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Canada opposition leader repeats promise to fire governor
Poilievre accuses government of interfering in central bank
Climate change: a new financial risk for central banks
Overcoming ‘analysis paralysis’ and the lessons in capturing climate-related financial risks on the Deutsche Bundesbank’s balance sheet
Russian legislators approve Islamic banking pilot
Two-year programme may attract foreign capital or appease restive minorities
Cash for a very rainy, tremorous or lava-filled day
Are central banks well-positioned to keep cash flowing during natural disasters?
PNG central bank dispute leads to fuel rationing
Papua New Guinea central bank has accused fuel importer of failing to repatriate earnings
Guillermo Avellán on BCE independence, capacity-building and dollarisation
Central Bank of Ecuador general manager speaks about the need to bolster the central bank’s legal autonomy, dollarisation challenges, payments developments and monetising local gold production
Bye-bye BCRA?
An Argentine presidential candidate proposes abolishing the central bank and the peso
Uganda passes Islamic banking law
Parliament removes provision for sharia advisory council at the Bank of Uganda
Taiwan’s central bank calls for wage rises
Report calls for more unionisation after real wages fell in first quarter
Brazil regulators cut off loans for environmental law violators
Resolution marks change in policy from Bolsonaro era
Israeli government clashes with governor over banking law
Governor says law “crosses a red line” on independence, but pushes banks to raise rates
Book notes: Labor in the age of finance, by Sanford M Jacoby
A fascinating attempt to document the US labour movement’s efforts to use pension fund money to bolster its voice
EC proposes legal tender status for digital euro
Legislation envisages digital wallet available on- and offline, while safeguarding cash
Ex-Fed vice-chair Quarles linked to bank seeking master account
Quarles’s involvement recalls controversy over Sarah Bloom Raskin
Why fear, paranoia and distrust swirl around CBDCs
Populists and conspiracy theorists are exacerbating public concern about retail CBDCs. What can central banks do about it?
BoF’s Rehn says government plans violate central bank independence
New Finnish prime minister says he will revisit policy statement
Central banking against a full-scale war
National Bank of Ukraine governor Andriy Pyshnyy shares seven statements about ‘antifragility’ and the ability to function under uncertainty – and succeed
Costa Rica proposes strengthening central bank independence
Government wants to remove finance minister from board and change audit procedures
Populists can pressure central banks to cut rates, paper finds
Researchers say the most populist governments can get rates lowered by 30 basis points
Chilean commission proposes broader central bank mandate
Elected councillors and experts will decide on proposal before voters decide in December
OCC will target ‘persistent weaknesses’ in US banks
Updated guidance introduces tougher approach to non-compliant banks
Nigerian MPC continues tightening
Official figures show slight rise in inflation as pressure on currency continues
Kenyan president nominates ally as governor despite scandal
Former IMF official Thugge likely to succeed Njoroge, despite 2019 arrest over dam allegations
Fed’s Bowman defends regulatory ‘tailoring’
Governor calls for independent review of SVB collapse, dismissing Barr report