The Case for Climate Objectives in Central Banks’ Targeted Refinancing Operations
Chiara Colesanti Senni | 12 February 2021
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risk,
Monetary Policy,
Policy Coherence,
Targeted Refinancing Lines Central banks are making increasing use of targeted refinancing operations to pursue their mandates. However, so far none of them, with a few exceptions in developing economies, has aligned its targeting with the objective of a transition to a low-carbon economy. This must change. Refinancing
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Avoiding a Household Debt Crisis with a Targeted Policy Response
Gudrun Johnsen | 8 January 2021
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Covid-19,
Debt,
Income Tax,
Unemployment The economic effect of the Covid-19 pandemic varies highly across industrial sectors, education levels and income groups, adding further to inequality across the globe. This calls for highly targeted policy responses for the sake of fiscal prudence and to avoid further economic and financial hardship
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Climate Financial Risks: Assessing Convergence, Exploring Diversity
Julia Anna Bingler,
Chiara Colesanti Senni and
Pierre Monnin | 9 December 2020
Discussion Notes,
Monetary | Tags:
Climate Risk,
Financial Supervision,
Monetary Policy Operations,
Risk Metrics Climate risks are now fully recognized as financial risks by asset managers, investors, central banks, and financial supervisors. As a result, the integration of climate risk metrics into risk management processes is moving up agendas worldwide. In that context, a rapidly growing number of market
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COVID-19 and Inequality: The Urgent Need for Tax Expenditure Reform
Rita de la Feria and
Agustin Redonda | 24 November 2020
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Covid-19,
Inequality,
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform The economic impact of COVID-19 is both unprecedented and far-reaching. There is now little doubt that the pandemic will disproportionally hit the worse-off, hence exacerbating inequality. It is also clear that the pandemic is particularly affecting groups and sectors that were already under significant stress
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Central Banks Must Upgrade Their Risk Management
Pierre Monnin | 23 November 2020
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Change,
Climate Risk The COVID-19 crisis is a stark reminder of how sharply asset values can shift. Amid a crashing demand for oil and gas, giant energy companies like BP, Chevron and Shell massively wrote down the value of their assets. And those that did not, like Exxon,
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