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IMF raises borrowing limits amid ‘challenging’ environment

IMF raises borrowing limits amid ‘challenging’ environment

The International Monetary Fund is temporarily raising the limits on borrowing from its main lending facility, as countries face slowing growth and high debt vulnerabilities. On March 6, the IMF executive board approved an increase…

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BIS welcomes end to investors’ ‘sanguine attitude’

BIS welcomes end to investors’ ‘sanguine attitude’

Optimism over future easing clashed with what central bankers were actually saying by : Source link

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China to overhaul financial regulatory system

China to overhaul financial regulatory system

China has proposed a raft of changes to its financial regulatory system, including replacing its existing banking regulator with a new financial regulator with expanded powers. The Chinese government submitted the draft plan to its…

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BoJ maintains monetary easing at Kuroda’s final policy meeting

BoJ maintains monetary easing at Kuroda’s final policy meeting

Outgoing BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged at outgoing governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s last policy meeting today (March 10). The BoJ’s nine-member policy board unanimously decided to leave…

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BIS Project Icebreaker proposes cross-border retail CBDC model

BIS Project Icebreaker proposes cross-border retail CBDC model

The central banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden have published the results of cross-border retail digital currency experiments using a foreign exchange provider.  Project Icebreaker, led by the Bank for International Settlements, developed a model…

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Georgieva backs flexible credit line for Morocco

Georgieva backs flexible credit line for Morocco

Central Bank of Morocco, Rabat International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva has backed a request by Morocco for a $5 billion flexible credit line (FCL). “Considering Morocco’s very strong policy frameworks and track record”,…

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Central bank websites: how to keep track and make them better

Central bank websites: how to keep track and make them better

While central banks have become m­ore used to engaging with the public on social media in recent years, many still regard websites as a critical communications channel. “The website is really very important for us,…

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Chicago Fed used search firm that employed Goolsbee’s wife

Chicago Fed used search firm that employed Goolsbee’s wife

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago confirmed the search firm it employed to help select new president Austan Goolsbee employs his wife. His appointment was announced on December 1. He took…

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Colombia central bank transfers $1.6 billion to government

Colombia central bank transfers $1.6 billion to government

The Central Bank of Colombia approved the transfer of slightly more than $1.6 billion in net profits to the government on February 28. The board said it had nearly $1.8 billion in total profits from 2022…

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RBI report details Covid contingency measures

RBI report details Covid contingency measures

Reserve Bank of India HQ, Mumbai Like other central banks, the Reserve Bank of India carried out sweeping changes to its operations as Covid-19 struck. A new document published by the RBI sheds light on…

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