Spreads
Vix spike in August not driven by actual volatility – BIS
Latest bulletin explains how widening bid-ask spreads drove up the index
Ghana’s Ernest Addison on the chain of events that led to a loss of $5 billion
The Bank of Ghana governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about what necessitated monetary financing, the boundaries of ‘independence’ and the results of offline tests of the e-cedi
Asian bond spreads with US not widening, BIS research finds
Central banks’ actions have decoupled EME bonds from stronger dollar, researchers say
Joachim Nagel on the ECB’s terminal rate, fiscal policy, model relevance and the digital euro
The Deutsche Bundesbank president speaks about compromise on the Governing Council, rolling back PEPP, the need to implement Basel III and the chances of a revised Stability and Growth Pact
Ecuador approves contingent credit line
Flar offers up to $230 million to Central Bank of Ecuador
The rise of non-SDR currency reserves
New Cofer data release may show an overall fall in FX reserves, writes Gary Smith
The ECB’s collateral conundrum
A lack of high-quality collateral in the eurozone has resulted in money market rates lagging ECB policy rates, hampering monetary policy transmission
Christopher Sims on modelling the inflation surge
Unprecedented series of shocks creates major challenges for central bank forecasters, the Nobel Prize-winning economist tells Daniel Hinge
Quantitative tightening: missed opportunities
Treasuries and central banks must think harder about balance sheet policies, says Philip Turner
US Treasury market preps for reporting showdown
Sifma expected to attack transparency plans; prop traders brand objections “crazy”
The PBoC, real estate debt and financial stability in China
Central bank policy-makers are restricted in terms of capacity and space by their efforts to manage the nation’s property bubble amid declining growth
Nagel lays out conditions for ECB anti-fragmentation instrument
Bundesbank president says it should be temporary and only used in “exceptional circumstances”
ECB emergency meeting pledges sovereign bond support
Governing council says eurozone will accelerate efforts to create “anti-fragmentation mechanism”
Down but not out: US Libor trading continues amid ban
Outgoing rate hits market share lows in US swaps but little dent made in listed markets
How Turkey’s president created chaos in economic policy-making
Observers allege presidential domination of the central bank, unauthorised FX transactions and untrustworthy statistics
‘Say what?’ Trust in central bank communications
Central banks are changing how they communicate with different audiences, but judging the success of these communication efforts is difficult
Most central banks invest in derivatives
External managers facilitate wider use of these instruments
James Bullard on Fed policy, action and governance
St Louis president calls for tapering amid “exceptional” job market and risk of “more persistent” inflation, quantifies ‘big tent language’ for pioneering AIT move, and details Congress’s role in Fed ethics oversight
Less chance of “taper tantrum” in emerging markets – Dallas Fed paper
Emerging markets have larger dollar reserves to meet financing disruptions
Should the Fed’s Fima facility be made permanent?
The emergency repo facility reassures reserve managers about access to dollar cash during a breakdown in the US Treasuries market
Central bank of the year: The Federal Reserve System
Overwhelming Fed interventions in March 2020 forestalled a damaging global financial crisis, as policy overhaul prompts introspection in Europe and Japan