Articles by Dan Hardie
Ukraine’s central bank raises rates for first time since 2018
NBU says food and fuel are driving inflation but expects pressures to fall later in year
ECCB persuades states to relax fiscal stance
IMF supports move to deal with pandemic’s effects, warning against “drastic fiscal consolidation”
Nordic and Baltic countries ask IMF for money laundering report
Move follows string of scandals over massive AML breaches in Baltic and Nordic banks
Swiss authorities confirm investigation of Lebanon’s central bank
Attorney-general’s office confirms probe into alleged “money laundering and embezzlement” at CBL
Eurozone needs major resolution reforms, Enria says
ECB supervisor says policy-makers should create new tools to deal with medium-sized banks
Lebanese central bank chief denies ‘Ponzi scheme’
Salameh denies corruption and mismanagement charges, and says currency must float
Is the integrity of Afghanistan’s central bank under threat?
Acting governor fires key staff and is accused of undoing reforms, as World Bank threatens to suspend funds
Divided Libyan central bank holds peace meeting
Central bank’s first board meeting in five years agrees single exchange rate for war-torn country
Federal Reserve joins NGFS
Seven other organisations join as Trump defeat frees Fed to join green network
Maltese ex-finance minister becomes governor despite political dispute
Opposition alleges Edward Scicluna is “bad choice” but Labour government dismisses claims
Danish central bank moves closer to Target settlement systems
National Bank of Denmark applies to use T2 RTGS system and may start using Tips
Lebanese parliament demands central bank audit
Lawmakers say vote overrules banking secrecy laws and central bank must release documents
Forensic auditors walk out of Lebanese central bank
Finance minister says central blank blocked audit as president stresses investigation must continue
Nigerian central bank freezes protestors’ accounts
Central bank says it is carrying out routine investigation, but protestors say it is targeting them
ECB announces independent inquiry into Target2 outage
Main findings on RTGS failure will be published by second quarter of next year, ECB says
Turkish finance minister quits after president fires governor
Finance minister resigns before new governor signals he will consider raising policy rates
South Sudan president fires governor again
President has now fired four governors and eight finance ministers, as multiple crises continue
Lebanese central bank ‘has not handed over audit documents’
Media reports say embattled central bank has not provided basic data on transactions
ECB says Target2 outage was caused by third-party network device
“Root cause” was software defect in third-party network device in eurosystem’s network – ECB
Eurozone’s RTGS system suffers major outage
ECB says Target2 system’s production site had to shift to alternative region – rules out cyber incident
Ukrainian deputy governor publicly criticises central bank
Governor effectively takes responsibility for banking supervision away from leading reformer
Turkish central bank holds rates despite currency’s slide
MPC attempts indirect tightening again as expert claims official figures hide true inflation rate
UK government could give BoE ‘green’ asset holding remit – official
Government could alter BoE’s asset-holding remit to take account of climate-related risks – Hauser
SNB head to face council over sexism allegations – media reports
Lawmakers demand answers on treatment of women after report alleges sexist culture at SNB