Climate change
Greener energy mix would foster price stability, says Lagarde
More use of renewables would reduce chance of energy price spikes
ECB sets 2024 climate change deadline for big eurozone banks
Most ECB-supervised banks failing to implement climate change plans, Elderson says
BdF to achieve 1.5°C climate goals by 2026, governor says
De Galhau calls for mandatory climate disclosure, green capital requirements and collective ecological governance
Menon urges policy-makers to take a longer term view
Climate change is “the mother of all supply-side shocks”, MAS chief says
IMF opens long-term lending initiative
Resilience and Sustainability Trust will offer 20-year packages to mitigate long-term problems
Development banks need to change amid global threats – Yellen
“Extreme stress” and global threats demand rethink, says US Treasury secretary
Central Bank of Kenya raises rate and denies FX shortage
New president nominates former governor Ndung’u to become finance minister
Ukraine: the challenges for central banks
Rules on the weaponisation of money would help to protect a ‘public good’ amid geopolitical splits in a testing environment for central banks, write Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large
King Charles to appear on Bank of England notes from 2024
Other Commonwealth central banks have made little comment on changeover
ECB’s green bond plan is insufficient, NGO says
ECB plan shies away from excluding high carbon output companies, says Reclaim Finance
People: new climate risk officer at OCC, Sama hires CBDC head, and more
Saudi Central Bank names CBDC director; Dominican Republic and Tunisia announce senior appointments
Bundesbank vice-president calls for shift to ‘carbon accounting’
Proper calculation of carbon costs will mean firms disclosing private data, Claudia Buch says
ECB lays out plan to green corporate bond portfolios
Central bank will focus on issuer-specific climate scores
Global economy faces four key risks, warns MAS chief
Ravi Menon says era of cheap money, cheap labour and cheap energy is most likely over
Economy’s ‘first responders’ now in the line of fire
Forceful but late interventions to combat inflation raise the risk of central bank overreactions
IMF unlocks $31.9 million for Madagascar
Natural disasters and oil price rises increased fiscal deficit
Morocco’s Jouahri on inflation, forex reform, digitalisation and sustainability
The Central Bank of Morocco governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about Covid-19 policies, Fed tightening, BIS membership, regional co-operation and financial inclusion
ETFs: a gateway to sustainability?
Central banks that prioritise sustainability face a complex investment landscape
Gontareva on Ukraine’s funding, NBU policy and reconstruction
Former NBU governor Valeria Gontareva speaks about donor funding shortfalls, NBU policy and financial stability challenges, Nabuillina and the seizing of Russian assets, and post-conflict rebuilding and modernisation
Decision theory can guide climate modelling, Nobel laureate says
Lars Peter Hansen argues policy-makers need to pay more attention to uncertainty
Australian banks must do more on climate risks, RBA official says
Green asset taxonomy must be appropriate for Australian conditions, says central bank official
Book notes: Can’t we just print more money?, by Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning
A genuinely readable but non-neutral introduction to economics
ECB rate hikes could damage climate change policies, paper finds
Researchers claim tighter financing conditions will hamper transition to capital-intensive green technologies
How central bank mistakes after 2019 led to inflation
Central banks must acknowledge their own mistakes and outline concrete steps to restore the public’s confidence in their ability to ensure price stability, write Graeme Wheeler and Bryce Wilkinson*