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SNB hesitant to go negative as 0% policy is still ‘expansionary’

SNB hesitant to go negative as 0% policy is still ‘expansionary’

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is not inclined to push rates below 0%, minutes from its December 11 monetary policy meeting show. Amid continued trade tensions and concerns about the valuation of US tech stocks,…

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RBA deputy says events in Venezuela point to age of extremes

RBA deputy says events in Venezuela point to age of extremes

RBA deputy says events in Venezuela point to age of extremes – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Hauser says 2026 likely to be marked by high uncertainty and potentially…

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Book notes: The London consensus: economic principles for the 21st century, by Tim Besley, Irene Bucelli and Andrés Velasco

Book notes: The London consensus: economic principles for the 21st century, by Tim Besley, Irene Bucelli and Andrés Velasco

Tim Besley, Irene Bucelli and Andrés Velasco, The London Consensus: economic principles for the 21st century, LSE Press, 2025, 672 pages The London consensus (LC) arrives at a time when it seems there is little…

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RBNZ’s Breman to discuss greater transparency with MPC

RBNZ’s Breman to discuss greater transparency with MPC

RBNZ’s Breman to discuss greater transparency with MPC – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content New governor says she will raise issue of attributing votes on rate decisions to individual…

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Algeria sacks central bank governor

Algeria sacks central bank governor

Salah Eddine Taleb has been dismissed as the governor of the Bank of Algeria and replaced on an interim basis by his erstwhile deputy, Moatassem Boudiaf. The country’s president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, made the announcement on…

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Local languages widely used in central bank communications

Local languages widely used in central bank communications

Around 60% of central bank communications are produced in local languages excluding English, while around 44% are produced in English, data from the Communications Benchmarks 2025 shows. The benchmarks also show English is used for…

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Cross-Benchmarks Staffing Report 2025: tackling shortages

Cross-Benchmarks Staffing Report 2025: tackling shortages

Cross-Benchmarks Staffing Report 2025: tackling shortages – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Benchmarking data and central bank comments point to bottlenecks, but HR teams are taking action Data from…

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Communications Benchmarks 2025 report – getting social

Communications Benchmarks 2025 report – getting social

View a printable version of this report in PDF format In the roughly year and a half since the 2024 edition of the Communications Benchmarks was published, central bank social media adoption has risen substantially.…

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Communications Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis

Communications Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis

One aim of the model banks analysis is to highlight similarities and differences in the data based on central bank size and levels of economic development. A few trends stand out from the Communications Benchmarks…

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People: Lepushynskyi named NBU deputy

People: Lepushynskyi named NBU deputy

People: Lepushynskyi named NBU deputy – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Plus: Grym gets new BoF role and Finma appoints insurance head Volodymyr Lepushynskyi Volodymyr Lepushynskyi has been appointed…

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