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Central banks can fight inflation without massive handouts to banks |
By Paul De Grauwe and Yuemei Ji |
To fight inflation, central banks have to increase interest rates. Their operating procedure consists of raising the rate of remuneration on commercial banks’ reserves held at the central bank. In doing so, central banks now make large interest payments to banks and the fight against inflation is making central banking a loss-making activity. Read the full commentary → |
Crypto ecosystem must apply anti-corruption rules By OMFIF editors Tom Neylan, senior policy analyst at the Financial Action Task Force, spoke to OMFIF about the challenges of applying anti-money laundering rules to the crypto ecosystem. Read the full commentary → |
MEETINGS
Eurosystem central bank balance sheets: strains and solutions |
Monday 18 September, Roundtable |
OMFIF is convening a panel to discuss the outlook for further reinvestment or possible quantitative tightening for the Eurosystem’s bond portfolios. Register → |
ON DEMAND
Central banks in the digital age: harnessing data |
Oliver Berger, head of Middle East & Africa at State Street Corporation, discusses IT transformations in central banks, the challenges and opportunities of big data for reserve management and technological solutions. Listen → |
LATEST REPORT
The Bulletin, Summer 2023 |
This edition of the Bulletin sheds light on the challenges and opportunities presented by changing population dynamics. Some contributors note that shifting demographic patterns are cause for alarm, while for others, the message is not all doom and gloom. Download → |