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  • Saturday, 10 June, 2023
    Nigeria
    Nigeria’s new president suspends central bank governor

    Godwin Emefiele’s contentious policies raised doubts over the instituition’s independence

    3 hours ago
  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Mervyn King
    We need a new approach to bank regulation

    Waiting until there is a crisis and then deploying ad hoc measures is not good enough

  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    LexBanks
    Bank failures: lessons of past crises echo today Premium content

    While intervening in bank runs limits the damage, it dilutes the incentive to guard against financial risks

  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    Central banks
    Financial turmoil complicates central banks’ focus on inflation

    Some former monetary policymakers fear narrow focus on damping price pressures could exacerbate panic

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    Regulators say Credit Suisse is fine so please chill

    “Whatever i̶t̶ ̶t̶a̶k̶e̶s̶” - SNB

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    US inflation
    US consumer prices rise 6% at tricky time for Fed amid SVB fallout

    Data comes as central bank contends with broader concerns about how rising interest rates have affected lenders

  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    ExplainerUS banks
    How Fed’s rescue package for US banks differs from 2008 bailouts

    Regulators have moved to bail out depositors of SVB and Signature Bank without the help of taxpayers

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    A blueprint for central bank intervention

    Or how to buy bonds while still tightening policy

  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
    Agustín Carstens
    Central banks are not here to make profits

    Making a loss is sometimes the price to pay for keeping economies stable in extraordinary times

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Raghuram Rajan
    Central banks can’t win when it comes to credibility on inflation

    Institutions are scrambling to rebuild their toolkits to deal with the new regime

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    News in-depthRenminbi
    China’s new renminbi tactics leave traders guessing

    People’s Bank of China uses ‘invisible reserves’ to manage currency fluctuations

  • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
    Bank of Japan
    Global bond markets take hit after BoJ’s shock policy move

    Change by Japan’s central bank to controversial yield curve control triggers sell-off in sovereign debt

  • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
    Bank of Japan
    Bank of Japan stuns markets with yield control policy change

    ‘Major surprise’ sends yen roaring higher and pushes Tokyo stocks lower

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    News in-depthCentral banks
    Australia and New Zealand chart divergent courses on interest rates

    Wellington’s ultra-hawkish crusade against inflation clashes with Canberra’s hope for a soft landing

  • Monday, 5 December, 2022
    News in-depthMarkets volatility
    Financial instability: the hunt for the next market fracture

    Investors are keeping a close eye on areas ranging from US Treasury market illiquidity to Japanese government debt

  • Monday, 31 October, 2022
    Yen
    Japan spent $43bn in October to defend the yen

    Government intervened after currency tumbled to 32-year low against the dollar

  • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
    Currencies
    Japan’s yield curve control is “broken”

    RIP YCC?

  • Monday, 24 October, 2022
    Yen
    Yen swings as traders speculate about third intervention

    Japanese authorities spent an estimated $30bn last week to prop up the currency

  • Sunday, 23 October, 2022
    Currencies
    Japan made intervention of at least $30bn to prop up yen

    Officials have suggested the government has ‘limitless’ funds to defend the country’s currency

  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    Yen
    Yen slips past ¥150 against the dollar to lowest level since 1990

    Depreciation of Japan’s currency has investors on alert for further government intervention

  • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
    Yen
    Yen falls into intervention zone with new 24-year low

    Japan’s currency moves past ¥145.90 per dollar level that prompted action last month

  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
    Bank of England
    UK gilts sell off as BoE fails to soothe market

    Thirty-year borrowing costs shoot higher as government and central bank both seek to reassure investors

  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
    Bank of England
    BoE governor faces week of tough questions in Washington

    Andrew Bailey needs to show that market dysfunction is over and that bank has a grip on inflation

  • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
    Bank of England
    BoE says £65bn gilt intervention staved off UK financial ‘spiral’

    Central bank worried pension funds would dump £50bn in government bonds into a chaotic market

  • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
    News in-depthIndian business & finance
    India’s foreign reserves dwindle but currency defence still strong

    Rupee has fallen less than other regional currencies and RBI can fund further intervention

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