US Department of the Treasury
Nicaragua raises policy rate for sixth time this year
Country’s economy has recovered from long recession, but inflation remains high
Central bank assets enjoy ‘99%’ immunity
Why central bank assets possess legal immunity – but not from sanctions
OCC to create fintech office
US regulator will appoint chief financial technology officer to lead regulation of sector
Belarus’s governor predicts inflation will fall
Government imposed price controls after sanctions helped push inflation into double digits
FATF puts Myanmar on money-laundering blacklist
Move may increase economic pressure on military junta as currency crisis grows
Banks in Kyrgyzstan suspend Mir
Operations limited in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Vietnam on threat of US sanctions
Hsu says US needs proper regulation of bank-fintech alliances
Policy-makers focus too much on crypto, says comptroller
Asset sovereignty: a problem to stump Solomon
When states have rival governments, who owns central bank assets?
Development banks need to change amid global threats – Yellen
“Extreme stress” and global threats demand rethink, says US Treasury secretary
Russia’s Mir forced into retreat
Banks and payment systems across Asia banish Russian cards after US warnings
US imposes sanctions on Russian governor
Treasury says Nabiullina and other officials have facilitated Russian invasion of Ukraine
US and Korea agree to set up liquidity facilities if necessary
It is still unclear whether the facilities would involve a currency swap line
IDB fires president after accusations of abuse of power
External investigators claimed Claver-Carone had not co-operated with probe
Hackers target Iran’s central bank website amid protests
Internet blackout reported on September 21
IDB president faces dismissal over alleged abuse of power
Claver-Carone attacks investigation and denies alleged affair
People: new climate risk officer at OCC, Sama hires CBDC head, and more
Saudi Central Bank names CBDC director; Dominican Republic and Tunisia announce senior appointments
US CBDC research ‘could take years’, says Treasury
Report weighs design choices that could underpin digital dollar
Tensions flare between policy-makers over US Treasury reform
SEC’s proposed rule-changes have “ruffled feathers” at Treasury department
US Treasury market preps for reporting showdown
Sifma expected to attack transparency plans; prop traders brand objections “crazy”
Quiet man: is Michael Barr the Clark Kent of regulation?
A decade after crafting Dodd-Frank, Fed’s new vice-chair must tame DC's warring regulatory factions
‘Very little support’ for a US Treasury clearing mandate – Isda
Dealers and clients prefer carrot to stick in efforts to improve Treasury market liquidity
Prominent economists call on US to unfreeze Afghan reserves
Stiglitz among those calling on US to ease humanitarian crisis despite Taliban rule
Endlessly interim? The struggle to appoint top US regulators
Two-year OCC vacancy is not that unusual in US system, but it may hamper initiative
Two US regulators fine Bank of America $225m
Country’s second-largest bank unlawfully blocked access to unemployment benefits