Tagged central banks

March 19, 2022

Central banks are catching up The global economy is facing an incredible amount of uncertainty right now, which continues to fuel the volatility we are seeing in financial markets. Whether it's the uncertaint...

Could central bank digital currencies help countries circumvent sanctions?

March 16, 2022

Countries have of course sought to circumvent the sanctions through contracts or arrangements that are not denominated in dollars. Examples include the “rupee-rial” mechanism introduced by India in 2012; the ...

European equity futures are higher; Diplomatic Hopes, Central Bank Meetings at Center By Investing.com

March 14, 2022

© Reuters By Peter Nurse Investing.com - European stock markets are set to open higher on Monday on heightened hopes for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine at the start of a week dominated by ma...

Can central bank intervention alone support the Indian rupee?

March 12, 2022

Currency swap is a liquidity management tool that central banks use to control volatility in the currency market. It injects dollar liquidity with a repurcha...

Forward Guidance: Soaring Gas Prices Will Drive Up Inflation Rates

March 11, 2022

Canada's CPI report for February is expected to show a firm 5.4% year-over-year increase. It will likely rise closer to 6% in March due to soaring prices at the pump. In the first week of March alone, gaso...

Dow rebounds as demand for Haven wanes, crude oil tumbles. The Hang Seng index could rise

March 10, 2022

DOW JONES, HANG SENG AND ASX 200 INDEX OUTLOOK:The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices closed +2.00%, +2.57% and +3.58% respectivelyStock markets rebounded strongly as talks with Ukraine progressed. Cru...

Australia and the United States could follow Europe on digital currencies

March 8, 2022

Central banks are considering digital currencies for different reasons. In Europe and China, they are seen as a defensive measure to ensure authorities retain control of fiat currencies and the money supply as...

Are central bank digital currencies the key to unlocking financial inclusion in Africa?

March 3, 2022

Technology is changing money as we know it. Financial technology or fintech as a form of financial innovation has reshaped the financial services industry, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. More recently, the...

Russia and Ukraine put 10% US inflation on radar as BlackRock repeats central banks may have to live with inflation

February 22, 2022

The threat of a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine raises the risks of an energy supply shock, which some observers say could push the annual US inflation rate to 10% at some point. ...

Central banks could start, then slow the pace of interest rate hikes

February 20, 2022

Consumer price inflation in , is the highest since the early 1990s and could rise further in the coming months (Chart 1). This should continue to generate uncomfortable headlines for policymakers at the Bank ...

GBP EUR Pushes Higher on US Central Bank Comments

February 18, 2022

The GBP/EUR exchange rate was up 0.43% on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve gave the green light to interest rate hikes to fight inflation. The bank said rates are expected to rise "soon...

Central banks’ fight against inflation becomes a class war

February 16, 2022

Central banks have started to react to inflation. In February, the Bank of England raised its key rate for the second time in two months, and the US Federal Reserve is expected to do the same at its Mar...

Thinkpad: Living on a Prayer

February 12, 2022

Have a nice week end.This week was a kind of Thinkpad week - all about central banks. Two central banks in particular - the US Federal Reserve and the Reserve Bank of India. Both "live by prayer" in some resp...

Crypto Assets ‘Very Unlikely’ to Get a Nod to Irish Retail Funds – Central Bank

February 8, 2022

The Central Bank of Ireland, which regulates international funds holding more than 4 trillion euros in assets, said on Tuesday it was 'highly unlikely' to allow funds ai...

Analysis-Emerging market investors plunge into stocks amid Fed storm

February 5, 2022

More hot jobs data on Friday pushed the benchmark for global borrowing costs, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, to its highest level in two years, prompting even more gnashing of teeth among investors. fund man...

Emerging market currencies may get support if their central bank rates rise

February 4, 2022

According to a recent Reuters poll, the decision of the US Federal Reserve to implement several rate hikes this year could keep emerging market currencies under pressure in the short term. However, countries t...

Stocks and currencies rally ahead of central bank decisions

January 31, 2022

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Emerging market stocks rose on Monday after their worst week since August, while developing country currencies firmed ahead of key central bank meetings after a staunchly belligerent U.S. Fed...

global market: 5 global market themes for the coming week

January 29, 2022

Hot on the heels of the Federal Reserve, the British, Eurozone and Australian central banks are lining up to meet next week. The Bank of England is expected to raise rates for the second time in less than two m...

