The Federal Reserve’s decision to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC) should be made independent of what Chinese policy-makers do, an official from the St Louis Fed says. “I think China’s going to do…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore has launched a new grant fund to help financial firms test new forms of technology before deploying it live. Under the regtech grant scheme, an extension of the central bank’s…
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Clint Eastwood, star of ‘The good, the bad and the ugly’ Financial markets are fixated on prospects for US inflation and Federal Reserve policy, and appropriately so. Rising interest rates may exacerbate already-elevated debt burdens…
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Covid-19 could act as a catalyst for a Janet Yellen-supported Fed move to adopt elements of price-level targeting. But questions remain about the timing of such a move by : Source link
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Finance minister Grant Robertson has sparred with the RBNZ over house prices Once a world-leading, single-minded guardian of price stability, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is increasingly answering to a diverse range of…
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Sveriges Riksbank will revise its internal ethical regulations following breaches by employees, it said today (June 18). “In connection with a routine check of employees’ asset transactions, it has been noted that a few employees…
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The Bank of England will not be paying a dividend to the government this year, as its loss-absorbing capital dipped below the minimum level agreed with the UK Treasury. The BoE did make a pre-tax…
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Could you start by giving an overview of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s work so far in overhauling data management? Vincent Loy: Data is extremely important to MAS, Singapore’s central bank and integrated financial regulator. We…
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More women may gain senior roles in central banks due to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, a panel of senior policy-makers told a webinar today (June 25). The Deutsche Bundesbank’s vice-president Claudia…
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The mining and trading of crypto assets in China has experienced a crackdown since mid-May. Financial institutions and payment companies were banned from providing services related to cryptocurrency transactions; and investors were warned against speculative crypto…
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