Central Banks
Parliamentary committee calls for BoE governance reforms
Report urges simpler mandate, greater “diversity of thought” and regular reviews
Argentina’s Milei struggles to find central bank governor
Two candidates refuse position amid uncertainty over dollarisation plans
Australia announces RBA governance law and new deputy governor
Labor government appoints BoE official Andrew Hauser to senior role
China appoints head of foreign exchange regulator
Veteran banking executive Zhu Hexin to lead Safe in latest change among senior financial officials
Economic growth and inflation are most-forecast variables
Private debt, commodity prices and market interest rates rank as laggards
ECB paper studies ESG ratings’ effects on debt costs
Downgrades had only temporary effect on US firms’ bond spreads, researchers find
Former Nigerian central bank governor granted bail on fraud charges
Emefiele pleads not guilty to new $2 million fraud indictment, trial starts November 28
Sarb governor confirms Treasury may draw on reserves to service debt
South African authorities considering use of $25 billion to address ‘expensive’ repayments
Japanese inflation increases to 3.3% in October
Food, energy and services inflation boost price increases
ECB willing to hike rates further, say minutes
Governing council stresses it needs to be persistent and vigilant to bring inflation to 2% target
Incoming New Zealand government pledges to return to single price stability goal
New coalition government agrees to amend central bank laws to remove RBNZ’s dual mandate
Most new economic staff hired as fresh graduates
Recruits from private sector, academia make up smaller portion of new hires
Turkish central bank raises rates above market expectations
MPC hints it may be near end of tightening cycle despite continuing high inflation
Riksbank keeps policy rate at 4%
Most analysts think the Swedish central bank has reached peak rate
Proportion of central bank economists with PhD rises
Central banks split on funding economic staff with PhD aspirations
Two dozen Vietnamese central bankers accused of bribery
Vietnamese authorities allege 24 central bank officials took bribes from a troubled lender
Currency Benchmarks 2023 – model banks analysis
Data reveals how advanced and emerging market central banks structure their currency operations
BIS unveils new data portal
Bank will hold training courses for journalists wishing to access statistics
RBI’s Das warns banks to avoid ‘exuberance’ as credit surges
Indian central bank tightens macro-prudential policy on consumer credit
CBDC features will have financial stability effects – Fed paper
Design choices could cut chance of bank runs and disintermediation, authors say