A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and
Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37
«Comfortable fiscal and external positions permit most GCC countries to maintain fiscal stimulus in 2010 and into 2011 if necessary,» Lipsky told a meeting of GCC finance ministers and
central bank governors in Kuwait in November.
The FSF had been set up by the G7 finance ministers and
central bank governors in 1999 to enhance international cooperation to promote stability in the international financial system.
In carrying out this task, the Committee places particular emphasis on assisting
central bank Governors in recognising, analysing and responding to threats to the stability of financial markets and the global financial system.
Yang Chin - long was appointed
the central bank governor in February this year.
Not exact matches
Here's what
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz wants you to take away from his speech in Whitehorse on June 15: the world is unfolding roughly as the central bank thought it would a month earlier when it published its latest quarterly economic rep
Bank of Canada
Governor Stephen Poloz wants you to take away from his speech
in Whitehorse on June 15: the world is unfolding roughly as the
central bank thought it would a month earlier when it published its latest quarterly economic rep
bank thought it would a month earlier when it published its latest quarterly economic report.
A
central bank governor «is not hired by the government to be a free - wheeling intellectual,» said Vivek Dehejia, an economic professor at Carleton University and a senior fellow
in political economy at the IDFC Institute, a think - tank
in Mumbai.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 LONDON - Sweden
Central Bank Governor Stefan Ingves will hold a closing address at the Financial Times Global
Banking Conference
in London 1200 GMT.
** LONDON -
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will speak at the launch of the EconoME programme, a set of resources produced by the central bank for teaching basic economics and personal finance in schools - 1400
Bank of England
Governor Mark Carney will speak at the launch of the EconoME programme, a set of resources produced by the
central bank for teaching basic economics and personal finance in schools - 1400
bank for teaching basic economics and personal finance
in schools - 1400 GMT.
LONDON - Sweden
Central Bank Governor Stefan Ingves will hold a closing address at the Financial Times Global
Banking Conference
in London 1200 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 LONDON -
Central Bank of Sweden
Governor Stefan Ingves will hold a closing address at the Financial Times Global
Banking Conference
in London 1200 GMT.
** LONDON - ECB policymaker and French
central bank governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau speaks at two events
in London on Europe beyond Brexit - 0800 GMT.
HELSINKI -
Bank of Finland
governor and European
Central Bank governing council member Erkki Liikanen is due to hold a press conference
in Finland.
The
governor of the
central bank plays a significant role
in the drafting of the institution's mandate and he spends a good chunk of his research budget investigating whether there are better ways to achieve price stability.
Down
in New Zealand, the hair of the country's
central bank governor appears to have caught fire.
OPINION: With a touch of irony, the
central bank governor fires a warning shot
in mortgage - stressed WA that rates will rise.
Many
in the
central bank, including outgoing
Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, are sceptical that monetary policy can impact public sentiment, so they do not buy into the idea that a change
in policy would raise inflation expectations.
Only after a new
governor and deputy
governors are
in place
in coming weeks will the nine - member board decide how to meet widespread expectations for the
central bank to take more aggressive action to revive the long - moribund economy.
Yusuke Ikawa, rates strategist at RBS Securities
in Japan, also ruled out imminent action from the BOJ and said uncertainty over who will be the next
central bank governor could cause market volatility
in the short term.
Japan's government on Friday reappointed
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda for another term and chose an advocate of bolder monetary easing as one of his deputies, a sign the central bank will be in no rush to dial back its massive stimulus prog
Bank of Japan
Governor Haruhiko Kuroda for another term and chose an advocate of bolder monetary easing as one of his deputies, a sign the
central bank will be in no rush to dial back its massive stimulus prog
bank will be
in no rush to dial back its massive stimulus program.
A weekend selloff cryptocurrencies subsided, with Bitcoin rallying from a six - week low before Group of 20 finance ministers and
central bank governors discuss digital assets
in Buenos Aires.
Nevertheless, when making interest rate policy
in early March, BoC
governor Mark Carney overlooked rising pressures on inflation and left the
central bank's target for Canada's overnight rate at 1 %.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Swedish
central bank Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Governor Per Jansson will attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington D.C., United States (to Apr
bank Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy
Governor Per Jansson will attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank in Washington D.C., United States (to Apr
Bank in Washington D.C., United States (to Apr 22).
The former
Bank of Italy
governor, when asked by a reporter
in 2013 what role gold plays
in a
central banks portfolio, answered that the metal was «a reserve of safety,» adding, it gives you a fairly good protection against fluctuations against the dollar.
STOCKHOLM Swedish
Central Bank Deputy
Governor Cecilia Skingsley will describe the Riksbank's inquiry into the so - called e-krona
in light of the decreasing usage of banknotes and coins
in Sweden - 1600 GMT.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Swedish
Central Bank Governor Stefan Ingves will participate
in a panel discussion on regulations, guidelines and supervision to create financial systems capable of managing cyberattacks and cyber risks 0900 GMT.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Swedish
Central Bank Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy
Governor Per Jansson will attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank in Washington, D.C. 2200 GMT.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Swedish
Central Bank Governor Stefan Ingves will participate in a panel discussion on how the digitisation of money affects the role of central banks 12
Central Bank Governor Stefan Ingves will participate
in a panel discussion on how the digitisation of money affects the role of
central banks 12
central banks 1200 GMT.
