Central Banking
ECB willing to hike rates further, say minutes
Governing council stresses it needs to be persistent and vigilant to bring inflation to 2% target
Incoming New Zealand government pledges to return to single price stability goal
New coalition government agrees to amend central bank laws to remove RBNZ’s dual mandate
Turkish central bank raises rates above market expectations
MPC hints it may be near end of tightening cycle despite continuing high inflation
ECB prioritises IT outsourcing and cyber resilience supervision
Institutions lost $161 million due to poor-quality outsourced services in 2022
Carstens says ‘quantum leap’ needed to overcome legacy systems
BIS chief says tokenisation, CBDC and unified ledgers could ‘democratise’ finance
Riksbank keeps policy rate at 4%
Most analysts think the Swedish central bank has reached peak rate
Two dozen Vietnamese central bankers accused of bribery
Vietnamese authorities allege 24 central bank officials took bribes from a troubled lender
BIS unveils new data portal
Bank will hold training courses for journalists wishing to access statistics
RBI’s Das warns banks to avoid ‘exuberance’ as credit surges
Indian central bank tightens macro-prudential policy on consumer credit
CBDC features will have financial stability effects – Fed paper
Design choices could cut chance of bank runs and disintermediation, authors say
Smaller US banks face unequal real estate risk, paper says
St Louis Fed research finds lenders hold 40% to 75% of commercial real estate debt
Eurozone banks show “early signs of stress”, ECB warns
High interest rate will test eurozone’s resilience while some non-banks are at risk, review says
Chinese premier Li Qiang becomes CFC head
Former PBoC deputy governor likely to lead foreign exchange regulator, reports say
Treasuries market is robust, NY Fed officials tell conference
Financial markets need more data transparency, though
Riksbank starts open recruitment procedure for board members
New central bank act requires publishing a recruitment profile and an open application process
Supervisors see promise in AI but warn data remains key
IMF’s “StatGPT” project has promise but data problems are hard to solve, Regnology panellists say
Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia launch cross-border payment links
Indonesia and Singapore say they intend to set up local currency settlement framework in 2024
Defending the basis
Benefits of additional Treasury liquidity may outweigh potential intervention costs during a hypothetical panic, writes Joseph Wang
Nigerian central bank again postpones policy meeting
CBN has not held policy meeting since May despite 10 months of rising inflation
Milei wins, putting the BCRA in the firing line
Candidate has promised to abolish central bank and encourage dollarisation
Israeli PM offers Yaron second term as governor
Yaron’s future as governor had been in doubt after Netanyahu refused to comment on his role
China and Saudi Arabia set up currency swap line
Three-year swap line will provide liquidity to both sides of up to $6.98 billion
Chinese regulators grant Mastercard bank card licence
PBoC gives US firm approval to issue yuan-denominated cards after Xi-Biden meeting
Lagarde calls for stronger EU securities and markets authority
ECB president stresses completing capital markets union is essential to deal with deglobalization, ageing and climate change