Central Banking
BEAC to buy securities to support countries grappling with Covid-19
Bank of Central African States will purchase up to $830 million in secondary market
Sarb cuts rates as unemployment breaches 30%
Central bank says emerging markets will struggle as lockdown measures ease
People: National Bank of Ukraine appoints new deputy
Heletii has served as Ukraine’s deputy finance minister since July 2018; Jamaica appoints senior deputy governor, MAS has new leader for green finance; IMF names special adviser to Kristalina Georgieva
Kenya’s central bank looks to regulate digital lenders
Legislation before government could help central bank control high lending rates on digital products
Covid-19 hampering high-tech development in Israel – BoI research
Pandemic exposes risk of overreliance on international financing in a key economic sector
How vulnerable are EMEs to renewed Covid-19 turbulence?
Emerging markets face twin pressures from the health crisis and global financial forces, says Steve Kamin
NBU surprises with hold in Shevchenko’s first policy decision
New governor had seemed to hint at desire to ease policy, but now indicates rate will remain on hold
BoC announces new securities lending programme
Move is consistent with BIS recommendations, central bank says
IMF research highlights limits of exchange rate flexibility
New dataset sheds light on role of dominant-currency invoicing for exchange rate dynamics
BIS stats show surge in cross-border lending during pandemic
Most of the money flowed to advanced economies and offshore centres, BIS says
Dealer capacity tightened significantly in March – Fed research
US primary dealers’ capacity to absorb Treasuries fell by 17% in March, economist finds
Shelton and Waller reach final stage of Fed nomination process
Both candidates received enough backing in first of two key votes, but neither escaped criticism
Lebanese central bank faces audit as crisis deepens
Inflation is spiralling and IMF talks have yet to result in a bailout package
National Bank of Georgia upgrades FX infrastructure
Move follows other financial market infrastructure reforms in recent years
Hungary’s central bank to start buying government securities
Central bank notes monetary policy has fallen short and cuts interest rates to a new low of 0.6%
EU recovery fund set to ease ECB’s burden
Common debt issuance likely to significantly reduce fragmentation risks, taming sovereign bond spreads, say analysts
Labour market situation is ‘complicated’ – RBA’s Lowe
Unemployment likely to worsen despite initial signs of recovery, governor says
Banque de France names CBDC partners
HSBC and Euroclear among firms chosen to take part in CBDC experiments that include improving cross-border payment infrastructure
BIS paper studies early form of macro-pru policy
Dutch controls on credit from 1960s to 1990s helped promote stability, authors find
New NBU governor promises to safeguard bank reforms and independence
Kyrylo Shevchenko emphasises continuity in first remarks since taking office
Yellen and Bernanke call for Treasury market reform
March's market gyrations demand close look at infrastructure and regulatory framework, former Fed chairs say
Singapore faces most severe downturn since independence – Menon
Singapore’s economic situation remains “dire” and activity will be below pre-crisis levels “for quite a while”
IMF and World Bank chiefs call for more action on debt relief
But G20 fails to agree extension to the Debt Service Suspension Initiative
Covid-19 boosts gold’s appeal among reserve managers
Central banks say gold helps replace negative-yielding sovereign bonds; equities cement position in reserve portfolios