The Philippine
central bank has set up a separate cyber security surveillance division to craft cyber security policies and conduct surveillance work, monitor cyber threats and test the ability of supervised institutions to manage cyber security issues, Nestor Espenilla
central bank deputy
governor in charge of
banking supervision, said
in a lecture organized by the
bank.
India's
central bank governor, Raghuram Rajan
in February warned
banks to brace for «deep surgery» ahead, such as «restructuring or writing down loans.»
** Washington D.C. - Swedish
central bank Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Governor Per Jansson will attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington D.C., United States (to Apr
bank Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy
Governor Per Jansson will attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank in Washington D.C., United States (to Apr
Bank in Washington D.C., United States (to Apr 22).
A Fed
governor suggests the
central bank will make an important shift
in how it will approach rate hikes.
In a speech Tuesday, Fed
Governor Lael Brainard said the long - standing assessment at the
central bank that persistently low inflation is the result of transitory factors that eventually will pass does not add up considering current circumstances.
Speaking
in Montreal on Thursday,
central bank governor Stephen Poloz called household debt a major risk to the Canadian economy, suggesting the fear of stoking more borrowing as one reason he has not been even more dovish on interest rate policy.
BOJ
Governor Masaaki Shirakawa's term expires
in April and the appointment of his successor is
in the spotlight given the pressure on Japan's
central bank to pursue an aggressive monetary policy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters)- A majority of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Federal Reserve
Governor Jerome Powell as the next head of the
central bank, likely ensuring continuity
in monetary policy.
Economic progress continues
in the U.S., but its
central bank would be wise to continue keeping policy loose, Fed
Governor Lael Brainard said
in a closely watched speech Monday.
FRIDAY, APRIL 27 LONDON -
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will speak at the launch of the EconoME programme, a set of resources produced by the central bank for teaching basic economics and personal finance in schools - 1400
Bank of England
Governor Mark Carney will speak at the launch of the EconoME programme, a set of resources produced by the
central bank for teaching basic economics and personal finance in schools - 1400
bank for teaching basic economics and personal finance
in schools - 1400 GMT.
A name card for
Governor of the
Bank of England Mark Carney is pictured before he hosts a quarterly Inflation Report press conference at the
Bank of England
in central London, on August 4, 2016.
The
central bank governor reckons Canada has a comparative advantage
in services.
If lower oil prices are as bad for Canada's economy as rate - cutting
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz insists, the central bank might consider assessing the risks to the economy in a world where constraining carbon emissions becomes less of an abstract notion and more of a daily real
Bank of Canada
Governor Stephen Poloz insists, the
central bank might consider assessing the risks to the economy in a world where constraining carbon emissions becomes less of an abstract notion and more of a daily real
bank might consider assessing the risks to the economy
in a world where constraining carbon emissions becomes less of an abstract notion and more of a daily reality.
While discussing Russian interest
in that token, Olga Skorobogatova, the first deputy
governor of Russia's
Central Bank, said that «the [issuance] of a virtual currency is not needed much by one country.»
Carney earned the reputation of being the best
central banker
in the world, at least
in the estimation of the U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, who finally managed to persuade Carney to accept the appointment as
governor of the
Bank of England this week.
FSB publishes Chair's letter to G20 Finance Ministers and
Central Bank Governors ahead of their meeting
in Buenos Aires on 19 - 20 March.
ManuelJesus Bautista,
Governor,
Central Bank of Honduras won an «A» grade
in Global Finance's annual
Central Banker Report Cards 2017.
It says something about the magnitude of the event that it played out during the tenure of two
central bank Governors, each of whom were
in the role for a decade, and will likely still be an important issue,
in the early stages at least, for the next
Governor.
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a letter from FSB Chair Mark Carney to G20 Finance Ministers and
Central Bank Governors ahead of their meetings
in Buenos Aires on 19 - 20 March.
The decision by the
central bank's policy setting panel was
in line with the expectations of markets and economists, who had given only low odds to
governor Mark Carney removing a mild bias towards raising rates sometime.
LONDON — The arrival of the
Bank of England's new governor has prompted an immediate change in the voting behaviour of the central bank's policymaking panel, with all nine members deciding to maintain the status quo, minutes to their meeting earlier this month showed Wednes
Bank of England's new
governor has prompted an immediate change
in the voting behaviour of the
central bank's policymaking panel, with all nine members deciding to maintain the status quo, minutes to their meeting earlier this month showed Wednes
bank's policymaking panel, with all nine members deciding to maintain the status quo, minutes to their meeting earlier this month showed Wednesday.
Despite the rumors for a centralized digital currency, China's
central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said that the country, which still does not recognize Bitcoin as a legitimate payment method, is not
in a hurry to issue its own digital currency.