Central Banks
Leverage ratio disincentives clearing – BoE paper
Leverage ratio appears to have made some banks less willing to take on new clients
People: China appoints new monetary policy committee
IMF’s general counsel retires; Czech National Bank appoints new comms director
Ukrainian central bank appoints first deputy and deputy governors
New first deputy governor was key figure in banking clean-up
Central Bank of Venezuela gets another new president
Ramón Lobo becomes latest victim of institution’s revolving door
Riksbank terminates contract with Crane
Central bank argues banknote provider has broken its contract by transferring printing facilities
‘Living wills’ have reduced implicit subsidy – Fed paper
Higher cost of capital implies resolution measures have reduced ‘too big to fail’ subsidy, authors say
Fed paper questions value of debt as crisis indicator
Asset prices and current account balance more important, author finds
Argentina launches new measures to stem peso depreciation
Analysts concerned new central bank tools to control peso are not enough
UK lawmakers ‘satisfied’ with Visa response to outage
Visa has promised an independent inquiry into the incident that saw 5.2 million payments fail; firm reveals details of its recovery efforts
Argentina falters at ‘historic’ moment for BCRA
Replacing Federico Sturzenegger with a finance minister with close ties to the president sends a confused signal about central bank independence
Economy allows Fed to continue policy normalisation – Atlanta’s Bostic
Business contacts report concerns about trade policy and tariffs
Sudanese central bank president dies in Turkey
Hazem Abdelqader had served 18 months, and was the third governor since March 2011
RBA minutes drop hawkish language
Minutes of June meeting appear to contrast with recent remarks by governor Philip Lowe
UK card transactions surpass cash for first time
Report shows card transaction volume was marginally higher than cash in 2017