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A fractured monetary system

4 days ago | centralbanking.com | Christopher Jeffery

Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation day’ tariffs imposed on 195 US trading partners on April 2 were significantly larger and more widespread than most policy-makers and market participants had expected.
Obituary: Stanley Fischer, 1943–2025 - Central Banking

5 days ago | centralbanking.com | Daniel Hinge

Stanley Fischer, one of the most accomplished and influential central bankers of his generation, died on May 31 at the age of 81. Fischer’s contemporaries in the top echelons of global policy-making remember him as a formidable economist but also an unofficial ambassador for central banking, whose good humour and wisdom helped him unite a divided profession and navigate difficult political terrain. “Stan’s positive outlook enlivened our meetings and lightened the burden of our responsibilities,”
Confusion over Pakistan’s crypto policy

5 days ago | centralbanking.com | Joasia E. Popowicz

Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page Politicians and observers of the digital assets market have expressed confusion of Pakistan’s crypto policy, after the central bank reversed its longstanding opposition to the sector. On May 30, in what domestic media described as “another U-turn” on crypto, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said virtual assets were legal.
NBP’s Juliusz Jabłecki on geopolitics, bitcoin and gold

5 days ago | centralbanking.com | Joasia E. Popowicz

The director of the financial risk management department talks tactics versus strategy, operations following the breakout of war in neighbouring Ukraine, FX interventions and independent risk-taking Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page In the last decade, the National Bank of Poland’s foreign exchange reserves have more than doubled, and are among the top 20 highest in the world. They stood at $229.2 billion in February.
Is the central bank gold rush over?

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.
Slovak court convicts central bank governor of bribery

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
European central banks taking more active role in cash cycle

1 week ago | centralbanking.com | Daniel Hinge

Many central banks in Europe are taking a more active role in the cash cycle, even going as far as setting up their own automated teller machines (ATMs), as they try to resist a decline in cash infrastructure. Central bankers attending a roundtable organised by the International Mint Industry Association said their institutions were intervening to run parts of the cash cycle themselves. Heads of cash from the central banks of Austria, Finland and the Netherlands spoke of their concerns that
Fed agrees to unveil stress test models in transparency U-turn

1 week ago | centralbanking.com | Menghan Xiao

Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page The US Federal Reserve has agreed to fully disclose its stress test models and introduce a suite of transparency measures by September 30, following months of mounting pressure from industry trade groups and legal action over opaque supervisory practices. In a May 23 court filing, the Fed and banking lobby groups, including the Bank Policy Institute (BPI), agreed to pause ongoing litigation until August 1.
Weaponisation of reserves likely to spur de-dollarisation

1 week ago | centralbanking.com | Joasia E. Popowicz

After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the US and its allies froze an estimated $300 billion of Russian foreign exchange reserves in their jurisdictions – around half of all Russian FX reserves at the time. Responding to this year’s Reserve Management Trends survey, carried out by Central Banking in association with HSBC, 84.5% of the 84 central bank reserve managers said they believed similar weaponisation of reserves would have significant consequences for the future of reserve
Leverage ratio reform: the good, the bad and the Treasury

1 week ago | centralbanking.com | Rebecca Baird Remba

Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page They say every cloud has a silver lining. The volatility in US Treasury markets after president Donald Trump’s tariff announcements in April may have given risk managers sleepless nights, but it was also an opportunity for bank lobbyists to reignite a longstanding campaign.