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Rates round-up: Albania, Iceland, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland
Energy prices, geopolitical uncertainty begin to bite non-eurozone countries
Fed can afford to wait on rates, say regional heads
Atlanta and Chicago presidents say uncertainty over economy means it’s too soon to talk of more cuts
Brazil to enable Pix for contactless instant payments
BCB-managed platform to have point-of-sale function by late February
Trump reverses course on Fed decision
US president says central bank was right to hold rates in January
New governor takes over at Bank of Ghana
Johnson Pandit Asiama assumes office as predecessor takes terminal leave ahead of retirement
Former Fed adviser arrested for allegedly spying for China
Indictment claims official passed on sensitive economic and financial data to Chinese security services
Annual inflation in Turkey falls, but monthly inflation surges
Independent body estimates actual figure to be much higher than official statistics
Colombia unexpectedly holds policy rate
Central bank pauses easing cycle as minimum wage hike complicates inflation dynamics
Rivers, birds and cultural spaces to feature on new euro notes
Design contest to start in 2025, though introduction “several years” away
Bank of England mustering unit to model system-wide stresses
Permanent team at UK supervisor will work on buy- and sell-side interactions
Argentina cuts rates by 300bp to 29%
Central bank will also slow peso’s monthly devaluation rate, starting from next week
Fintechs launch e-rupee services
Initiative follows RBI’s announcement last year that CBDC would be extended to non-banks
CNB takes next step towards adopting bitcoin
Board approves governor’s proposal to look at “additional asset classes”, which could include crypto
South Africa delivers third successive rate cut
Move comes as inflation remains at lower end of target range
European Central Bank makes 25bp cut
Lagarde “confident” EU central banks will not add crypto to their reserves
Afghanistan to issue jail terms for large dollar transfers
Move to clamp down on illicit inflows comes as central bank struggles to prop up afghani
Brazil again raises rates by 100bp
BCB signals further rises amid persistently high inflation and lingering concerns over public finances
AI transcript hints at nepotism in ECB hiring practices
Opaque wage adjustment processes are unaccountable, sources tell Central Banking
Fed holds rates amid pressure from White House
Powell says he has had no contact with Trump since president said he would “demand” easing of policy
Bank of Canada cuts rates and ends quantitative tightening
Macklem says monetary policy cannot offset negative effects of tariffs
RBI injects billions into liquidity-strapped financial system
Analysts say decision points to rate cut by India’s central bank in February