Upcoming week: January 31, 2022

January 28, 2022

Central banks: RBA, BoE and ECB Earnings: GOOGL, AMZN and FB Data: Eurozone GDP and CPI, and US NFP After the sharp drop in US equity markets the previous week, we saw some very volatile price action as the...

Singapore’s central bank tightens policy in surprise move

January 25, 2022

By P.R. Venkat Singapore's central bank unexpectedly tightened monetary policy on Tuesday as a preemptive measure to stem the inflationary impact of supply-side constraints and rising commodity pric...

European stocks fall in global selloff

January 22, 2022

European stocks slumped on Friday to mark a third week of losses as jitters over monetary policy tightening by central banks t...

Inflation will likely melt in 2022 – central banks will do a lot more harm trying to tackle it

January 14, 2022

It remains to be seen whether the omicron variant will move Sars-CoV-2 to a manageable endemicity. But as that happens, there will always be a "long COVID" to contend with. The latest inflation headlines...

Questions investors should ask themselves in 2022

January 3, 2022

The economic scenario at the dawn of 2022 has rarely been so opaque. Retail investors have to ask tough questions to which there don't seem to be clear answers. The new normal is that today's financial market...

Gold marks yearly decline as central banks seek to wean economy off stimulus

December 31, 2021

Silver worst year since 2014For the year, platinum is down about 9.4% so far, palladium 22.2%Gold faces 'downhill battle' amid 2022 rate hikes - analystDec 31 (Reuters) - Gold prices marked their biggest annual...

CBDCs should not undermine existing financial infrastructure

December 26, 2021

CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL Currencies (CBDCs), or digital sovereign currency tokens, are among the hottest topics in the financial world today. A 2021 BIS survey found that more than 86% of central banks around the...

UK central bank pushes for global crypto regulation talks

December 23, 2021

The Bank of England plans to speed up talks among financial regulators around the world to find ways to monitor and regulate cryptocurrencies. In an interview with The Times, Sarah Breeden, the bank's executi...

Welcome! Central Bank Digital Currency – Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism

December 18, 2021

Bharat JhunjhunwalaA cryptocurrency escapes the control of countries' central banks. As the name suggests, the currency is encrypted and i...

Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary: The Hawkish Fed Steals The Show

December 18, 2021

Summary United States: Hawkish Fed Steals Show, But Supply Issues Linger Behind The Scenes The more hawkish tone that emerged from the last Fed policy meeting was the main event that caught the markets' at...

Financial institutions to expand crypto support

December 17, 2021

Cryptocurrency

Financial institutions (FIs) are bracing for an anticipated increase in cryptocurrency use, and competition among FIs to support corporate cryptocurrency payments is likely to be fierce. Cryptocurrency Payment...

Bank Negara has no immediate plan to issue central bank digital currency

December 15, 2021

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All eyes on the movement of the Hungarian central bank

December 13, 2021

This week in EEC Inflation and monetary policy will be in the spotlight this week, as we await a flood of CPI impressions and the decision from the Hungarian central bank. Another 30bp h...

Two key questions for the European Central Bank

December 9, 2021

December 11, 2021VSENTRAL BANKERS in Frankfurt can feel a little baffled. After struggling to revive too low inflation for nearly a decade, they now find themselves hoping that too high inflation will ease. ...

Analysis: clear or confused? Central bank communication skills put to the test

December 7, 2021

LONDON, December 6 (Reuters) - (This story from December 6 corrected the BoE meeting date to November 4 from November 5 in the second paragraph, no further changes to the text)Financial markets, which have str...

World’s Most Powerful Central Banker Gives Bank of England Cover to Raise Rates | Economic news

December 1, 2021

It is common at this point in the season for dictionary editors and academics to publish their word of the year.For the Cambridge Dictionary, the word of the year is â€œperseveran...

Analysis-Japan keen to speed up digital yen launch as China adds geopolitical twist By Reuters

December 1, 2021

Â© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask stands outside the Bank of Japan headquarters amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan May 22, 2020.REUTERS / Kim ...

