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Risk of hitting ZLB in the future reduces inflation today – Fed paper
Policy-makers could use “risk-adjusted policy rule” to offset risk of undershooting, researchers say
Powell says Fed is increasing work on climate change risk
“Climate change is an important issue, but not principally for the Fed,” Powell says
Powell to lead two key BIS committees
French governor leads BCBS oversight body, BoE’s Cunliffe to head CPMI, and NY Fed has key Americas role
Fed ramping up climate change research efforts – Lael Brainard
Climate change could impact neutral rate, governor says; Fed can’t afford to ignore the issue, San Fran Fed’s Mary Daly adds
US G-Sibs ‘dramatically’ cut exposure to Brexit risk – Fed research
Financial analyst unpacks individual banks’ exposures to the UK since referendum
Fed stands ready to ease year-end funding squeeze, says Logan
New York Fed prepared to adjust recent market operations, says markets chief
Was Draghi one of the great central bankers?
A look back at how Mario Draghi confronted the financial crisis and existential concerns about the euro
Fed considering tools to help flow of reserves in the system
Remarks are some of the most detailed Jerome Powell has made on financial plumbing issues
Fed likely to ‘institutionalise’ policy framework review, Powell says
Move would likely be akin to the Bank of Canada’s routine five-year review
Fed reduces rates but signals pause
Current stance of policy “likely to remain appropriate” to sustain moderate expansion, Powell says
Brainard hits back again at ‘tailoring’ regulations
Resolution plan changes and potential loosening of swap margins leave the system less safe, Fed governor warns
Fed researchers aim to address uncertainty over demand for reserves
Demand for reserves could be between $712 billion and $919 billion, researchers find
Fed’s policy framework may incentivise reserves hoarding
However, this doesn’t seem to affect bank lending, Fed researchers find
Interview: Seth Carpenter on the US outlook, trade and a ‘disingenuous’ Fed
UBS chief US economist and former Fed director of monetary affairs sees a gloomy outlook for first half of 2020
Fed expands daily repo operations
Recent auctions show banks still have a strong demand for liquidity following last month’s rate spike
Fed paper looks at US spillovers to foreign government debt yields
Fed has “economically large” impact on some dollar-denominated bond yields, researchers find
US Democrats listen to Norges Bank deputy governor on climate change
Egil Matsen tells US Democratic senators that central banks must play major role in greening finance
Economics is a hostile environment for women, conference hears
AEA survey found most US women economists feel disrespected by their colleagues
Demand for cash remains solid in many parts of the world
Sayuri Shirai re-examines the decline of cash use worldwide
King calls for radical shake-up to escape ‘low-growth trap’
Central bank models fail to appreciate demand-side secular stagnation; IMF could help to drive country-specific policies to reallocate resources
‘Hegemonic digital currency’ could help fix global system – Carney
Using CBDC to facilitate online sales could bring about more rapid change, governor says
Tackling ‘dead-end’ monetary policy
A shift to lower inflation targets would help central banks escape forever-loose monetary policy, writes former IMF chief Jacques de Larosière
Atlanta Fed publishes 1,300-page history of the Fed
Document reveals early concerns Fed creation would lead to politics in banking or banking in politics
People: new Barbadian deputy, Riksbank research chief
Appointments in Barbados, Sweden and the UK, plus the departure of a long-serving Fed official