After a four-month delay, Thailand’s authorities are expected to pick the new chair of Bank of Thailand (BoT) by the end of February. Sathit Limpongpan, head of the selection committee tasked with picking the new…
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US sanctions may create demand for Eurodollars – NBER paper – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Economists compare today’s market to the one that emerged during Cold War era…
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Palestinian Territories: Yahya Shunnar took over as governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) on January 4, after his predecessor, Feras Milhem, completed his four-year term. Shunnar has held various roles across the public and…
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Fintechs launch e-rupee services – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Initiative follows RBI’s announcement last year that CBDC would be extended to non-banks Two fintechs have launched services offering…
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AI transcript hints at nepotism in ECB hiring practices – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Opaque wage adjustment processes are unaccountable, sources tell Central Banking European Central Bank, Frankfurt…
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Andrea Enria, a former chair of the European Central Bank’s supervisory board, has been appointed to the Bank of England’s prudential regulation committee (PRC). Enria, who joins the PRC today (January 28), completed his five-year…
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US president Donald Trump issued an executive order on January 23 prohibiting the creation of a central bank digital currency and taking measures to promote dollar-backed stablecoins worldwide in order to preserve the dominance of…
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The ways in which central bank decisions are interpreted by the media can have a greater impact on the markets than the authorities’ official communications, new research from the Bank of Spain suggests. The study,…
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Christine Lagarde has said the consensus about the need for central bank independence was “coming under pressure”. In a pre-recorded speech played at the Hungarian central bank’s Lámfalussy conference today (January 27), the European Central Bank president said…
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What is your current role at the Bank of Finland? I am head of the fintech division within the payment systems department. We look at fintech broadly but, a few years ago, we recognised that…
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