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Masaaki Shirakawa on his ‘unease’ about 2% inflation targets and lessons from Japan
The former Bank of Japan governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the need to properly understand the business of banking, making sound contingency plans and the BoJ’s current policy constraints
US inflation’s last mile ‘could take several years’ – Cleveland Fed
Favourable shocks are necessary to reach 2% quickly, researcher argues
Trademark confusion influences US depositors, Fed paper finds
Federal Reserve Board researchers find a similar name to a failed bank decreases deposits
Removing discount window stigma is difficult – NY Fed
Authors recommend creating a new facility and mandating regular usage
QE liquidity boosts investment into EMEs, paper finds
Economists propose new mechanism for QE spillovers to emerging market economies
Non-banks in RTGSs: greater efficiency or more risk?
Policy-makers and practitioners from central banks in Brazil, Hungary, Israel, Romania, Rwanda and the US share their perspectives
US politicians urge Fed to lower interest rates
Democratic senators and congress members say CPI likely to be “grossly overstating” inflation
New York Fed paper argues for wage insurance
The programme would pay for itself and increase lifetime earnings, researchers say
BoJ hawkishness due to weak yen belies wage inflation concerns
The contrast in Japan-US economic, price and wage performance and their implications for monetary policies
Large central banks usually failed to quash inflation – Fed research
Soft landings are possible with early and parsimonious action, authors find
US citizens are unready for rainy days, research finds
Spending has increased from pre-pandemic trend level, Minneapolis Fed paper says
Banknotes: April to June 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Are low-level inflation targets still fit for purpose?
Geostrategic shifts make the case for a narrow price target less compelling
Fed research investigates supply chain resilience
Stiglitz and co-authors look at firms’ investment in production capacity
Beth Hammack named new Cleveland Fed president
Former Goldman Sachs executive will vote on Fed policy in 2024
Risks facing central banks: action and inaction
Unlike Fed policy in the 1990s, central bank actions this century do not appear overly accommodative, given poor policy decisions elsewhere, writes Andrew Smithers
Getting Chiang Mai right
Asia’s emergency infrastructure is on the right track, but there is still room for improvement
FOMC members concerned over US inflation, minutes show
Some committee members sought to maintain pace of Fed’s balance sheet selloff
Can US policy choices explain economic divergence?
NIESR’s Ahmet Kaya finds US fiscal stimulus may have masked standard economic relationships, but economic gravity may soon reassert itself
Global supply chains undergoing “great reallocation”, expert says
Mexico is biggest winner from US trade shift, economist tells Atlanta Fed conference
Past US presidents’ Fed pressure raised inflation – NBER paper
Nixon-era evidence points to major impact on price level from “political pressure shocks”
Fed green lights more capital relief trades
Five US banks authorised to issue repeat credit-linked notes backed by financial guarantees
Fed policy-makers express frustration over price rises
Officials draw differing conclusions on the outlook for the labour market
Short- and long-term US inflation expectations rise
Home price expectations also tick upwards as the last mile of inflation proves difficult