IMF

• Banking Day staff

RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr has been interviewed by the IMF on the New Zealand central bank’s approach to tackling inflation “during uncertain times”. read more

• Ian Rogers

A countercyclical capital buffer - of the type ruled out by APRA only last week - may be needed as part of "a coordinated response if downside risks materialise," the International Monetary Fund said.. read more

• Ian Rogers

This morning (in part via the AFR) banks and the market have a heads up from the IMF that the APRA and RBA-driven hard U-turn in mortgage credit (and most of all for investors) are finally wearing bla.. read more

• Bernard Kellerman

In her opening keynote speech at the Singapore Fintech Festival yesterday, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde argued the case for a new digital currency, suggesting central banks could take an ac.. read more

• Banking Day staff

The IMF is "adapting its framework for providing support to low-income countries (LICs) amid rising vulnerabilities". Australia sits out this IMF reform. read more

• Banking Day staff

The four biggest US banks have just received the first instalment of benefits that corporate America will reap from lower federal taxes. read more

• Banking Day staff

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics said the next round of its regular scrutiny of Australia's four major banks will take place on 11, 12 and 19 October. read more

• Ian Rogers

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will keep playing one IMF game by Kiwi rules, at least when it comes to methods on prudential supervision in banking. read more

• Ian Rogers

Australia's four largest banks are the political and fiscal bullseye for a savvy tax of IMF design. Labelled a levy, the tax is projected to cost the industry A$6.2 billion over four years. This is a.. read more

• Ian Rogers

European banking linkages into the Australian and New Zealand banking sectors are skewed uncomfortably for the International Monetary Fund. read more

• Ian Rogers

APRA renewed its threat of supervisory intervention, "probably in the form of higher capital requirements" on Friday - directed at banks unwilling to toe the line and curtail growth in residential pro.. read more

• Bernard Kellerman

Post-GFC, the debt-to-GDP ratio for China has grown by a third, with corporate debt and car loans becoming a concern to S&P. read more

• Banking Day staff

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• Ian Rogers

The International Monetary Fund holds "profitability concerns" for Germany's banking sector, Michaela Erbenova, head of financial supervision, told IMF Survey Magazine. read more