Central Banks
Irish central bank updates minimum competency standards
Mortgage institutions must give board members annual training; the move brings regulations into line with updated European laws
Portuguese bank seeks legal ruling on resolution fund payouts
BCP concerned by contingent obligations in Novo Banco sale; Portuguese government and financial sector have financed the resolution fund since its creation in 2012
PBoC offers reassurance on market liquidity after large-scale bond operation
Rollover of special government bonds will not have significant impact on liquidity, PBoC says; bonds were issued to finance China's sovereign wealth fund
Bank of England strikes deal to end pay dispute
Deal follows three days of industrial action and heads off a threat of more to come; union will play larger role in future pay negotiations
Momentum towards inflation target is strengthening, says BoJ board member
Rising household income and productivity are positive signs, Takako Masai says
Tromp ejected from central bank by board
Curaçao and Sint Maarten governor returns to work only to be denied access; Emsley Tromp continues to be involved in legal proceedings
Zimbabwe central bank has ‘little choice’ but to increase bond notes
Research says bond-note expansion sets the country on path to de-dollarisation; rise in tobacco output and gold prices unlikely to offer sufficient liquidity relief
BoE paper mulls tensions in PRA competition objective
Paul Fisher and Paul Grout argue a secondary competition objective can be made to work without clashing with primary objectives
Emergency liquidity fund set up for stressed Russian banks
Move follows the Bank of Russia taking effective control of a systemically important lender
Norway’s oil fund recommends bond portfolio shake-up
NBIM managers recommend cutting riskier investments from bond benchmark index to improve flexibility and alignment with its goals
St Louis Fed explains Fed’s plans to unwind balance sheet
Fed expected to stop replacing maturing securities to reduce $4.5 trillion balance sheet
Uzbekistan poised to float currency
From September 5, restrictions on foreign exchange trading will be lifted, paving the way for a new operational framework at the central bank
IMF explores Balkan female employment conundrum
Fund shows policies are needed to secure both supply and inclusion of women; quality of institutions should be improved
Russia could spend $7 billion on bailout – deputy governor
Commercial bank’s mismanagement of liquidity problem led to avoidable crisis – analyst
New board oversight will not “lower the bar” – Fed’s Powell
The proposed new regulation will not lower the bar for boards or lighten the load of directors, says the Fed governor
Bank of Mexico revises upwards its economic forecasts
Inflation is projected to return to the 3% target in 2018 and growth to be higher than expected, says governor
BoE authors outline machine learning framework
Paper offers guide to machine learning in central bank analysis, and sets out a few examples relevant to policy
Fed paper explores balance sheet effects of liquidity rules
Study of how banks allocate portfolios of liquid assets highlights implications for monetary policy