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BIS predicts AI will be inflationary in long term
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IMF releases $1.1bn to Bangladesh
Fund calls for tight policy to bring down inflation
Monetary policy-makers should track bubbles – Dallas Fed paper
Economists warn of possible ‘explosive bubbles’ and evaporating wealth
Benchmarking
Over 25% of central banks pre-brief government on policy decisions
Briefing patterns differ across institutions, as two central banks start practice
Seven island central banks sign green finance roadmap
Central banks agree to boost efforts on knowledge exchange and resource sharing
Build up CCyB gradually over financial cycle, says ECB paper
Even partially built-up buffers help during a shock, researchers argue
Digital euro ‘may require’ battery-powered cards for offline use
Eurosystem could develop its own app to manage digital euro accounts
Japan ready to intervene in FX markets, finance ministry says
Top currency official issues warning as yen hits 34-year low against dollar
Laotian central bank raises rates amid high inflation
Inflation in Laos has been above 20% due to weak local currency
Lkhagvasuren Byadran on geopolitics, gold and 100 years of central banking on the steppe
Bank of Mongolia’s governor speaks about monetary and financial reform, embracing AI and fintech, and Mongolia’s new SWF
Central Banking Summer Meetings 2024
How the Czech National Bank brought inflation down from 18% to 2% in two years
Governor Aleš Michl on the road to 2% inflation and future profitability
Ukraine’s central bank is reforming during wartime, governor says
NBU is strengthening insurance and investment, Pyshnyy tells Summer Meetings
Central banks continue climate action despite political pressure
Reserve managers are expanding green investments, as some incorporate “double materiality”
Central Banking Awards 2024 ceremony honours best in field
Shirakawa receives lifetime award and Brazil is named central bank of the year
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Non-banks in RTGSs: greater efficiency or more risk?
Policy-makers and practitioners from central banks in Brazil, Hungary, Israel, Romania, Rwanda and the US share their perspectives
How to cut the interest cost of bank reserves – and how not to do it
William Allen says setting required reserves is not a straightforward decision for the Bank of England
BoJ hawkishness due to weak yen belies wage inflation concerns
The contrast in Japan-US economic, price and wage performance and their implications for monetary policies
Lessons from the banking turmoil of 2023
Guardrails on capital, liquidity, deposit insurance, resolution, digitalisation and disintermediation need a rethink. By Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large
Benchmarking
Over 25% of central banks pre-brief government on policy decisions
Briefing patterns differ across institutions, as two central banks start practice
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Geostrategic shifts make the case for a narrow price target less compelling
Awards
Central Banking Awards 2024 ceremony honours best in field
Shirakawa receives lifetime award and Brazil is named central bank of the year
Central bank of the year: Central Bank of Brazil
The Latam central bank has pursued its mandate in an exemplary fashion, despite external pressures
Lifetime achievement: Masaaki Shirakawa
The veteran BoJ central banker called out the limits of monetary policy
Governor of the year: Andriy Pyshnyy
Pyshnyy kept Ukraine’s wartime economy stable and won vital foreign support under huge pressure
Book reviews
Book notes: The wealth of a nation, by George Hodgson
Book notes: Balance of power: central banks and the fate of democracies, by Éric Monnet and translated by Steven Rendall
Book notes: Fintech: finance, technology and regulation, by Ross Buckley, Douglas Arner and Dirk Zetzsche
Book notes: Going infinite: the rise and fall of a new tycoon, by Michael Lewis
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