Central Banking
Philippine central bank to freeze licensing of digital asset firms
Existing financial institutions under the BSP’s supervision can still apply for a licence
‘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
Kuwait raises policy rate 25bp
Central bank usually times increases to match FOMC meetings
HKMA invites CBDC business plans from private sector
Banks and tech companies may be invited to work with the central bank on future CBDC research
Monetary policy ‘increasingly synchronised’, say IMF officials
Very few central banks have bucked the global trend since the start of the pandemic
PBoC vows not to flood economy with liquidity
Chinese central bank warns of rising structural inflation pressures
Record-high inflation piles pressure on Norges Bank
Norwegian central bank expected to increase rates by 50 basis points on August 18
Colombian study estimates policy impact on capital flows
Meta-analysis using web scraping finds central banks have more control over some flows than others
El Salvador abolishes statistics agency
Central bank will absorb body that calculates inflation
Fed governors still talking tough on inflation
Lower inflation expectations and CPI come as positive signals for the path ahead
Thailand raises rates for first time since 2018
Bank of Thailand signals more “gradual and measured” rate increases to come
Communications Benchmarks 2022 – presentation
Central Banking’s economics subject matter specialist Daniel Hinge on communications governance, social media, media monitoring and more
Taiwan academics call for central bank reform
Academica Sinica says the central bank could invest part of its foreign reserves into a sovereign wealth fund
BEAC governor clashes with political leaders over recruitment
Charges of nepotism follow dispute with Central African Republic over bitcoin
People: Pimco re-hires Fed’s Clarida
Burundian president replaces central bank chief; Israeli research chief stepping down
Central banks weighing up CBDC offline alternatives
Institutions are testing ways of allowing digital payments without the internet
Moldova raises rates as inflation hits 31.8%
Policy interest rate reaches new record high
Australian central bank launches CBDC research project
RBA says it will look into different use cases of digital currency
Activity-based regulation will not guarantee level playing field – BIS paper
Authors propose framework to clarify use of entity- and activity-based regulations
Israeli reserves increase on higher equity prices
Portfolio increases by over $4 billion in July to $197.8 billion
Romania continues tightening cycle with 75bp rise
Eighth consecutive increase comes as headline inflation passes 15%
South Sudan president fires sixth governor
Moses Makur Deng ends seven-month stint as currency depreciates
Bank of Thailand to launch retail CBDC pilot
BoT says it does not have plans to issue a retail CBDC yet