Analysis-ECB faces pressure to release bonds and avoid market squeeze | The powerful 790 KFGO

November 25, 2021

By Francesco CanepaFRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank is under pressure from bankers to lend more of its German government bond pool to avoid a market squeeze that would cancel out some of its own st...

Factbox: Erdogan’s risky “experiment” to heal Turkish economy

November 23, 2021

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters at a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, November 5, 2021. REUTERS / Umit BektasRegister now for FREE and unlimited access to reuters.comRegister nowISTANBUL...

PH and Singapore central banks sign digital payment cooperation agreement

November 21, 2021

The central banks of the Philippines and Singapore recently signed an agreement to strengthen cross-border digital payments in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) region.In a statement, dig...

Clarida from the Fed: World central banks should not coordinate their policy

November 19, 2021

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida reacts as he holds his phone during the three-day "Challenges for Monetary Policy" conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States on August 23, 2019. REUTERS /...

Central Bank Digital Currency Pilot Project Launched By Q1 Next Year: Rbi Official

November 17, 2021

The Reserve Bank of India is set to launch the pilot of its central bank digital currency or CDBC project by the first quarter of next year, a senior RBI official told CNBC-TV18 during 'a round table at the an...

Fintech agreement signed by PHL and SG central banks

November 8, 2021

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced on Monday that it has signed a strengthened "FinTech Cooperation Agreement" with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to facilitate cross-border payme...

Australian central bank and prudential regulator step up climate change analysis

November 4, 2021

By Alice Uribe SYDNEY - Australia's central bank and its prudential regulator say they will conduct more analysis and research on climate change, and have pledged to share the knowledge gained with...

The story, the pivot, the graph

November 3, 2021

The recent rebranding of Facebook from its parent company to â€œMetaâ€ is interesting on several levels. The change is discussed along the same lines as Google's 2015 decision ...

Election surprise drives Nikkei up, Fed maintains dollar offer

November 1, 2021

People wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, are reflected on an electronic board displaying Japanese stock prices outside a brokerage house in Tokyo, Japan , October 5, 2...

Central banks – Playing catch-up with inflation

October 30, 2021

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EUR / USD technical analysis: failure of the upward correction

October 26, 2021

Attempts to bounce back by EUR / USD, which hit the resistance level of 1.1667, quickly evaporated and came back to stabilize below the 1.1600 support. This move comes amid the loss of the euro momentum...

Amid surging inflation, alarms have sounded over central banks’ focus on climate change and racial justice

October 25, 2021

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Will US GDP data confirm a recovery in activity?

October 24, 2021

Will US GDP data confirm a recovery in activity?U.S. economic growth has slowed sharply as the Delta variant of the coronavirus slashed consumer spending and supply chain bottlenecks hit businesses, but...

Dollar cuts losses as Powell signals bond cut

October 22, 2021

Chart: Global exchange ratesNEW YORK, Oct.22 (Reuters) - The dollar cut losses on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the US central bank should start cutting asset purchases soon, but sho...

Worldcoin wants to give cryptocurrency to every human on Earth

October 21, 2021

Cryptocurrency

Co-founded by former Y-Combinator Chairman Sam Altman and physicist Alex Blania, new crypto company Worldcoin has a bold ambition - to put its currency in the hands of every human on Earth. Despite the growin...

ECB asks banks to map climate risk in trade and loan portfolios

October 18, 2021

(Bloomberg) -Bloomberg's Most ReadThe European Central Bank has said lenders in the region will need to estimate the risk they could face from climate change in their lending and trading operations when they u...

Bank of England inflation problem becomes embarrassing

October 16, 2021

IInflation is increasingly difficult to ignore. From central bankers to ordinary consumers grimacing over their energy bills, the rate at which prices are rising has become a pressing concern. Investors are a...

Chinese Central Bank’s Digital Currency Aims To Solve Cash Problems

October 15, 2021

About the authors: Hazem Danny Nakib is an honorary researcher at University College London and an investor in financial services technology solutions. Geoffroy Goodell is a researcher in the Financial Computi...

Central bank digital currencies will make your wallet obsolete

October 12, 2021

Representative image | Photo credit: iStock images There is an undeniable buzz surrounding the central bank digital currency, or CBDC. Th...

