Central Banks
SNB profits reach 5.1 billion francs in first half of 2018
Foreign currency positions helped push the Swiss central bank back into profit
Podcast: LSE’s Ilka Gleibs discusses the psychology behind diversity
LSE professor discusses why people need to stop blaming women’s behaviour for a lack of diversity within economics and central banking
SNB chairman dismisses calls for revised inflation targets
Jordan says raising targets would 'harm credibility' built up over decades; sees room for more negative rates
Maldives targets forex shortage with new strategic plan
Central bank wants to tackle dollarisation and forex shortages, and may shake up governance
Switzerland’s Jordan on extraordinary monetary policy and sovereign money
The Swiss National Bank governor speaks about currency intervention, negative rates, sovereign money and the diversification of reserves
IMF calls for Guinea central bank to cut government financing
Central bank must build up currency reserves and follow rule-based intervention strategy
South African governor warns against nationalisation
Call comes as Sarb’s senior lawyer accuses government ombudsman of lying under oath
Colombia holds rate on uncertain economic outlook
Higher oil prices are contributing to solid growth, but are beyond the central bank’s control
Swedish growth surprise could herald Riksbank hike
Swedish economy expanded above forecasts, boosted by consumption, inventories and exports
BoE paper uses millions of job adverts to understand labour market
Researchers analysed 15 million adverts over eight years to categorise jobs
US dollar credit to emerging markets growing faster, reveals BIS data
Growth in dollar-denominated debts up 9%, with growth in debt securities even faster
A real-time payments revolution in Asia
Asian central banks have encouraged the development of instant payment systems to defend monetary policy transmission and counter cryptocurrency usage
Researcher models business cycle using ‘animal spirits’
San Francisco Fed paper incorporates ‘equity sentiment shock’ into model
Venezuela will give oil reserves to central bank and slash zeroes from currency
Central bank will have control of basin with 29 billion barrels of oil, president says
Securitisation did not increase for most banks before 2008 - BoI paper
Data from 1991 to 2007 shows banks improved capital ratios after securitising assets
IMF warns of global risks from US fiscal expansion
Faster policy tightening by Fed could harm emerging economies, Obstfeld says