Sentences with phrase «number of central banks»

A number of central banks are seriously studying whether digital currencies backed by global central banks can be used as a legal tender such as the Indian central bank.

A number of central banks have been experimenting with blockchain technology in the last year.

Oliver has acted as advisor to established companies in different sectors on how best to adopt / use crypto - currencies and helped a number of central banks by providing thought leadership in the Blockchain / Distributed Ledger Technology and Crypto - Currencies.

I would also not be surprised by a coordinated intervention by the major central banks, given the actions taken by a number of central banks over the past few weeks.»

On average, investors have experienced negative returns during periods when a growing number of central banks are tightening policy.

As conditions have improved in the global economy, a number of central banks have withdrawn some monetary stimulus and further steps in this direction are expected.

A number of central banks eased monetary policy around the middle of the year (Table 4).

Recently, short - term rates have risen as a growing number of central banks reverse their overly accommodative monetary policy in response to better economic conditions.

During the remarks, Mnuchin also suggested that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to develop its own digital version of fiat currency - a topic under discussion at a number of central banks worldwide - in the near future.

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The central bank acknowledged that governments had so far failed to slow the ascent of housing prices, but that various measures had successfully reduced the number of risky borrowers entering the market.

The Ukrainian central bank said a number of banks and companies, including the state power distributor, were hit by a cyber attack that disrupted some operations.

Project Jasper, a joint effort between the private sector and Canada's central bank and payment systems operator over the past two years, is a good example of this type of work, and is a blueprint that the U.S. should follow if we ever want to see blockchain become a viable Social Security number replacement.

Today, Brazil sits at No. 5 in a 2010 UN ranking of countries receiving FDI, and early numbers from the Central Bank of Brazil put the economy on pace to eclipse the previous year with US$ 43 billion in FDI for the first six months of 2011.

The fresh numbers come as an international financial group owned by the world's central banks says Canada's credit - to - gross - domestic - product and debt - service ratios show early warning signs of potential risk to the banking system in the coming years.

There are a number of important indicators set for release, including the latest jobless data on February 5, and Fed Chair Janet Yellen will update Congress on the central bank's outlook next week.

Prior to that he held a number of senior finance positions within The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly Chase AMP Bank), now known as JP Morgan covering financial control, financial accounting and management reporting within the wholesale banking division and the central finance department.

A large number of industrial and a growing number of developing countries now have domestic inflation targets administered by independent and transparent central banks.

She's a big shot — the number two at the world's most powerful central bank, a former professor of economics at Berkeley, and a former top White House economic advisor — but she still does her homework.

This raises a number of issues which are the object of vigorous debate at present among monetary authorities world - wide: issues such the appropriate objectives for a central bank and the desirable degree of independence.

And although inflation can be measured easily enough, central banks now rely nearly as much on estimates of labour - market «slack», an impossibly hazy number.

«One option is to consider using the technology itself,» the report suggests, noting that within the central bank community, «the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England have begun research into a number of these topics.&rabank community, «the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England have begun research into a number of these topics.&raBank of Canada and the Bank of England have begun research into a number of these topics.&raBank of England have begun research into a number of these topics.»

Through the use of netting, which the central banking community has consistently supported, the number and amounts of payments passing through large - value systems could decrease significantly.

In the short - term, market interest rates can be driven by a number of factors including economic data, central bank announcements, financial conditions (including stock and currency markets) and overall sentiment.

As we approach 2018, policy activity across four major central banks — the US Federal Reserve (Fed), European Central Bank, Bank of England and Bank of Japan — and a number of smaller players presents opportunities for discretionary macro managers, in oucentral banks — the US Federal Reserve (Fed), European Central Bank, Bank of England and Bank of Japan — and a number of smaller players presents opportunities for discretionary macro managers, in ouCentral Bank, Bank of England and Bank of Japan — and a number of smaller players presents opportunities for discretionary macro managers, in our view.

When entities other than the Chinese central bank are net exporters of more than $ 22 billion, as they have been since June 2014, the central bank will have imported capital (sold reserves) to bring that number down to $ 22 billion.

When these entities are net exporters of less than $ 22 billion, as they had been for much of 2013 and 2014, or net importers of capital, as they had been during the previous two decades, the central banks will have exported capital (accumulated reserves) to bring that number up.