Monetary policy and central bank

October 10, 2021

Central banks play a crucial role in ensuring economic and financial stability. They conduct monetary policy to achieve low and stable inflation. In the wake of the global financial crisis, central banks hav...

Long USD / ZAR As Major Central Banks Reign In Stimulus: Top Fourth Quarter Trade

October 9, 2021

{{GUIDES | TOP | See DailyFX's top Q4 opportunities in our guide!}}Central bank easing gathers momentumGlobal central banks are no longer just talking about cutting stimulus buying and raising interest rates ...

Does anyone really understand inflation?

October 7, 2021

October 9, 2021FOR ECONOMICAL the writing - a genre stylistically closer to computer textbooks than literature - a discussion paper recently released on the Federal Reserve's website is a blessed relief. Jere...

Indra and eCurrency Join Forces to Provide End-to-End Digital Currency Solutions to Central Banks – Eurasia Review

October 7, 2021

Indra, one of the world's leading technology and consultancy firms, and eCurrency Mint Limited ("eCurrency"), the central bank's state-of-the-art digital currency company (CBDC), announced an alliance to de...

New Zealand joins big central bank exit

October 6, 2021

LONDON, Oct. 6 (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank on Wednesday raised interest rates for the first time in seven years, becoming the second large developed economy to raise rates and one of many to cut rat...

South Africa’s central bank highlights inflation risks in policy review

October 5, 2021

The bank lowered its main policy rate to a record 3.5% last year to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and left it on hold for the past seven meetings to support a recovery economic. Bu...

Central banks diverge on dispelling stagflation nightmare

October 4, 2021

Central banks face the same nightmare almost everywhere: a mixture of slower growth and inflationary supply shocks that together threaten stagflation. So far, they are tackling the problem in different...

The promise of the BIS charts and the risks of the central bank’s digital currency

October 3, 2021

Days after taking a cautious eye on ESG investing, the club of some of the world's major central banks took a look at central bank digital currencies. Some of the world's major central ban...

The market is right to be afraid of rising bond yields

October 2, 2021

No one likes to lose money, but Tuesday's drop in stock prices worries me more than the stock of a 2% drop in the S&P 500 should. In itself, 2% is not a big deal: three days this year have had larger fall...

Week Ahead: Central Banks, US Politics, and the Looming Energy Crisis?

October 2, 2021

With the end of the month and the end of the quarter behind us, we could see some money working after the Dow Jones sold -1,516.81 points in September, the highest number of points (no percentage) since the ...

The world’s major central bankers see supply chain problems prolonging inflation.

October 1, 2021

The world's major central bankers have acknowledged that inflation, which has skyrocketed in many advanced economies this year, could remain high for some time - and that while they still expect it to rise. As...

Analysis: The “perfect storm” drives the dollar up in volatile markets

October 1, 2021

A photo illustration shows US $ 100 banknotes taken in Tokyo on August 2, 2011. REUTERS / Yuriko Nakao / File PhotoNEW YORK, Oct. 1 (Reuters) - The dollar's sharp rally is accelerating, fueled by a hawkish Fed...

Czechs aim to nip price growth expectations in the bud with biggest rate hike in 24 years

September 30, 2021

The Czech National Bank is seen in the center of Prague, Czech Republic, August 3, 2017. REUTERS / David W CernyLargest increase since 1997, stronger than expected 50 basis pointsThe bank worries about inflati...

MICROFINANCE PAPER SUMMARY: “Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Potential Response to the Challenges of Financial Inclusion in the Pacific”; by Anton Didenko, Ross Buckley; Posted by ADB

September 30, 2021

This article explores how central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could promote financial inclusion in the Pacific Islands. The Pacific includes countries "among the most remote and geographically disperse...

Rapid bursts of volatility and long-term lows in sight

September 29, 2021

The GBP / USD saw a rapid sell-off and the Forex pair is now crossing values â€‹â€‹not seen since the second week of January 2021.GBP / USD traders have been treated or traumati...

Christine Lagarde distinguishes the ECB in the turn of the central banks towards a tightening of the policy

September 28, 2021

Christine Lagarde distanced the European Central Bank from the trend of tightening monetary policy by many other central banks, promising not to "overreact to transient supply shocks â€...

