Central Banking
Australia’s central bank invites CBDC proposals
RBA aims to launch a CBDC pilot early next year
King Charles to appear on Bank of England notes from 2024
Other Commonwealth central banks have made little comment on changeover
Controversial nominee joins Paraguayan board
Central bank continues tightening process with fourteenth straight hike as inflation slows
IMF says it will not provide loans for Zimbabwe
Fund urges central bank to cease “quasi-fiscal operations” as official inflation reaches 285%
Turkish central bank cuts rates despite 80% official inflation
MPC says growth rate could be slowing, and warns of pressure on current account
BoE ‘monitoring developments’ amid market ructions
Many analysts had predicted early policy action from the central bank
World Bank president under fire over climate comments
David Malpass seemed unsure about man-made climate change
Hackers target Iran’s central bank website amid protests
Internet blackout reported on September 21
Brazil makes first FX intervention of the year
Strong real bucks wider regional trend of depreciation against the dollar
ECB’s green bond plan is insufficient, NGO says
ECB plan shies away from excluding high carbon output companies, says Reclaim Finance
PBoC raises FX risk reserve ratio for forward trading
Move is the Chinese central bank’s latest attempt to slow the yuan’s decline
RBA reports huge losses from bond purchase programme
Central bank says its asset purchase programme helped boost the economy despite its financial cost
Guatemalan central bank orders 25bp hike
Central bank raises rates to highest level since 2017
IDB president faces dismissal over alleged abuse of power
Claver-Carone attacks investigation and denies alleged affair
Vietnam and Taiwan raise interest rates after Fed hike
SBV raises key rates by 100 basis points, while Taiwan delivers modest 12.5bp hike
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
Hong Kong, Indonesia and Philippines raise rates
Indonesian hike is above expectations while HKMA and BSP also raise rates
Central Bank of Brazil pauses tightening cycle
Latin America’s leading central bank says holding rates may be enough to reach inflation target
SNB abandons negative rates
Jordan says Swiss central bank’s use of negative rates was effective
Norges Bank hikes rate by 50bp for third time in a row
Norwegian central bank revises inflation forecast up and future GDP estimate down
Japan intervenes in FX market for first time in 24 years
Yen falls below 145 to the USD after the BoJ kept ultra-low rates unchanged
BoE hikes rates 50bp as fiscal policy increases uncertainty
Divided MPC approves rate increase, but several members call for more aggressive hike
Fed raises interest rate 75bp for third time
Powell reiterates pledge to “keep at it” until inflation is back to 2%
Danish central bank slashes growth forecast and predicts higher inflation
“Everyone will feel” impact of tighter policy, governor acknowledges