Stanley Fischer, one of the most accomplished and influential central bankers of his generation, died on May 31 at the age of 81. Fischer’s contemporaries in the top echelons of global policy-making remember him as…
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Reflections on the international financial situation – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Jacques de Larosière writes that markets are blind to Trump’s policy shocks that are fragmenting the monetary…
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Rate-setters at the Bank of England should make their estimates of future policy rates more visible to the public, a member of its monetary policy committee (MPC) has argued. In a lecture at the London…
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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has made two appointments to its governing board. Grant Spencer is to serve a five-year term effective from today (July 1). Spencer is a former deputy governor, acting…
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Geopolitical ructions and the role of the dollar – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Implications of the new US administration’s policies for the international monetary system and central banks…
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Central bankers became eerily quiet on touchy subjects when they were conducting asset purchase programmes, a new paper argues. Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks, published on June 25, finds that monetary…
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BIS reports record income as Carstens steps down – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content General manager attributes strong result to successful banking department transformation The Bank for International Settlements…
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People: April to June 2025 – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months Central…
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Lagarde renews calls for digital euro – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content ECB president tells lawmakers to “rapidly” introduce legislation for CBDC launch Christine Lagarde Christine Lagarde has described…
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A fractured monetary system – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content US policy is encouraging a transition away from a dollar-led, rules-based order President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation day’ tariffs imposed…
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