Fantom Foundation partners with Orienbank to pilot Central

September 27, 2021

New York, NY, September 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - The Fantom Foundation has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with OJSC Orienbank, one of Tajikistan's largest banks, to test a hybri...

Bitcoin Steps Up As Central Banks Fail

September 26, 2021

Central banks were instrumental in creating the 2008 financial crisis through policy making. Bitcoin was one of the solutions to the problem, however. Bitcoin can destroy a financial system in which ...

China’s crypto ban highlights central banks giving their own spin to digital coins

September 25, 2021

Earlier this month, Benoit Coeure, a well-known central bank policy maker, sounded the alarm bells for central banks to act now on the minting of their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In a speech,...

How LPG prices are heating up Mexico’s central bank

September 24, 2021

Despite the introduction of price controls in early August, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices rose 2.3% in the first half of September compared to the second half of August, analysts telling BNa...

1st Annual Central Bank Conference on Development Economics in the Middle East and North Africa

September 22, 2021

Call for papers - Submission deadline October 22, 20211st Annual Central Bank Conference on Development Economics in the Middle East and North AfricaMacroeconomic policy: innovation and chall...

The reconquest of central banks by Ann Pettifor

September 21, 2021

By serving private capital markets rather than citizens and taxpayers, central banks are a major obstacle to meaningful climate action. Half a century after US President Richard Nixon...

Central banks tiptoe to tapering

September 19, 2021

Paris (AFP) To taper or not to taper?That's the question central bankers face as they debate when they should reverse the massive economic supp...

British pound risks a downside breakout

September 19, 2021

GBP / USD WEEKLY FORECAST: DROPGBP / USD has coiled into a symmetrical triangle in recent months, a sign that the pair is consolidatingWith the Fed and Bank of England's monetary policy decision next week, vo...

Should central banks take climate change into account when formulating monetary policy? Here’s what Kenneth Rogoff has to say

September 18, 2021

"Central banks must think about preserving financial stability, stability of inflation, they are not responsible for imposing a carbon tax," said Kenneth Rogoff, professor of economics at Harvard University.An...

Go out of reach? Duo of central bank decisions to trigger action

September 17, 2021

GBP / USD Weekly Forecasts: Out Of Range? Duo of central bank decisions to trigger action Do current inflation trends justify policy tightening in the near future? The latest figures fr...

How green is my central bank

September 16, 2021

Green bonds and other bonds, and fixed income assets offer an explicit and ex ante guarantee of carbon neutrality The subjectsB...

Fed chief Powell’s record is “mixed”, think tank says

August 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Capitol Hill, Washington, U.S. December 1, 2020. Al Drago / Pool via REUTERS (Reuters) - A highly critical...

Global central banks spend $ 834 million an hour to keep economy alive – News

August 22, 2021

The big central banks are doing everything they can by deploying all the weapons in their arsenal to fight the global collapse. Global central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve, European Cent...

Pandemic leaves households better off, on average, central bank says

August 11, 2021

The pandemic has continued to leave many people in better financial shape, despite the t...

DMOs reassure investors with a political response

August 9, 2021

Investors hailed the decisive nature of the political response by financial authorities and sovereign borrowers to the global public health crisis. This response was all the more impressive as it was not repe...

Infrastructure bill draws closer to passage

August 9, 2021

Remarks / Observations German exports increase for the 14th consecutive month. Asia (CN) China's July trade balance: $ 56.6 billion versus $ 52.0 billion; Y / Y exports: 19.3% against 20.0% e; Y / Y im...

Why regulators should treat stablecoins like banks

August 6, 2021

Cryptocurrency

August 7, 2021T12 YEARS after the birth of bitcoin, governments still struggle to deal with cryptocurrencies. Britain has banned Binance, a crypto exchange, and European Union regulators want transactions to b...

USD to perform better against currencies with accommodative central banks – TDS

August 6, 2021

The United States released a second consecutive successful report on non-farm wages. The USD is the subject of a moderate offer following the news. This is consistent with a strengthenin...

Central Banks Killed Children’s Savings Accounts – Can Bitcoin Resuscitate Them?

July 23, 2021