Japan’s three-decade strategy to finance its ever-growing public debt load may have reached its limits due to losses of public companies and volatile sovereign bond market. This is the conclusion of the research work, Japan’s public…
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Most firms have little knowledge of Fed policy, the authors say US firms have little understanding of monetary policy and their inflation expectations deviate “dramatically” from those of professional forecasters, new research finds. The working…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published a sustainability report for the first time, setting out the central bank’s work to green Singapore’s finance sector and its own operations. The policies include the central…
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The Swiss National Bank’s profits dropped in 2020 by over 59% in relation to 2019, the central bank said today (March 2). The SNB reported profits of Sfr20.9 billion ($22.8 billion), down from Sfr48.9 billion…
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The Bank of England has admitted it has fallen short of ensuring employees from minority ethnic groups receive equal treatment, following a critical report by the bank’s oversight body. “The experience of colleagues with different…
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Canada: The Bank of Canada announced on July 21 that it had named Sharon Kozicki as a new deputy governor. Kozicki will begin work on August 2, the central bank said. Kozicki has served as…
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Central bank digital currency may be a necessary response to the decline in competition in the digital economy, staff at the Bank of Canada argue. “Without a public digital payment option, current problems related to…
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In a chain of events driven by new technology, one may sometimes get an eerie feeling of events preceding their cause. So, when it comes to designing a strategy for supervisory technology (suptech), it’s always…
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Major initial public offerings on the stock market will prompt capital inflows and protect the Hong Kong dollar peg, Eddie Yue, chief executive of Hong Kong’s de facto central bank, said last week. The aggregate…
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Somalia’s mobile money platforms have played an important role in distributing humanitarian aid, the country’s central bank said on October 17. Central Bank of Somalia governor Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi said the platforms have the potential to…
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