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Top stories this week in Central Banking
THIS WEEK
TOP STORY
Lifetime achievement award: Agustín Carstens
A driver of strategic change, respected in both emerging and developed economies
20 Mar 2025
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Feature
Gold
Hands off our gold, says National Bank of Belgium
Central bank rejects politicians’ calls to use bullion to pay for defence
20 Mar 2025
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News
Awards
Central Banking Awards 2025: final winners announced
Last group of awards includes governor of the year and lifetime achievement
20 Mar 2025
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News
Currency
US dollar dominance: beyond the ‘exorbitant privilege’
Biagio Bossone argues that dollar ‘seigniorage’ extends into the very structure of global finance and its ‘exorbitant privilege’ is worth up to $804 billion annually
19 Mar 2025
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Opinion
Awards
Initiative of the year: Bank of England
Revamp of statistical reporting website streamlines data submission for financial firms
20 Mar 2025
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Feature
Debt Management
Effects of ‘Mar-a-Lago accord’ are ‘highly speculative’ – BdF deputy
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré casts doubt on proposed collaboration to deliberately devalue dollar
21 Mar 2025
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News
People
AI at the ECB and the need to strengthen internal critical thinking
Carlos Bowles writes that efficiency gains should be shared with staff and efforts made to protect cognitive capacity
21 Mar 2025
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Opinion
Payments
Can central banks cut remittance fees to sustainable levels?
More action is needed to reach the UN’s 3% global average cost target. But central banks face limits on what they can do
25 Mar 2025
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Analysis
Awards
Corporate services: RBNZ’s data and information strategy
A major rethink of technology has transformed how the bank works and laid the foundations for future innovation
20 Mar 2025
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Feature