Croatia
Fiscal upside, economic downside to EU deficit procedure – study
Fiscal consolidation sometimes led to restrictive pro-cyclical stances, research finds
Croatian central bank denies allegations against governor
Financial supervisor is investigating media claims of insider dealing by central bank staff
ECB paper examines ‘euroised’ economies
European countries’ informal adoption of euro places limits on central banks, says working paper
People: Bank of Canada appoints top payments regulator
Iceland’s central bank appoints new CEO and World Bank names country directors
The eurozone’s eastern conundrum
Bulgaria and Croatia expect a net positive effect as they take final steps to join the euro, while the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland remain reluctant
Croatia and Bulgaria join ECB’s exchange rate mechanism
Both countries move closer to eurozone membership as largest Croatian banks come under SSM
ECB sets up €2 billion swap line with Croatian National Bank
The line will remain in place until the end of 2020, but can be extended as long as it is needed
Croatian central bank starts bond-buying programme
HNB also holds repo auction and may relax banks’ capital buffers in response to coronavirus
Croatian governor warns ECB spillovers are raising real estate prices
IMF should advise less separation between macro-prudential and monetary tools, Boris Vujčić says
ECB to assess Croatian banks in euro membership prep
Croatia could join the eurozone by 2024
Croatian central bank moves towards “close co-operation” with ECB
Draft law forms part of process for joining European single currency
The IFF China Report 2019
Insight and perspectives from the world's leaders, premier policy-makers and financiers
The IFF China Report 2019: Redesigning the international trading and monetary system
Reform of the financial system that brought about the 2007–08 financial crisis has not gone far enough and advanced and emerging market economies must find a more co-operative way forward to ensure globalisation can continue.
Podcast: Croatia’s Željka Majher says central banks should set diversity goals
Director of HR at the Croatian National Bank is against numerical gender targets, but says a diversity goal could help increase the pool of candidates central banks hire from
Croatian parliament reappoints Vujčić as governor after delay
Economist turned politician becomes deputy governor; three vice-governors also appointed
Is this the beginning of a new era of credit risk management technology?
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, inadequate credit risk management systems have been widely held responsible by regulators for spreading the crisis’ germs all over the financial sector. As a result, a myriad of regulations affecting credit…
Croatia’s Vujčić on tackling NPLs and home-host supervision
Croatian National Bank governor Boris Vujčić explains why dealing firmly with NPLs via a ‘provisioning clock’ does not choke growth while detailing the benefits of ‘home-host’ dialogues, such as the Vienna Initiative
Croatian governor: western Europe could improve NPL provisioning
Central and eastern European countries are leading the way in dealing with NPLs, says Vujčić
ECB says draft Croatian law could harm central bank independence
Proposals would give state auditor “undefined powers” over central bank, ECB says
Croatian National Bank sees inflation recovering this year and next
Annual CPI inflation fell to –1.8% in May, but the central bank expects it to pick up in the coming months, eventually rising to 1.2% in 2017
Prospective eurozone members fail to meet convergence criteria, ECB says
Seven prospective member countries show greater convergence in their economic indicators but fail to meet requirements for their legal frameworks, ECB report says