Daniel Hinge
Editor, Benchmarking
Daniel Hinge is editor of Central Banking’s benchmarking service and subject specialist for economics and monetary policy. He has reported on the central banking community since 2012, in roles including news editor and comment editor. He holds a degree in politics, philosophy and economics from the University of Oxford.
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Podcast: The post-crisis world
Andrew Metrick says central banks have changed dramatically since 2008, but more work may be needed to develop new models
Oxford academic argues Milton Friedman is misunderstood
James Forder says Friedman had a bigger impact on neoclassical economics than on monetarism
Research project weighs bold plans for cross-border payments
One possibility is to create a single global central bank digital currency
Deputy to lead Bank of Israel amid appointment delay
Amir Yaron unlikely to be in governor’s office before the next monetary policy meeting
Podcast series: central banking in the post-crisis world
In a new series, Central Banking speaks to Yale’s Andrew Metrick about how the discipline has changed over the past decade
UK banks struggle in EU-wide stress tests
Italian banks also suffer heavy losses in EBA’s most severe test conducted to date; BoE says UK faced tougher test than others
BoE launches comms push as it seeks face for £50 note
Central bank seeks boost to public engagement from nominations and ‘Future Forum’
Agent-based models: a new frontier for macroeconomics?
Agent-based modelling is opening up new possibilities for economics, but the discipline is still struggling to move from the sidelines to the mainstream
Donnery and Enria in contention for top SSM job
Shortlist narrows after closed-door session at the European Parliament
Podcast: Arthur Turrell on agent-based modelling
The Bank of England economist says ABMs should complement, not replace, other models
Canada’s Sabean on tackling a data governance overhaul
The Bank of Canada has been making “significant investments” in data, says senior director
BoE to demand senior financiers tackle climate risks
Proposals from PRA would hold senior managers accountable for climate change risks, and capital surcharges may follow
A stressful week: saving the UK banking sector
One frenetic week in 2008 led to the formation of the UK’s modern stress-testing approach
A decade on: Lehman Brothers at the brink
On September 14, 2008, there remained hope that Lehman could be saved and a crisis averted. Events moved rapidly thereafter
European Commission proposes AML powers for EBA
Jean-Claude Juncker sets anti-money laundering as a priority for the European Union
BoE study finds ‘relatable’ communications boost trust and understanding
Communications that are relatable to people’s lives work best, behavioural experiment finds
RBA suffers payments outage after fire test
“Routine maintenance” led to loss of power at main data centre
Podcast: David Hendry and John Muellbauer on empirical macro
The econometricians cast a sceptical eye over DSGE models and weigh up some alternatives
The perilous road to normality
Many central banks are starting to tighten policy, but their room for error is limited and their final destination unclear. What more can they do?
Turkish lira down 22% as crisis builds
Lira collapses and bond yields soar as Donald Trump unveils fresh sanctions
Data handling – A rethink
Official institutions are maturing as big data users but there is plenty more work to be done.
The data commons: Taking big data global
The International Monetary Fund’s first-ever overarching strategy on data aims to spread big data expertise among fund members. Louis Marc Ducharme discusses the upcoming challenges.
Lira plunges as Turkish rates stay on hold
Central bank inactive despite spiralling inflation and looming debt crisis
Podcast: David Vines on how to reform the DSGE model
Oxford University’s David Vines believes the New Keynesian DSGE model is salvageable – but needs some serious work