Communication
Shift in FOMC language intended to show December hike ‘may well become appropriate’
Minutes from October meeting reveal thinking behind change in language; a ‘couple’ of members raised concerns the change could be misinterpreted as a stronger signal than it was
It is ‘OK’ if researchers challenge Bank of Canada council, Wilkins says
Senior deputy governor outlines new procedure for publishing papers independently from the governing council; advocates ‘intellectual space’ for ideas
Open Forum: BoE event highlights gulf between perception of public and regulators
Open Forum attempts to break new ground in communication, but a sense emerges that regulators have failed to address public dissatisfaction with financial markets
Fischer defends Fed independence
Attempts to make the FOMC adopt a policy rule and 'audit’ its decisions would restrict the Fed’s independence without generating much benefit, Stanley Fischer argues
Central Bank of Barbados continues digital drive
Central bank publishes its economic review in video format as part of an ongoing digital drive; governor DeLisle Worrell is driving force behind digitisation
Communication and education the answer to transparency 'paradox', says RBNZ's Hannah
Mike Hannah discusses the findings of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's first external stakeholder engagement survey and their implications for central bank comms
ECB publishes principles to avoid market-moving missteps
‘Guiding principles’ for communications by executive board members seek to prevent select groups gaining a commercial advantage from appearances
Bank of England chief economist hosts Twitter session
Andrew Haldane calls for debate on future of banking regulation ahead of central bank’s ‘Open Forum’
Liikanen discusses logic behind publishing ‘accounts’
Bank of Finland governor says it is important central banks exhibit a ‘high degree’ of transparency, noting the ECB decided to begin publishing accounts as policy became more unconventional
BoE’s McCafferty breaks ranks in first new-style monetary policy meeting
BoE holds first monetary policy meeting under new setup and launches new format for policy communications, including inflation report redesign
Riksbank launches app as drive to publicise new notes and coins accelerates
Central bank’s first smartphone app helps public identify counterfeit banknotes and features voice-over by Stefan Ingves; part of communications push ahead of new banknote and coin series
RBNZ proposes measures to boost regulatory efficiency
Consultation following ‘regulatory stocktake’ proposes refinements aimed at cutting unnecessary costs resulting from regulatory expansion in past decade
BoE launches year-long artist collaboration
Martin John Callanan to work with BoE for a year to produce works reflecting central banking, in what Mark Carney hopes will be a creative way of communicating
Bank of England launches redesigned financial stability report
Central bank aims to convey a clearer picture of the risks facing the UK economy with a shorter, clearer and less repetitious financial stability report
Glenn Stevens sees limits to central bank communication
Reserve Bank of Australia governor argues central banks cannot communicate its response to ‘all possible future states of the world’ and the audience is only after a ‘simple story’ anyway
ESRB open to revising macro-prudential intermediate objectives
European Systemic Risk Board sees scope for ‘sharpening’ some of the existing five objectives, while potentially adding others, in review of EU policy
New York Fed launches economy ‘snapshot’
New research publication uses charts and succinct summaries to capture the latest economic developments; first edition features insight from consumer survey
BoE launches ‘Bank Underground’ research blog
Blog provides platform for researchers to voice more controversial ideas; comes alongside rebranded staff working papers, written with ‘hands off’ approach from senior managers
Yellen argues Fed is among most transparent central banks
Fed chair Janet Yellen questions why additional legislation on transparency is necessary; new bill would force Fed to report in greater detail and more frequently to US Congress
Bank of Israel launches journalist briefings as part of transparency drive
Central bank begins quarterly briefings of journalists and adds new publications as part of ongoing efforts to improve communications; follows consultations with other central banks
BoE minutes help markets shape expectations, paper finds
Working paper published by ECB finds markets make use of minutes when forming short-term expectations, but relationship breaks down over longer horizons
Draghi defends ECB participation in private events
ECB president tells EU ombudsman that Benoit Coeuré did not reveal market-sensitive information at event in London in May; attributes late publication of speech to ‘internal miscommunication’
Dutch paper says theory of forward guidance must catch up with practice
Economists from the Netherlands Bank argue so-called Odyssean communication ‘does not exist in practice’ as central banks want to avoid committing themselves to a particular set of actions
Riksbank launches streamlined financial stability report
Shorter, more focused report aims to send clearer message to readers; follows close on the heels of a redesigned monetary policy report