Christine Lagarde has said she would like the eurozone to enjoy the same benefits from its currency as the US does from the dollar. In a speech in Paris on October 7, the president of the…
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The SDR as an alternative to the dollar – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content The weaponisation of the dollar by US authorities represents an opportunity to reconfigure usage of…
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People: Bunge made first deputy governor at Riksbank – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Plus: Promotions in India and Singapore, and Santos Pereira takes charge in Portugal Aino Bunge…
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The European Central Bank revealed some of the use cases that could be enabled by its digital currency. In a report published on September 26, the ECB showed off the results of its “innovation platform”, in…
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IMF warns of AI adoption resulting in tiered supervision – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Advanced economies more likely to use suptech, while EMEs may not be able to…
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Riksbank’s Breman chosen to head RBNZ – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content New Zealand central bank’s first female governor recruited from Sweden following Orr debacle Anna Breman New Zealand’s…
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ECB picks digital euro service providers – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Bank names six private companies, along with backup options, for CBDC project The European Central Bank is…
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John H. Cochrane, Luis Garicano and Klaus Masuch, Crisis cycle: challenges, evolution and future of the euro, Princeton University Press, 2025, 309 pages In September 2025, at the time of writing this review*, investors are looking…
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Bank of Mauritius appoints its first female governor – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Bank hopes to put turmoil behind it with appointment of IMF economist Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor…
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How has the motivation and justification for issuing a digital euro evolved? No, it hasn’t changed. We have been consistent in explaining why we think a digital euro is important: Europeans have always had the…
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