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WEF forms framework to help central banks evaluate, design digital currency

Announcing the framework, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said the National Bank of Cambodia has already piloted a quasi-form of CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) for its national payments system.

Gold price jumps 23% in 2019 on reduced supply, continuous buying by banks

The rupee's weakness against the dollar, however increased cost of imports, pushing consumers from buying gold unless necessary.

An era of central bank shocks has left few options for next downturn

Interest rates are either already around historic lows or negative after more than 750 cuts since 2008, spurring concerns they are doing more harm than good

Record $2.4 trillion bond binge threatening to cool investors' hot returns

Companies have sold a record $2.44 trillion so far this year across currencies, surpassing previous full-year records

Climate change is real: How it is becoming a nightmare for central banks

Climate change was a warning shot that took time to echo in policy-making corridors

The central 'enemy'

Tweetstorm has become a new way for governments to express disappointment with central banks

Going beyond the central bank "put"

In essence, we are seeing the rollback of three decades of globalization-a period when goods and, to a lesser extent, people, moved with increasing freedom across the world

Buy gold 'at any level' as central banks ease monetary policies: Mobius

Gold hit a six-year high this month on prospects for easier monetary policy from the Federal Reserve and other central banks to support growth

Asia central banks stun markets with series of rate cuts amid slow growth

Policymakers everywhere have been forced to consider more stimulus as fears grow over the broadening fallout of the US-China trade dispute on the global economy

China and India stumble into monetary leadership

In the monetary cosmos, at least, it feels like there's alignment

Central banks bought highest amount of gold in 50 years in signs of turmoil

They bought 651 tonnes in 2018, or 15% of total gold sold globally, primarily because they see no let up in turbulence a decade after the last global economic crisis

As economic outlook darkens, central banks may reassess 'forward guidance'

The US Federal Reserve has been weaning itself off forward guidance as it dials back crisis-mode policies

Why RBI under Shaktikanta Das could go for interest rate cut next month

A slowdown in the world economy, the trade war and skittish financial markets are forcing policy makers to express fresh caution about their scope for tightening monetary policy

Not just RBI, other central banks are also being challenged by lawmakers

There's concern among the central-banking community that the independence of central banks could be under threat

From RBI to Federal Reserve, can central banks survive the age of populism?

A president who thinks inflation can be fixed by lower interest rates isn't going to let his country's central bank raise rates to the degree economic factors may require

It's time central bankers came out of their closets, paid heed to public

These architects of the global economy pride themselves on being brilliant, aloof and rational. And then they wonder why they're not more popular.

Central bank actions worldwide point to 'synchronised' stimulus withdrawal

At least five central banks, across the emerging and the developed markets, have announced their monetary policies over the last two weeks, amid uneven global economic recovery trends

Far from stepping back, top central banks are set to double down

The shift can be seen as US Fed policymakers indicate that their massive $4 trillion balance sheet will not shrink anytime soon

Jaimini Bhagwati: Central bank's autonomy and accountability

There should be greater transparency about a central bank's role in regulating banks in India and elsewhere

Central bankers get tired of gold as lower exports cut cash

Global trade in general has fallen to the lowest since 2010