Emerging markets
Critic urges UK to leave China-based lender
Treasury says UK will stay in AIIB as ex-official calls some employees “useful idiots”
IMF and World Bank to go ahead with Marrakech meetings
Leaders say they wish to stand by Morocco after earthquake killed nearly 3,000
US official outlines expanded role for poorer nations at IMF
Shambaugh discusses quota reform and new officials for developing countries
House prices suffer steepest fall since global financial crisis
BIS data shows sharp falls in many advanced economies, though prices are still up on 2010
Brics’ bank launches rand bond
New Development Bank offers $130.6 million debt issue ahead of Johannesburg summit
Man on a mission: Axel van Nederveen, swaps evangelist
EBRD treasurer spreads the good word about local currency derivatives markets
Global growth is stalling: what must be done?
Jagjit Chadha says leaders are failing to make a serious attempt to tackle deepening global problems
World Bank releases country income classifications
Seven countries promoted, while Jordan falls a category due to population growth
Equities look set to stay in FX reserves portfolios
Despite 2022 losses and higher bond yields, central banks maintain commitments to the risky asset class
Georgieva says $100 billion in SDRs donated
IMF chief says 2021 goal reached, but critics note Congress has not approved US pledge
Combatting the ever-changing cyber threats in banking
Seemanta Patnaik, co-founder and chief technology officer at SecurEyes, discusses the continually evolving challenges and threats, and possible solutions to remain resilient to cyber attacks in today’s central banking environment.
EME central banks must keep policies tight, says IMF deputy
Gita Gopinath says “markets are probably too optimistic” about cost of lowering inflation
The allure of private markets
SWFs have piled into the asset class while reserve managers remain wary, writes Blake Evans-Pritchard
Non-banks key to ‘absorbing’ sovereign debt – BIS paper
New database of key players in sovereign debt markets reveals EME reliance on non-banks
Macro-pru helps dampen global shocks – BIS paper
Authors find capital controls are less effective than prudential tools at offsetting shocks
Climate change and the role for central banks
Gavin Bingham, Andrew Large and Paul Fisher explain how climate change affects central banks and the competing tensions it raises in relation to policy responses
EMEs now coping better with financial market stress – BIS paper
Authorities have tackled old vulnerabilities, but trouble is springing up elsewhere
Kganyago calls for lower inflation target and tighter policy
Sarb governor urges reform of South Africa’s troubled transport and electricity sectors
Governance Benchmarks 2023 report – the frameworks that underpin central banks
Data reveals differences in profits, appointments and policies among EMEs and advanced economies
US banks still vulnerable to interest rate risk, IMF warns
“Supervisory lapses” appeared to be a factor in recent collapses, as many institutions remain exposed
Global economy will be ‘anaemic’ – IMF
Inflation falling, but central banks will only reach targets over 2024 and 2025
Central Banking Awards 2023: third group of winners announced
Awards include economic research, payments reform and risk management services
Biden nominates Ajay Banga to lead World Bank
Ahead of the nomination, some argued president should pick a non-US citizen
People: France appoints deputy governor
New deputy governors in Indonesia and Kenya; Dilma Rousseff to lead Brics bank