
Fed cuts rates and makes further ‘technical adjustment’
Fed doesn’t see funding pressure episode having implications for its ability to control rates
Timetable for BoE governor appointment thrown into doubt
Treasury Committee pushes finance minister to confirm plans or set out new timetable “immediately”
New York Fed provides emergency repo market support
Overnight rates surged on September 17, breaching the Fed’s policy rate target band
Brazil expected to cut rates to new record low
Below-target inflation gives central bank space to boost weak growth, analysts say
Economists use payments data to build high-speed indicator
Team says transaction-based metric gives quick insight into consumer spending
30 years of central banking
Central banks face credibility tests on a number of fronts
BIS’s Restoy calls for further action on resolution frameworks
Work on finalising crisis-management framework is not complete, says Financial Stability Institute head
BoE paper: ‘tails’ matter when studying global financial cycle
Authors look to the tails of the distribution to understand exchange rate risk in the global cycle
Gontareva’s home burns as government returns to PrivatBank negotiations
Former NBU governor says her house was burned to the ground in an alleged arson attack; government back in negotiations with PrivatBank owners despite bank’s collapse
Dominican Republic sells dollars to support peso
Dominican peso has been one of the stronger performers in the region
RBNZ flags insurers’ weak governance and risk controls
Conduct and culture review finds un-updated data, poor customer eligibility and products charging excessive premiums
People: Lagarde and Mersch receive European Parliament backing
Majority of European Parliament votes in favour of new ECB president and supervisory vice-chair