June 2022: New IMF Blog Article – Dollar Dominance and the Rise of Nontraditional Reserve Currencies

By Serkan Arslanalp, Barry Eichengreen and Chima Simpson-Bell The US dollar has long played an outsized role in global markets. It continues to do so even as the American economy has been producing a shrinking share of global output over the last two decades. But although the currency’s presence in global trade, international debt, and non-bank borrowing still[…]

May 2022: BIS Press Release – Basel Committee finalises principles on climate-related financial risks, progresses work on specifying cryptoassets’ prudential treatment and agrees on way forward for the G-SIB assessment methodology review

Key Takeaways: Basel Committee finalises principles for effective management and supervision of climate-related financial risks. Progresses work on specifying cryptoasset prudential treatment and issuing a second consultation paper. Finalises review of the treatment of cross-border exposures within the European Banking Union on the G-SIB methodology. Link: Basel Committee finalises principles on climate-related financial risks, progresses[…]