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Central bank says customers’ accounts were not penetrated
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Swedish central bank surprised by Crane Currency’s transfer of operations to Malta
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We could not have survived this crisis without the ‘Main Street’ structure of the Fed. If it had just been a New York Fed… [it] would have faced a more severe backlash and possibly elimination
James Bullard, president, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
As internet access increases and encryption technology improves, digital currencies have the capacity to reduce operating costs, increase efficiency and enable a wide range of new applications
Fan Yifei, PBoC deputy governor
We see a strong, determined and young leadership with a focus on changing politics, society and the economy. The main impact for Sama is in the economic area.
Ahmed Abdulkarim Alkholifey, governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority
Equilibrium’s a great concept, but the dynamic side has suffered because there aren’t really very good theories on how quickly ideas or events will unfold.
Hal Varian, chief economist, Google
There is empirical evidence that within the range of capital we are talking about in these regulations, it is the well-capitalised banks that provide lending; it is the well-capitalised banks that contribute to growth.
Jaime Caruana, BIS general manager
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Communications on financial stability should be strengthened
Who is Yi Gang?
Measuring Venezuela’s hyperinflation
Our Take
Regulatory efficiency or rollback?
The hunt for a crypto taxonomy
A changing of the guard
Don’t unwind financial regulation, says Fed’s Mester
Housing inequality creates credit inequality – NY Fed’s Hirtle
Brazil’s central bank holds rates for the first time in 13 meetings
US rates will rise less than in previous expansions – Fed’s Williams
Small depositors do not pose greater run risk – BIS paper
Italian and Spanish sovereign bond yields respond to ECB policy – researcher