A picture is worth a thousand words. In the world of central bankers, it can even move global financial markets. Central bankers like Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde parse their comments about monetary policy carefully because the capital...
Borrowing by U.K. banks from a certain Bank of England facility is reportedly at the highest level since the pandemic. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (March 4), this is happening as the country’s central banks push to drain extra liquidity from the financial system has...
After a 3% decline in the rupee since mid-December, the new chief of India’s central bank reportedly said Friday (Feb. 7) that the bank is working to maintain stability without hurting market efficiency. “Our interventions in the forex market focus on smoothening excessive and disruptive...
The future of corporate finance is shifting from reactive to predictive, and that’s great news for B2B innovation. This rapid and ongoing shift toward advancements in digitization, real-time payments and next-generation tools such as artificial intelligence (AI)-powered forecasting is redefining how businesses manage core operational...
May 21, 2020
The tipping point might be nigh for digital dollars and other central bank-issued currencies done through bits and bytes. As politicians across the globe grapple with the pandemic’s continued economic fallout and the need to get stimulus funds to individuals, corporations and even local governments with speed and security, digital delivery of those dollars is […]
January 21, 2020
Add Australia to the list of countries with central banks looking to bring fiat currencies into the digital realm — with some conditions attached. As stated in a report to...
April 10, 2025
England’s central bank has postponed a bond sale following an uptick in tariff-related market pressure. As Bloomberg News reported Thursday (April 10), the Bank of England (BOE) had planned to sell the long-dated bonds under its quantitative tightening program, but decided to pause that sale following a surge in gilt yields fueled by new U.S. tariffs. The BOE now […]
March 04, 2025
Borrowing by U.K. banks from a certain Bank of England facility is reportedly at the highest level since the pandemic. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (March 4), this is happening...
February 07, 2025
After a 3% decline in the rupee since mid-December, the new chief of India’s central bank reportedly said Friday (Feb. 7) that the bank is working to maintain stability without...
January 29, 2025
Central banks must balance innovation and risk mitigation when looking to adopt artificial intelligence, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a report released Wednesday (Jan. 29). “The report...
