Andrea Enria, a former chair of the European Central Bank’s supervisory board, has been appointed to the Bank of England’s prudential regulation committee (PRC). Enria, who joins the PRC today (January 28), completed his five-year…
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US president Donald Trump issued an executive order on January 23 prohibiting the creation of a central bank digital currency and taking measures to promote dollar-backed stablecoins worldwide in order to preserve the dominance of…
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The ways in which central bank decisions are interpreted by the media can have a greater impact on the markets than the authorities’ official communications, new research from the Bank of Spain suggests. The study,…
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Christine Lagarde has said the consensus about the need for central bank independence was “coming under pressure”. In a pre-recorded speech played at the Hungarian central bank’s Lámfalussy conference today (January 27), the European Central Bank president said…
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What is your current role at the Bank of Finland? I am head of the fintech division within the payment systems department. We look at fintech broadly but, a few years ago, we recognised that…
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Central banks’ words matter for climate – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Line between EMEs speaking about greening finance and AEs being wary of climate risks are blurring, argues…
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The Deutsche Bundesbank has announced it is leaving X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. In a posting today (January 17), Germany’s central bank said its account would exist “only as an archived…
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Syria appoints new central bank chief after regime change – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Maysaa Sabreen becomes first woman to hold governor position The Central Bank of Syria…
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The Bank of England (BoE) has published a blueprint of the digital pound, which is currently in the design stage. The BoE on January 14 published a progress update on its retail central bank digital…
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IMF: $44bn loan deal to Argentina fell short of expectations – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Monetary policy’s effects limited as central bank suffered heavy cashflow losses, evaluation finds…
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