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IMF mission to leave Brazil in June
Announcement follows criticism by finance minister of IMF forecasts
ECB’s de Guindos tests positive for Covid-19
Vice-president has “very mild” symptoms and has not been in “close contact” with Christine Lagarde
Guinea junta replaces central bank leadership
Military president removes governor chosen by his civilian predecessor
People: Arce to lead ECB economics directorate
SNB deputy to retire; Vanuatu names new deputy; Glenn Stevens to chair Macquarie; and more
Omarova ends bid for OCC job
Biden nominee faced Republican charges of radicalism and alienated some Democrats
Yemeni governor sacked as crisis worsens
Deputy governor also dismissed in fourth sacking since civil war began
Namibia president appoints governor to full term
Leoni Dunn will become first woman to serve as deputy governor
IMF proposes Gita Gopinath for first deputy MD post
Georgieva hails chief economist’s move amid difficult relations with US administration
One in five central bank economists have a PhD
Central banks in Africa lag behind peers in sponsoring PhD programmes
Mexican senate approves new governor
Victoria Rodriguez will become first female governor of the Bank of Mexico
Quarles says Congress should rein in Fed funding
Former vice-chair for supervision calls for new body to wind down liquidity programmes
Kareem Michael to be new Belize governor
Former deputy governor will be third central bank head this year after predecessor was fired
People: Chilean Senate confirms board member
Plus senior appointments in New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and more
Powell: FOMC may accelerate taper
Fed will no longer refer to inflation as “transitory”
Central banks’ diversity policies can only go so far – RBA’s Debelle
Policies can only go so far in reducing the inequality gap, Debelle says, while providing update on “reconciliation” plan
Podcast: central banks’ data models going granular
Vizor Software’s chief technology officer, Ryan Flood, provides an update on changes to central banks’ regulatory data models
IMF mission worried about Mongolian central bank
Bank of Mongolia’s operational independence has been compromised, says fund
Kyrgyzstan raises rates again after lull
Central bank orders 50bp hike amid double-digit inflation
Mexican president nominates first female governor
Victoria Rodriguez has been undersecretary of finance in the current administration
Biden re-nominates Powell as Fed chair
Lael Brainard nominated as vice-chair, to take over from Richard Clarida
People: Knot to assume FSB chairmanship
New board members appointed at central banks in Brazil and Peru
People: RBNZ chief economist to leave after 25 years
ECB appoints lead for digital euro project and new director for banknote department
Qatari emir names new central bank governor
Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani leaves QCB leadership after 15 years
Luxembourg authorities open investigation into Lebanese governor
Third European country probes finances of Riad Salameh