Aditi Sahasrabuddhe, Bankers’ trust: how social relations avert global financial collapse, Cornell University Press, 2025, 228 pages Aditi Sahasrabuddhe’s book on financial crises fits neatly into the mosaic of literature on financial crises and international…
Read More
Lessons from the RBNZ debacle – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Institutions wielding delegated power must be led and held accountable by individuals of character, disciplined temperament and a…
Read More
The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) has proposed reducing the data reporting requirements for banks in a drive to simplify regulations. The proposal, which would involve deleting 37 individual reporting templates, was announced…
Read More
Trump ally nominated as IMF first deputy managing director – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Dan Katz has ties to US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and former BoE governor…
Read More
Economics researchers should consider the role of accounting conventions when carrying out work on the effectiveness of bank regulations, according to a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research. In a working paper…
Read More
The Central Bank of Egypt Egypt’s president has extended the term of Hasan Abdalla, acting governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), by another year. News outlets including Bloomberg and Reuters reported yesterday (August…
Read More
Riksbank deputies say rate forecasting key to transparency – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Officials say advantages of openness outweigh drawbacks Two senior Sveriges Riksbank officials have explained how…
Read More
Options for realising gold revaluations – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Is monetary gold a special case in central bank revaluations accounting? Gold prices have risen nearly 40% during…
Read More
People: ECB creates task force to simplify regulation – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Plus: Kocher takes over as head of Austria’s central bank Luis de Guindos The European…
Read More
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is to begin publishing summaries of the discussions during future monetary policy meetings, in a move towards greater transparency and the international norm. Martin Schlegel, who heads the central bank,…
Read More