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Central banks are expected to act without fear or favour. But to deal with climate change, they may have to encourage financial institutions to favour certain types of activities over others.
A human rights approach offers central banks a new tool for understanding the true costs and benefits of their operations.
In many countries people are now paying more for bonds than they will receive at maturity. These negative interest rates should make it a good time for investment.
President Trump has discussed firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell over the central bank’s interest rate policies. Research shows this kind of political meddling is usually bad for the economy.
President Trump has been attacking the Federal Reserve for months and appears intent on nominating political allies to its board. An economist explain what typically happens next.
All talk, no action? The G20 turns out to be a surprisingly productive international exercise.
South Africa’s new finance minister comes with considerable skills and political finesse needed to steer the country out of its economic quagmire.
A number of emerging markets are struggling but this doesn’t mean they are totally related.
It’s been 10 years since the U.S. signed into law a scheme to print money, essentially, and save the financial sector amid the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. Did it work? And who’s truly benefitted?
President Trump has been attacking the Fed’s current policy of slowly raising interest rates. A former central bank official explains why that’s so troubling.
With countries such as China and Sweden are studying plans to create a new form of money – a central-bank digital currency. CBDCs risk revolutionizing both the way money is created and distributed.
The South African Reserve Bank needs to guide the market on how it is going to treat VAT increase in its inflation targeting approach.
As the governor of China’s central bank oversees the stability of the world’s second largest economy, this leadership change is one the global economy is watching closely.
The South African Reserve Bank was justified in placing VBS Mutual Bank under curatorship.
A change in the ownership of the South African Reserve Bank from private shareholders to government shouldn’t impact the constitutional mandate of the central bank in any way.
National cryptocurrencies could make payments faster and prevent crime, but they come with their own risks.
The astronomic rise of the price of bitcoin over the past 12 months raises fears that the cryptocurrency is set to crash which could see many people lose money.
New Zealand’s new government wants the central bank to focus on maximising employment. But experience from other countries shows this is unlikely to change policy.
The chair of the Federal Reserve is often considered the world’s ‘second-most-powerful person.’ So who is Jerome Powell and why does it matter that he may soon head the Fed?
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