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Ukraine hikes rates, Serbia and Hungary hold
The central banks of Hungary, Serbia and Ukraine have all made monetary policy decisions over the past week. The central bank ...
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Bitcoin reaches new high after Trump’s pledge to create reserve
Bitcoin reached an all-time high price of $106,488 on December 16, after Donald Trump said a US strategic reserve could be in ...
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Demographics could trigger closures of US universities – study
Financial distress resulting from changing demographics and other factors is likely to cause many US colleges to close over ...
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ECB raises capital requirements for eurozone banks
The European Central Bank (ECB) has slightly increased its capital requirements on banks for 2025.
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IMF team builds new multi-country semi-structural model
Economists at the International Monetary Fund have built a new semi-structural model to help central banks analyse global ...
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Bank Indonesia completes wholesale CBDC proof of concept
Bank Indonesia announced on December 13 that it had successfully completed a proof-of-concept study for its wholesale central ...
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Book notes: A fly on the RBI wall: an insider’s view of the central bank, by Alpana Killawala
When I suggested a review of this book to the editor at Central Banking Journal, it was my intention to assess whether it was ...