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12.10 / 15:35

Target Rescue financial stability Financial Bank of England Further Expands Bond-Market Rescue to Restore U.K.’s Financial Stability

LONDON—The Bank of England extended support targeted at pension funds for the second day in a row, the latest attempt to contain a bond-market selloff that has threatened U.K. financial stability.

11.10 / 21:53

Assurant Luna financial stability Financial Financial Stability Board lays out plans for crypto, stablecoins

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international agency that makes recommendations for the global financial system, published a series of reports and documents on 11 October which made critical statements and high-level recommendations for the crypto industry.

10.10 / 21:21

Lowe's financial stability Financial Risks to financial stability are mounting: ‘We haven’t seen conditions like this in almost four decades’

The risks to financial stability are “very high” as a combination of high inflation, low to negative growth and tight financing conditions put pressure on markets and the real economy.

30.09 / 18:35

vice chair financial stability Financial Fed vice chair Brainard warns on inflation, financial stability risks

A senior Federal Reserve official said the central bank was attentive to financial tremors that could result from aggressive interest rate rises across the globe, but said it wouldn’t pull back prematurely on its efforts to beat high inflation.

30.09 / 17:03

financial stability Financial Fed’s Lael Brainard Warns on Inflation, Financial Stability Risks

A senior Federal Reserve official warned of the risks that additional inflationary shocks could lead the central bank to raise interest rates to higher levels.

16.08 / 14:01

Provident boost financial stability Financial CBDCs could boost financial stability

However, in an OFR working paper, Todd Keister and Cyril Monnet argue that banks would lower their maturity mismatch when depositors have access to CBDC, reducing their exposure to depositor runs.In addition, the flow of funds into a CBDC provides policymakers with a new source of real-time information enabling them to react faster to potential runs. Depositors would anticipate this faster policy reaction, which decreases their incentive to join the run.The paper highlights the importance of a CBDC's design for how it affects financial stability.

09.08 / 02:45

Provident boost financial stability Financial CBDCs could boost financial stability

13.07 / 10:39

Fallout financial stability Financial Commodities and crypto fuel growing financial stability risk, watchdog warns

The continued fallout of the Ukraine war and crashing crypto are creating heightened financial stability risks, the Financial Stability Board of international regulators warned.

11.07 / 13:53

Stablecoin regulation European Union ECB financial stability Financial Terra crash highlights stablecoin risk to financial stability: ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) has released a report analyzing the growth of the cryptocurrency market over the past decade and the risks it poses to the existing financial system.

06.07 / 14:29

Stablecoin SEC Europe UK financial stability Financial regulatory Regulatory Scrutiny Increasing as Crypto Becomes Financial Stability Risk – Report

There has been a sharp increase in regulations targeting the crypto space, with regulatory bodies mainly in North America and Europe aiming for everything from non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to stablecoins and ordinary cryptocurrencies, found a global RegTech (regulatory technology) firm CUBE.

17.06 / 10:45

Citi MPs financial stability Financial MPs warn UK’s post-Brexit overhaul to regulation could hit financial stability

MPs have warned of the potential risks to financial stability if the government presses ahead with a planned overhaul to post-Brexit regulation.

16.06 / 22:45

Citi MPs financial stability Financial MPs warn UK’s post-Brexit overhaul to regulation could hit financial stability

MPs have warned of the potential risks to financial stability if the government presses ahead with a planned overhaul to post-Brexit regulation.

16.06 / 03:05

Citi MPs financial stability Financial MPs warn UK’s post-Brexit overhaul to regulation could hit financial stability

MPs have warned of the potential risks to financial stability if the government presses ahead with a planned overhaul to post-Brexit regulation.

25.05 / 13:19

European Union ECB European Central Bank financial stability Financial Crypto markets may pose risks to wider financial stability, warns ECB

Cryptocurrencies will pose a risk to financial stability if the emerging sector maintains its rapid growth of the last two years and financial firms deepen their involvement, the European Central Bank (ECB) said on Tuesday. The crypto market slumped sharply this month after the downfall of major «stablecoin» terraUSD. The crash has led to calls from the world's top financial leaders for «swift and comprehensive» regulation of the sector. Cryptocurrencies — historically a niche asset favoured by risk-hungry investors, exploded in size during the COVID-19 pandemic. Institutional investors especially were drawn by claims that bitcoin acts as a hedge against inflation and offers high returns in the face of low interest rates.

25.05 / 08:03

cryptocurrency cryptocurrency news Bitcoin financial stability Financial European Central Bank Warns Crypto Markets Pose Financial Stability Risks

Crypto markets may pose risks to wider financial stability: European Central Bank

20.05 / 00:49

Stablecoin regulation financial stability Financial G7 financial officials call on Financial Stability Board to step up crypto regulation—report

The top financial officials from the Group of Seven (G7) largest advanced industrial economies has called on the Financial Stability Board to speed up crypto-asset regulation, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a copy of a communique it had obtained. The officials from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States were meeting in Koenigswinter, Germany, following a G7 foreign ministers’ meeting earlier in the week.

17.05 / 12:11

Blockchain Stablecoin SEC Bitcoin Threat financial stability Financial This week’s Law Decoded: Is depegging a real threat to financial stability?

This week will be remembered as the one when the stablecoins showed an unexpected ability to depeg. Terra’s TerraUSD (UST) dropped to a shocking $0.29 following the general meltdown of both crypto and financial markets, but it was also the headliner of stablecoins’ niche, while Tether (USDT) lost the balance and slid to $0.96 for a short time.

12.05 / 21:49

Government Stablecoin Tether Threat financial stability NOT Financial Stablecoins' recent de-pegging is not a 'real threat to financial stability,' says Janet Yellen

According to United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the stablecoin market is not at the scale at which the drop in the price of TerraUSD (UST) and Tether (USDT) below $1 would present a threat to the country’s financial stability.

10.05 / 21:33

Stablecoin regulation Tether Federal Reserve Terra Usd financial stability Financial The Fed cites worries about stablecoin in its latest Financial Stability Report

The United States Federal Reserve Board released its semiannual Financial Stability Report on Monday. The report points to volatility on commodities markets brought on by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid and “higher and more persistent than expected” inflation as sources of instability.

25.04 / 13:13

economics financial stability Financial Financial Stability Risks Grow as War in Europe Complicates Push to Contain Inflation

Tobias Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department.

20.04 / 11:23

cryptocurrency Adoption regulation Bitcoin financial stability Financial Financial Stability Board, IMF Warn of ‘Cryptoization’ Risks in Wake of Russia-Ukraine War

The Basel-based Financial Stability Board (FSB) has echoed sentiments expressed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with both bodies warning that in the wake of the war in Ukraine, an “acceleration of cryptoization in emerging markets” could be on the cards.

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