Eurozone
Eurosystem lays out retail digital payment strategy
Access to cash and level playing field for electronic payments are key elements – Panetta
ECB paper presents new measure of underlying inflation
“PCCI” measure does not exclude HICP items and gives timely notice of turning points, authors say
Lagarde and Weidmann clash over EU recovery fund
ECB president wants it to become a permanent fiscal tool, Bundesbank president thinks it should remain a one-off
Frank Smets on the ECB’s strategy review
The ECB’s DG of economics explains how expectations, communication, fiscal dominance, climate change and the Fed’s actions will be factored into the ECB’s delayed strategy review
Eurogroup nominates Elderson to ECB board
European Union’s governments and parliament must now consider DNB official’s appointment
Bank of Finland research looks at ECB’s effects on eurozone equities
Researcher says eurozone monetary easing has raised eurozone equities’ expected risk premia
Reserve Benchmarks 2020 report – charting new data frontiers
Perspectives on staffing and salaries, reserve coverage, portfolio construction, benchmarking, use of external parties and risk management
Deeper EU capital markets will improve risk sharing - BdF paper
Researchers present new methodology to estimate cross-border financial risk sharing in the EU
Bank of Spain paper warns over eurozone’s public debt
Individual eurozone countries likely to be more vulnerable due to recent debt increases, paper says
Euro failing to challenge US dollar in global reserves – CBI Benchmarks data
Among non-European central banks euro sovereign debt accounts for just 4.1% of reserves; negative rates act as a major barrier, say reserve managers
ECB should scale back monetary stimulus after crisis – Weidmann
Knot says central bank should adopt symmetry in the implementation of PEPP purchases
ECB ready to adjust its policy instruments – Philip Lane
MAS chairman warns that post-pandemic labour markets will need new public policies
Financial indicators can warn of European growth risks – ECB paper
Index that aggregates financial variables in non-linear way provides most information – researchers
EU hands CCP members a narrow win on skin in the game
Clearing members could use the final rules to push for higher CCP capital globally
Enria announces major change to ECB banking supervisor
SSM will have two new departments, and focus on banks’ business models, says Enria
IMF research highlights limits of exchange rate flexibility
New dataset sheds light on role of dominant-currency invoicing for exchange rate dynamics
Banks used TLTRO to convert less liquid assets – ECB paper
Researchers say that broad collateral standards for first TLTRO series played important role
Croatia and Bulgaria join ECB’s exchange rate mechanism
Both countries move closer to eurozone membership as largest Croatian banks come under SSM
Peter Praet on Europe’s Covid-19 responses
The former ECB chief economist talks about threats to financial stability, negative rates, common debt issuance and steps to improve the EMU
UK firms must prepare for Brexit risks – FCA
EU and UK have yet to agree on equivalence, senior official warns
Coronavirus panic fuels a surge in cash demand
Covid-19 has led to banknote hoarding in Australia, Brazil, Canada, the eurozone, Russia and the US, fuelled by concerns about financial system stress, write Jonathan Ashworth and Charles Goodhart
Portuguese PM nominates Centeno as next central bank governor
Opposition lawmakers’ bid to block highly rated ex-finance minister seems likely to fail
Trends in reserve management: 2020 survey results
Covid-19 expected to dent the risk appetite of central bank portfolio managers; socially responsible investing gains ground
Appetite for renewed Fed dollar swap lines in doubt
With up to $300bn of positions nearing expiry, some say FX swap market can meet banks’ funding needs