Europe
BoE increases euro supply and activates ECB swap line
Financial policy committee warns that no-deal Brexit risks financial instability
Technology in reserve management: Outlook for 2019
Reserve managers look to cloud for solutions, but security issues remain
ECB paper analyses eurozone’s interest rate swap market
Trading is concentrated around a small number of core participants, researchers find
Eurozone lending constraints are effective but only after a time lag, researcher says
IMF paper looks at efficacy of tighter lending on curbing house prices and credit
UK’s FCA unveils ‘near-final’ plan to cope with hard Brexit
EBA calls for further action on deposit insurance as the FCA aims to ensure regulations will still function
Bundesbank paper analyses G10 currencies
Industrialised countries’ currencies differ in their influence on each other, researchers find
Weidmann given second term leading Bundesbank
Deutsche Bundesbank’s distributable profit rises to €2.4 billion
ECJ rules that Latvian governor was unlawfully removed
Latvian authorities failed to produce convincing evidence of wrong-doing by Ilmārs Rimšēvičs – ECJ
Campa confirmed as EBA head
Next EBA chief warns staffing levels may not be enough for AML duties
Monetary policy frameworks need modifying, former Fed governor says
Lower r* requires two key modifications to flexible inflation-targeting regimes, Frederic Mishkin says
Print-your-own banknotes could be the future – DNB official
Single-use banknotes with QR codes could be the future of cash, DNB cash head says
ECB prevented further eurozone deflation, BdF paper says
Researchers say inflation and GDP growth would have entered negative territory in 2015–17
EBA probes alleged AML failings by Danish and Estonian authorities
Estonia and Denmark criticise each other’s ‘failings’ over supervision of scandal-hit bank
Lack of accurate data poses challenges for cash forecasting
Anonymity of cash makes it hard to track as a payment instrument, panel agrees
EBA board nominates Spanish candidate as next head
José Manuel Campa has served as academic, banker and junior finance minister
ECB says Romanian government breached EU law over bank tax
Governor again warns emergency tax decree could harm banks and damage monetary policy
EU to cut price of cross-border euro payments
Amended law will also give customers information on currency conversion charges
Weak EU banks more likely to prop up ‘zombie firms’, ECB paper says
EU needs insolvency reform to reduce proportion of uncompetitive firms, researchers argue
ECB paper presents new financial crisis early warning system
Model aggregates five types of systemic risk indicator, researchers say
Estonian board nominates deputy governor to lead central bank
Candidate must now undergo three months of background checks by security service
Italian political leader suggests taking control of gold away from central bank
Salvini says selling off part of reserves to finance policy is “interesting idea”
Lower Chinese demand helped slow eurozone growth – ECB’s de Guindos
Political uncertainty also helping to reduce growth, says ECB vice-president
Senior Italian government members attack central bank and regulator
Dispute over central bank deputy governor and chief regulator now very likely
Interview: Jussi Kangas on the future of cash
Bank of Finland adviser says it’s challenging to keep the cash cycle efficient as usage falls