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Dollar remains king for now, says Tombini
BIS Americas chief tells Central Banking Autumn Meetings of lessons from events of past year
Iceland makes 25bp cut amid mortgage market turmoil
Decision comes after court ruling forces lenders to tighten terms of home loans on offer
Japan will not implement Basel crypto regs by 2026, says FSA
Regulator cites country’s limited exposure to digital assets as reason for not meeting deadline
BoE’s Pill focused on ‘nominal momentum’ in UK economy
Chief economist says inflation dynamics seem to have changed, but there is a lot of noise in the data
Netherlands Bank aims to cut costs by 10% with spending freeze
DNB 2030 programme will involve job losses, spokesperson says
Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia to launch $1bn fund
HKMA will team up with Saudi sovereign wealth fund to help Chinese firms invest in Middle East
How generous is the UK’s new deposit insurance limit?
BoE’s decision to raise limit to £120,000 marks first change in eight years
More independent central banks hold fewer dollars – research
De-dollarisation benefits Singaporean and Korean currencies, while Australia’s and China’s lose out
Lebanon strengthens oversight of financial system after US visit
Central bank tightens AML/CFT rules as Washington tells it to contain Hezbollah funding
Taiwan commits to greater FX transparency after talks with US
Central bank rejects claim that domestic currency has been persistently undervalued
Bolivia’s new government picks interim central bank chief
Career monetary authority official David Espinoza vows to restore independence
‘Imaginations are running wild’ – Nagel on AI
Europe is prepared for a financial downturn, Bundesbank president says
Nigeria and Waemu brace themselves for T+2
Former head of West Africa Monetary Institute believes change will boost cross-border payments
IMF sees room for further easing in Thailand
Country’s household debt challenges compounded by other shocks, mission head says
South Africa lowers inflation target from 4.5% to 3%
Sarb governor’s wish finally granted as finance minister announces change during budget review
Confusion reigns over EU multi-issuance stablecoins regs
EBA seeking clarification from EC over assets’ legality after ECB’s and ESRB’s calls for ban
BoE, MAS and BoT to test synchronised FX settlement
Project will use ‘synchronisation operator’ to achieve atomic settlement
People: Bostic to step down from Atlanta Fed
Plus new appointments in Botswana, Estonia, Slovakia, Singapore and at BIS
MAS to issue tokenised bills and draft stablecoin law
MD says Singaporean banks completed first CBDC interbank overnight lending settlement
QE will have long-term fiscal benefits, Bailey tells Treasury
BoE analysis addresses criticism that taxpayers paying for unconventional monetary policy
Zambia cuts rates for first time in five years
Inflation eases as high global copper prices boost exports and strengthen local currency
ECB planning to use law to make Apple give way on digital euro
Bank looking to use Digital Markets Act to enable people to hold CBDC on iPhones’ ‘secure element’
ECB finds holes in banks’ credit spread risk nets
Banks censured for insufficient evidence to support exclusion of products from CSRBB perimeter
Brazil tightens crypto rules amid fears of capital outflow
Stablecoin transactions will be treated as FX operations under new central bank regulations