International
African governors face multiple financial ‘floods’
Kenyan governor says a “doubling, tripling” of access to IMF resources is needed
World has ‘very little space’ for policy, says Georgieva
Carney, Georgieva, Donohoe and El-Erian agree room is limited and mistakes are punished harshly
Menon urges policy-makers to take a longer term view
Climate change is “the mother of all supply-side shocks”, MAS chief says
IMF opens long-term lending initiative
Resilience and Sustainability Trust will offer 20-year packages to mitigate long-term problems
Reserve Benchmarks 2022 report – executive summary
Findings on strategies to tame the impact of inflation and geopolitical risk, technology resources and green investments
Asset sovereignty: a problem to stump Solomon
When states have rival governments, who owns central bank assets?
IMF publishes sober outlook for 2023
“Worst is yet to come”, says chief economist
Development banks need to change amid global threats – Yellen
“Extreme stress” and global threats demand rethink, says US Treasury secretary
IMF approves ‘food shock window’
Temporary measure will help countries deal with food insecurity
The race to adopt ISO 20022 payments messaging
Some jurisdictions do not plan to adopt the protocol, while others are preparing for a disjointed implementation
Reserve Benchmarks 2022 report – dealing with old and new risks
Insights on portfolio management strategies to preserve capital in an era of high inflation, a stronger dollar and geopolitical risks
Ukraine: the challenges for central banks
Rules on the weaponisation of money would help to protect a ‘public good’ amid geopolitical splits in a testing environment for central banks, write Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large
BIS project seeks better historical statistics
Collaboration between BIS, central banks and academia aims at better understanding of economic history
UN body warns central banks could set off global recession
UNCTAD report calls for price controls rather than rate hikes
The risks of a simultaneous and rapid global tightening
Economists call for a more co-ordinated and gradual increase in interest rates
Rate rises reveal defi weaknesses – Powell
Regulating algorithms highlighted as key crypto challenge at Banque de France conference
Markets starting to reflect ‘tenacious’ inflation, says BIS
Swings in markets highlight investors’ struggle to understand outlook, quarterly review says
Economy’s ‘first responders’ now in the line of fire
Forceful but late interventions to combat inflation raise the risk of central bank overreactions
IMF paper explores second-round effects of oil shocks
Authors find oil shocks have greater impact where inflation is already high
IMF paper offers ‘fear-based theory’ of economy
Central banks risk distorting the economy if they don’t move interest rates to offset “fear cycle”
Morocco’s Jouahri on inflation, forex reform, digitalisation and sustainability
The Central Bank of Morocco governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about Covid-19 policies, Fed tightening, BIS membership, regional co-operation and financial inclusion
Central banks will be ‘tested’ by long-term inflation – BIS’s Borio
Persistent inflationary forces could bring central banks into conflict with government, official says
People: July to September 2022
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Banknotes: July to September 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months