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Levente Koroes

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Reporter at Central Banking

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  • 1 week ago | centralbanking.com | Levente Koroes

    Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page Central banks hoarded gold at a breakneck pace over the past three years. World Gold Council data shows central banks bought 1,082 tonnes of bullion in 2022, 1,037 tonnes in 2023 and 1,044 in 2024. A troy ounce of the metal now costs more than $3,000, having increased over 40% since January 2024.

  • 1 week ago | centralbanking.com | Levente Koroes

    Peter Kažimír, the governor of the National Bank of Slovakia, has been found guilty of bribing an official when he was finance minister, a special tribunal ruled today (May 29). The judge, Milan Cisarik, fined Kažimír €200,000 ($225,541). The governor can still appeal the decision, but faces a one-year prison sentence if he does not pay the fine. A judge in a lower court had previously found Kažimír guilty of bribery in April 2023 and fined him €100,000. The country’s then prime minister, Eduard

  • 2 weeks ago | centralbanking.com | Levente Koroes

    Central banks in countries geographically close to Russia are preparing contingency plans in the event of major failures of payments infrastructure. The National Bank of Denmark tells Central Banking that the Danish Payments Council, which is chaired by the central bank, is working on a “nationwide card payment contingency solution”. To access the system, retailers will need access to electricity, but not the internet, it says. “The goal is to ensure that all adults can pay for essential goods

  • 3 weeks ago | centralbanking.com | Levente Koroes

    The governors of the German and Spanish central banks have criticised the policies of US president Donald Trump’s administration. In an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung, Joachim Nagel chastised the administration for assailing the independence of the Federal Reserve system. In the same interview, the Bank of Spain’s governor José Luis Escrivá said the wave of financial deregulation in the US was “one development that may give rise to concern”. The Deutsche Bundesbank president said central bank

  • 3 weeks ago | centralbanking.com | Levente Koroes

    Hungary’s government is looking to change the law governing the central bank. Its proposed amendments would ban the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) from creating new foundations, add a fourth deputy governor and expand the monetary policy committee from nine to 11 members. In the package of amendments, seen by Central Banking, the government said that adding a fourth deputy governor would ensure a “more effective fulfilment of fundamental and other statutory tasks”. On April 25, the MNB announced the

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