Central Banking
People: FCA chair steps down; Esma chair steps up
UK FCA chairman to depart; Verena Ross to chair Esma; new boards for Ecuador’s central bank
Dallas Fed predicts 2022 core inflation above 2%
Economists expect auto and transportation costs to abate, but spike in housing prices
Podcast: reflecting on CBDC issuance in the Caribbean
Co-founder of Bitt, Simon Chantry: the ECCB is ready for issuance of central bank digital currency
IMFC backs new trust to channel resources to vulnerable economies
Resilience and Sustainability Trust would offer support to a wider set of countries and could be used to share out special drawing rights
Turkish president names new central bank officials
Move follows Erdoğan’s dismissal of two deputy governors and one MPC member
DNB calls on government to calm Dutch housing market
Tax reforms and greater supply needed to deal with “too much money and too few houses” – Knot
Mexican inflation rising rapidly, warns deputy governor
Heath says prices increasing at “really phenomenal” rate but expects full pandemic recovery by 2023
MAS allows Singapore dollar to appreciate in tightening move
Policy-makers raise slope of the S$NEER policy band, citing rising inflation
G7 says retail CBDC networks should be carbon neutral
Group of Seven outlines 13 retail CBDC principles in new report
US bank mergers have not cut branch access – Cleveland Fed
Despite fall in banking firms, number of branches has grown, research finds
Fed joins Network for Indigenous Inclusion
Australian, Canadian and NZ central banks established group earlier this year
Turkish president fires deputy governors
Move appears to be Erdoğan’s latest bid to impose low interest rates despite rising inflation
Brazil central bank spends $1bn to support real
Local currency has declined more than 10% against the dollar since June
BoE ends off-the-record meetings with banks
Change follows concerns about similar practices at other central banks
Chilean MPC speeds up tightening, citing higher inflation risks
Central bank board surprises markets, increasing interest rates by 125 basis points to 2.75%
BIS paper finds flaws in green taxonomies
“Taxonomy of taxonomies” proposes tackling weaknesses in categorisation of green assets
Time to ‘future-proof’ central banks – Sibos panel
Central bankers prepare for CBDC issuance as stablecoin threat eases
Georgieva promises to learn lessons from ‘Doing Business’ controversy
IMF chief says she will have “candid discussion” with staff after accusations of improper conduct
Philippines sets ‘P2M’ QR payments in motion
New function could help BSP hit 50% digital retail payment target, says governor
Quarles term as Fed vice-chair ends without replacement
Fed supervision committee will continue without a chair, acting on consensus basis
US CPI inflation rises to 5.4%
Prices continue upward climb, but policy-makers still see pressures as temporary
Slovak governor charged with bribery
Peter Kazimir denies wrongdoing, as president says he should consider resigning
ECB calls for changes to draft Austrian central bank law
Mechanism for paying productivity council’s head would be monetary financing, ECB says
MAS consults on ‘Cosmic’ risk info-sharing platform
Digital platform for AML/CFT information sharing could be launched as soon as 2023