News of central banks

The problem with Latin America’s rate hikes: they barely work

09-09-2021 14:25 From Brazil to Mexico, banks tighten faster than global peers; Unstable politics and off-the-books economies limit the impact

Bloomberg

Argentina’s Central Bank move raises concern of higher inflation

28-05-2021 16:22 A measure allowing Argentina’s commercial banks to move part of their reserve requirements from Central Bank notes to treasury bonds is raising concerns about inflation and the financial system’s health.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine banks ask for some relief after worst year since 2007

27-03-2021 08:34 After posting their worst returns in 13 years, nation’s banks are blaming part of their losses on government’s pandemic measures and asking the Central Bank for help.

BLOOMBERG

Banco Galicia CEO: Inflation will keep battering banking returns

19-02-2021 12:42 Argentine banks took a beating last year, and the nation’s biggest lender says the industry is at risk of a repeat performance.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s new obsession is watching foreign reserves evaporate

05-10-2020 16:14 At brokerages and banks, the calls come in every day with the same question: How many dollars does the Central Bank actually have?

Bloomberg - Opinion

Money is losing its meaning amid coronavirus pandemic

16-04-2020 15:32 Saving the global economy from the coronavirus pandemic is going to cost a lot of money. The sums involved are so large that they no longer have any meaning; they are simply abstractions.

MIGUEL ÁNGEL PESCE INTERVIEW

Miguel Pesce: ‘In this emergency, the mechanism is printing money’

11-04-2020 10:07 Central Bank chief Miguel Ángel Pesce on the economy, printing money, the coronavirus pandemic and the problems that lie ahead.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Gender diversity

Lagarde still the exception in male-dominated central banks

06-03-2020 08:00 Christine Lagarde’s appointment to lead the European Central Bank was a landmark event in improving gender diversity in economic policy making, but global central banks still have a long way to go.

'Cepo total'

US$200 limit: Central Bank tightens currency controls in wake of election

28-10-2019 01:03 The move looks to preserve international reserves during the political transition but risks causing the black market exchange rate to skyrocket.

News of central banks

The problem with Latin America’s rate hikes: they barely work

Argentina’s Central Bank move raises concern of higher inflation

Argentine banks ask for some relief after worst year since 2007

Banco Galicia CEO: Inflation will keep battering banking returns

Argentina’s new obsession is watching foreign reserves evaporate

Money is losing its meaning amid coronavirus pandemic

Miguel Pesce: ‘In this emergency, the mechanism is printing money’

Lagarde still the exception in male-dominated central banks

US$200 limit: Central Bank tightens currency controls in wake of election

Crisis deepens as Fernández de Kirchner blasts president

President’s press secretary Biondi resigns after CFK criticism

Frente de Todos seeks to turn around election in Buenos Aires Province

IMF chief risks weakened authority after China-linked probe

Tens of thousands march for jobs in Buenos Aires

Uno por uno, los nombres que conformarían el “nuevo” gabinete de Alberto Fernández

Con una ironía contra Cristina, el vocero presidencial Juan Pablo Biondi presentó su renuncia "indeclinable"

El periodista y amigo de Alberto Fernández que suena como posible vocero presidencial

Gildo Insfrán calificó a los porteños de "zánganos que viven del esfuerzo y trabajo del pueblo argentino"

Crisis en el Frente de Todos: los curiosos afiches que aparecieron en inmediaciones al Congreso