Europe
Two in five large reserves holders reduce dollar allocations
Yet central banks’ FX holdings remain broadly denominated in US currency
Nexus will connect at least three Asian countries by 2027 – CEO
Company expects to announce winning bidder for contract to build payments platform by year’s end
People: Former RBI governor appointed to IMF
Plus: Blyth replaces Bowe on BoE’s FPC and WGC teams up with Elton John
Reserve managers widely satisfied with staff strength and resources
Large reserve management teams tend to earn higher salaries
DNB calls for ‘structural solutions’ to varying eurozone inflation
Rebalancing effect of eurozone’s uniform monetary policy is “slow and incomplete”, central bank says
ECB’s Cipollone reveals plans for digital euro infrastructure
Mobile app to enable “basic functionality”, with transactions processed in three different regions
Geopolitics, crypto and inequality are systemic risks – ESRB panel
Geopolitical risk is shaping markets, institutions and the financial system, says Olli Rehn
People: ECB creates task force to simplify regulation
Plus: Kocher takes over as head of Austria’s central bank
BoE economists outline model of liquidity-solvency spirals
Model aims to test banks against the sort of interactions that led to collapse of SVB and Credit Suisse
Ireland no longer approving Israel bond prospectuses in EU
Luxembourg takes over following campaign by Irish civil society groups
No ‘race to the bottom’ if Fed is forced to cut – Schnabel
ECB board member says politicised US central bank would be “very disruptive”
EEA non-banks to gain direct Target access from October 6
Fintechs to benefit from reaching beyond Sepa, Lithuanian central bank says
NBER paper says geopolitical risk impacts consumer expectations
ECB survey questions help establish causal link between Russia-Ukraine war and spending plans
Lagarde says US-EU deal lowered uncertainty ‘considerably’
ECB president voices concern over Fed independence, French debt
Teach people monetary policy to anchor expectations – ECB paper
Experiment run at ECB visitor centre finds strong impact from education
Yield spreads of bonds held by mutual funds decline in QE – ECB paper
Bond purchase programmes compress risk premia and boost demand, research finds
Eurozone unemployment stats may understate slack – research
Authors say they have created an indicator with important monetary policy implications
Six central banks report increase in AML/CFT risks
Nine in 10 institutions indicate having sufficient powers to deal with risks
Central banks see cyber attacks as key financial stability risk
Respondents also reveal other elevated risks, including geopolitics and tariffs
Uncertainty necessitates strong capital buffers – ECB
Central bank calls for increased attention to macro-pru and monetary policy complementarity
Minimum gilt repo haircut could boost stability – BoE official
Measure helps prevent build-up of extreme leverage among non-banks, FPC member Benjamin argues
Cyber attacks rise in three-fifths of jurisdictions
Central banks lacking incident response team report highest rate of attacks
ECB study finds banks window-dressing before stress tests
Lower-ranked lenders shifted risky assets ahead of 2021 and 2023 exercises
ECB’s Machado renews push for deposit insurance scheme
Breakthrough in resolution framework paves way for more integration, supervisory board member says