1. Home
  2. Central Banking

Tag: Central Banking

Pakistani governor steps down as term expires

Pakistani governor steps down as term expires

The State Bank of Pakistan Reza Baqir has stepped down as governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), after the government declined to renew his three-year term. The government has not yet appointed a…

Read More
RBNZ finds ‘overwhelming’ support for cash

RBNZ finds ‘overwhelming’ support for cash

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) published the results of its public consultation on the future of cash and central bank digital currency (CBDC) on April 29, finding strong support for cash despite its…

Read More
Suptech: More than just a new name for solving an old problem

Suptech: More than just a new name for solving an old problem

The global financial crisis sparked a far-ranging overhaul of the international architecture for financial regulation, coupled with a deep reflection around the fitness-for-purpose and effectiveness of supervisory efforts, writes Anne Leslie-Bini. In response to the…

Read More
EMEs can resist spillovers with prudential policy – BoE paper

EMEs can resist spillovers with prudential policy – BoE paper

Emerging market economies (EMEs) can dampen the effects of shocks emanating from US monetary policy if they implement tighter prudential policies, new research published by the Bank of England finds. Andra Coman of the European…

Read More
Second Hong Kong sukuk oversubscribed by 100%

Second Hong Kong sukuk oversubscribed by 100%

Market demand for Hong Kong’s second-ever sukuk exceeded the amount on offer by a two-to-one margin, pushing the Islamic debt instrument’s coupon below 2% at a time when global bond markets are witnessing a rise…

Read More
Central bank comms staff earn $40,000 on average

Central bank comms staff earn $40,000 on average

Staff in central bank communications teams earn an average of nearly $40,000 per year, though there are major differences between institutions. Annual salaries ranged from $12,000 to $84,000, data from the Communications Benchmarks 2022 shows.…

Read More
Paraguay legislators clash with central bank over secrecy rules

Paraguay legislators clash with central bank over secrecy rules

Paraguayan legislators are considering amending the central bank law to change provisions on bank secrecy, after clashing with the institution’s board of directors. Several legislative committees met on April 20 to consider the matter. The…

Read More
Report reveals damage caused by Bank of Mongolia’s ‘quasi-fiscal’ policies

Report reveals damage caused by Bank of Mongolia’s ‘quasi-fiscal’ policies

“Quasi-fiscal policies” undertaken by the Bank of Mongolia (BoM) suffered from weak controls and may have conflicted with other parts of the central bank’s mandate, leading to large losses, a new report finds. Between 2012…

Read More
Proportion of women working in central banks dips

Proportion of women working in central banks dips

The number of women working in central banks on average dropped slightly in 2019, according to the most recent data from the Central Banking Directory. Women currently make up 45% of employees at central banks…

Read More
People: Chicago Fed’s Evans to retire

People: Chicago Fed’s Evans to retire

Chicago: The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago announced on April 21 that its long-serving president, Charles Evans, would retire early next year. Evans has led the Chicago Fed since September 2007. Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve…

Read More