Bank of Portugal
Banknotes: October to December 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Book notes: O Governador, by Luis Rosa
Documents Carlos Costa’s clashes with Portugal’s elite during the eurozone sovereign debt and banking crisis
Knot and Schnabel strike hawkish tone on ECB policy
Portuguese governor calls for an end to 75bp hikes; Lagarde says inflation may still rise
Portuguese PM threatens legal action against ex-governor
António Costa denies pressuring Carlos Costa over bank intervention
The Central Banking Awards 2022 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations and acceptance comments from the winners of the ninth annual Central Banking Awards
Central Banking Awards 2022: the winners in full
Recipients of the 2022 awards include Stanley Fischer, the Bank of Korea, Mario Marcel and many more
Central Banking Awards 2022: first winners unveiled
Governor of the year, Risk manager, two Green initiative awards and more announced today
Risk manager: Bank of Portugal
The eurozone central bank has completed a multi-year project to develop its risk appetite framework.
People: Portugal reappoints board member two years late
Second woman to join Paraguay board; Central Bank of Russia appoints government official to lead financial ombudsman; and more
Sanctioned disobedience: the challenge of protecting whistleblowers
Most central banks have policies on whistleblowing, but practice and usage vary widely
The Central Banking Awards 2021 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations, acceptance comments and future predictions from the winners of the eighth annual Central Banking Awards
A chemical engineer walks into a bank
Mónica Fernandes, head of the quality and counterfeit analysis division at the Bank of Portugal, explains why it is just as important for central banks to employ scientists as to employ economists
A return of the inflation monster?
There are fears that a shift in intellectual approach towards running economies ‘hot’ could herald a return of the money-eating inflation era
Macro-pru can alleviate stress – Portuguese paper
Co-ordinated macro-prudential and fiscal policies can alleviate credit contractions, paper finds
Central Banking Awards 2021: winners in full
Winners in 2021 include the Federal Reserve, Alejandro Díaz de León and Charles Goodhart
Specialised lending initiative: Clearstream
Clearstream supports eurozone central bank asset purchase programmes by returning liquidity to the market through securities lending while helping Asian and American central banks secure access to this market
Central Banking Awards 2021: second group of winners announced
Lifetime achievement award unveiled, plus awards for transparency, advisory, global markets and more
Communications initiative: Bank of Portugal
The launch of two mobile apps marked the final steps to redesign digital communication channels with both the public and own employees
Yield curve control not ECB’s ‘easiest way forward’ – Centeno
ECB board member Fabio Panetta calls for decisive action to reduce higher bond yields
Mário Centeno on monetary-fiscal interaction in the eurozone
Bank of Portugal governor says ECB is not being overrun by former finance ministers, must improve the definition of its inflation target and has no need for yield curve control. Centeno believes NextGenerationEU fund could serve as template for a future…
Deposit insurance schemes must be credible – Bank of Portugal paper
Cypriot and Portuguese insurance schemes failed to stop bank runs due to low credibility, researchers say