Let's attach numbers: bank reserves are $ 1bn, the interest rate on reserves (and bonds) is 10 %, and we'll vary the stock of bonds held by the central bank.

But over the succeeding years it gradually took on a number of activities that are typical of central banks.

Some policymakers responded to the global uncertainty and downside risks to inflation by revising down their economic projections, but a number of market participants went a step further to call the central bank's decision to begin policy normalization in December 2015 a «policy mistake.»

Long - term interest rates are influenced by a number of factors in addition to expectations of a central bank's short - term interest rate path (the expected timing and pace of interest rate cut / hikes).

Before doing so, it is also worth noting that the RBA's current practice is in line with that at a number of other major central banks.

Although Lael Brainard's outlook on inflation reflects that of the overall view of the central bank, a large number of economists would beg to differ with the reasoning offered by the governor.

A number of the world's central banks, and the governments responsible for them, have called for tighter regulation of cryptocurrencies in order to prevent misuse, deter anonymous trading and boost transparency.

Number one is: it opened the door to endless money printing because up until that point if the Fed chose to print a ton of currency, central banks and foreign governments could still convert their dollars into gold if they wanted to via the Fed.

Central banks use a number of tools to shape monetary policy.

It has fallen only marginally against the Asian currencies, however, as a number of Asian central banks have continued to intervene heavily in foreign exchange markets to prevent their currencies from appreciating against the US dollar.

The Fed might have missed one of the last opportunities to move to a more hawkish stance, as if the weakness in «hard» economic numbers persists, the central bank will have no firepower to prop up the economy, making a possible downturn that much more risky for bulls.

From the outset, the cryptocurrency community has held as a fundamental tenet that cryptocurrencies are inherently superior to fiat currencies by virtue of the security associated with the technology, the cap on the number of units of currency to be issued (either immediately or ultimately) and the freedom from meddling regulators, especially central banks.

Venezuela is staring at a far worse economic crisis in the coming days, as US - based banking major Citibank intends to close a number of accounts belonging to the Central Bank of Venezuela and other government arms.

The US Federal Reserve and a number of other central banks across the developed world maintained an ultra-loose monetary policy to support the economy following «The Great Recession».

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

The statement is reproduced below: «The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently mandated all banks and licensed Bureaux de Change (BDCs) operating in Nigeria to provide Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) as part of the requirement for the sale of foreign exchange to their customers.

The European Central Bank's 3 - year longer term financing operation (LTRO) announced in December of 2011 has, according to a growing number of analysts, brought the Eurozone crisis to an end (see left for a depiction of this sophisticated monetary policy).

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday approved the extension of the registration of Biometric Verification Number for men and officers of the Nigeria Armed Forces, to enable them access their salaries.

He said the Bank of Ghana would also issue a number of guidelines and directives in the areas of Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Outsourcing, Mergers and Acquisitions to align with the incoming legislation and give direction to the industry as well as further strengthen the supervisory role of the Central Bank.

This dollar buying also increases the number of USD in its own central bank, and that increases the «national value» of Canada, which increases the value of its own currency; however it can mitigate this, if it wishes to have a cheaper currency than the USD, by simply printing more.

While appreciating the visit, the widows lamented that some of their children have not been going to schools since the introduction of Bank Verification Number (BVN) by Central Bank of Nigeria which prevented most of them from accessing the bank accounts of their husbaBank Verification Number (BVN) by Central Bank of Nigeria which prevented most of them from accessing the bank accounts of their husbaBank of Nigeria which prevented most of them from accessing the bank accounts of their husbabank accounts of their husbands.

On the account of the various financial impropriety crusade led by so called fringe financial institutions like the DKM Micro Finance, God is Love and several others through their activities and other engagement with the central bank of Ghana, a significant number of Ghanaians have huge sums of monies hijacked with no or little convincing information available to these helpless victims to curtail their anxieties, frustrations and disappointments.

At the height of the recession in 2008 - 2009, the Food Bank of Central New York saw a 12 percent increase in the number of meals requested across its 11 - county service area.

Returns are strong - more than 20 percent over the following year - in cases where a growing number of long - term interest rates and central bank rates are falling or are unchanged.