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Three considerations for design of the digital pound
Functional consistency with commercial bank money should be prioritised
| By Lee Braine, Shreepad Shukla, Piyush Agrawal, Shrirang Khedekar and Aishwarya Nair
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Lender of last resort regimes must improve in wake of Credit Suisse
Important lessons for international central banks
Big win for Labour and deal on Europe could produce UK rebound
Starmer, with room for cautious radicalism, can manage left-wing expectations
China should hold the line on the renminbi-dollar exchange rate
Financial and geopolitical risks of renminbi depreciation are too high
Will the dollar ever weaken?
Perhaps not soon, but a careful investor will be watching for key signals
Beware China’s attempt to erode central bank independence
Central banks should not become just another government department
Greenflation and the transition to carbon neutrality
Significant consequences for growth and price levels?
Carving out new opportunities to improve gender balance
Senior technology roles in financial institutions could be a promising avenue for women in leadership
Trump’s confused approach to foreign exchange is back
US competitiveness and openness could be undermined
Macroeconomic impacts of climate change could constrain growth
Implications for policy-makers, risk professionals and investors
De Nederlandsche Bank’s Knot warns on central banks’ capital
Losses at euro area central banks likely to persist longer than forecast
Nagel warms to interest rate cuts, stresses differences with US
Bundesbank president underlines strategic importance of digital payments
Deeper integration needed for Europe to compete in fragmented world
Global crises present opportunity for enlargement and reform
Tensions mounting in foreign exchange markets as dollar surges
The previously expected narrative for 2024 is crumbling
Range of risks leading even the most conservative asset owners to rethink
Macro uncertainty prompting more active management among public investors
