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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In March 2021, Central Banking launched its fourth annual FinTech RegTech Global Awards to showcase some of the groundbreaking projects undertaken in the community. The results are revealed in the awards articles published in this…
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Monetary policy-makers in India face a dilemma in responding to the impact of spillovers from US monetary policy, a working paper published by the Bank for International Settlements finds. Shesadri Banerjee and Madhusudan Mohanty study…
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The Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) announced on February 17 that the April 2020 IMF loan had been “arranged irregularly by the de facto government”. From November 2019 until November 2020, an interim government headed…
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The Federal Reserve of Cleveland released three short videos on June 21, explaining the basics of inflation through animated Lego figures. The three videos use a Lego toy-town setting – complete with a Lego Fed…
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