Central banks hoarded gold at a breakneck pace over the past three years. World Gold Council data shows central banks bought 1,082 tonnes of bullion in 2022, 1,037 tonnes in 2023 and 1,044 in 2024. A ...

Since the global financial crisis, a confluence of cyclical and structural factors has led to rising public-debt levels throughout the world. This trend appeared to have reversed in the immediate ...

This year’s trade war between the world’s two largest economies and vying superpowers may in the end serve to usher in a more multipolar world order. That is the story that is beginning to emerge in ...

The views expressed in this chapter are those of the authors and not those of the Reserve Bank of India. The literature shows that beyond structural factors shaping FDI flows, several short-term ...

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Central bank reserve holdings in Table 1 and Table 2 were calculated by adding the International Monetary Fund’s Total reserves excluding gold and Gold holdings at national valuation datasets. Source: ...

What are the most significant risks that reserve managers face in 2025? How are reserve managers positioning their portfolios in light of US protectionist policies? Does bitcoin have a place in ...

Internal auditors in central banks should improve their people skills, focus on communication and “connect the dots”, an ...

On May 22, the Central Bank of Egypt cut its policy rate, the overnight deposit rate, by 100 basis points to 24%. The ...

The National Bank of Denmark tells Central Banking that the Danish Payments Council, which is chaired by the central bank, is ...

Supply chain conditions may be more normal than they appear, research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has found.

An across-the-board 25% tariff on imports to the US would be likely to raise the prices of investment assets by 9.5% and ...