Coronavirus
Sarb eases conditions on emergency loan guarantees
South African central bank introduces new loan types to assist uptake of the scheme
IMF needs new tool to deal with pandemic – former officials
Current programmes place too much emphasis on adjustment, two ex-officials argue
Female workers badly hit by pandemic job losses – IMF economist
Lower-paid workers hit hardest both by 2008 recession and slump caused by pandemic
Bank of Russia cuts rates to record low
Governor argues monetary stimulus will offset fiscal consolidation efforts in 2021–22
Lagarde hails EU fiscal-monetary co-ordination
Recovery fund will support economy from 2021, avoiding fiscal tightening once national stimulus lapses, stresses ECB president
IMF lifts limits on financial support facilities
Decision provoked debate among board members on whether fund should be taking additional risk
BIS’s Borio says policy buffers should be repaired as soon as possible
Economist highlights three long-term challenges to tackle post-coronavirus
Dominican Republic launches facility to tackle pandemic impact
Equivalent of $1 billion made available for firms and households, but regulatory relief could raise stability concerns
Sarb cuts rates as unemployment breaches 30%
Central bank says emerging markets will struggle as lockdown measures ease
How vulnerable are EMEs to renewed Covid-19 turbulence?
Emerging markets face twin pressures from the health crisis and global financial forces, says Steve Kamin
Book notes: The state of economics, the state of the world, edited by Basu, Rosenblatt and Sepúlveda
The 2016 contributions of Nobel Prize-winning economists and others remain relevant to today
IMF research highlights limits of exchange rate flexibility
New dataset sheds light on role of dominant-currency invoicing for exchange rate dynamics
Dealer capacity tightened significantly in March – Fed research
US primary dealers’ capacity to absorb Treasuries fell by 17% in March, economist finds
EU recovery fund set to ease ECB’s burden
Common debt issuance likely to significantly reduce fragmentation risks, taming sovereign bond spreads, say analysts
Labour market situation is ‘complicated’ – RBA’s Lowe
Unemployment likely to worsen despite initial signs of recovery, governor says
Yellen and Bernanke call for Treasury market reform
March's market gyrations demand close look at infrastructure and regulatory framework, former Fed chairs say
Singapore faces most severe downturn since independence – Menon
Singapore’s economic situation remains “dire” and activity will be below pre-crisis levels “for quite a while”
Q&A: New York Fed’s Stiroh on climate change and Covid
Co-chair of Basel task force discusses possible supervisory approaches to climate risk
IMF suspends country assessments until April 2021
Resumption of assessments will need to be “gradual” and undertaken flexibly, says fund
Two FOMC members back overshooting target
Brainard and Harker suggest Fed should leave rates low until inflation rises above 2% target
FCA launches new digital sandbox
Project will give firms access to “high-quality datasets” to test new technology
Canada holds rates as governor warns of “long climb out”
Governor says interest rates will stay “unusually low” as central bank forecasts GDP fall of 7.8%
Chilean MPC says it will keep stimulus in place
Central bank says credit supply is weak despite emergency liquidity package
Eurozone outlook is ‘highly uncertain’, says Lagarde
ECB maintains stimulus package unchanged as lower energy prices weaken inflation