Bank of Italy
Five veterans join Central Banking's advisory board
New members come from Italy, Kenya, Singapore, Switzerland and the US
Governors differ on cross-border payments
Officials from Europe, Africa and Asia diverge over whether bilateral or multilateral links are best
Eurozone policy transmission ‘more pronounced’ in 2022–23 – study
Banks’ increased risk perceptions underpinned swifter pass-through, says Bank of Italy research
Banknotes: July to September 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Campos Neto on inflation targeting, independence and the future of financial intermediation
The Brazilian governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about tackling inflation, the need for financial autonomy, and redefining the financial landscape with open finance, programmable Pix, deposit tokenisation and sound cross-border payments governance
Central clearing creates repo concentration risk – research
‘Window dressing’ is a uniquely European phenomenon, Bank of Italy study finds
Policy should ‘accommodate’ core inflation to ward off unemployment – paper
Central banks can help insulate vulnerable households in event of energy shock
Luxembourg governor becomes victim of deepfake attack
German dialogue and unnatural mouth movements reveal fraud
Italian service sector needs liberalising, paper finds
Bank of Italy research says making market entry easier boosts productivity for all firms
BIS and BoE launch project to simplify FX transactions
Project Meridian FX seeks to link RTGS and DLT systems
Bundesbank’s Nagel: central bank business models are changing
Panetta says wholesale CBDC likely to launch sooner than retail; Das gives update on digital rupee
Oil shocks can be identified in real time, paper says
Bank of Italy researchers’ model identifies demand and supply shocks from daily data
Energy shocks create monetary policy trade-off, paper says
Rate-setters should consider energy prices’ impact on jobless, Bank of Italy paper finds
Global Money Week aims for better money sense
OECD event aimed at boosting financial literacy receives attention in central and eastern Europe
Monetary policy should account for energy shocks, says study
Energy price hikes may cause spiral of higher unemployment and lower spending, paper says
Inflation targeting is best response to natural disasters, study says
Hard pegs and inflation accommodation worsen long-term effects, BoI paper finds
Bank of Italy study looks at regulating finance firms’ tech risks
European authorities’ efforts have increased sector’s operational resilience, researchers find
Green bonds have negative premium, Italian study finds
Negative “greenium” widened during Covid-19 pandemic, researchers say
Minimum reserves are stabilising force – Bank of Italy study
Paper compares different mechanisms and their utility in floor and corridor regimes
Unconscious bias ‘blights female economists’ career prospects’
Bank of Italy study examines impact of referral letters for male and female job candidates
Eurozone rate cut is ‘fast approaching’, says Panetta
Bank of Italy governor warns that delaying looser policy could lead to financial instability