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Stablecoins need emergency liquidity backstops to scale safely
Bank of England policymaker Carolyn Wilkins stated that private stablecoins require robust crisis liquidity and regulatory backstops to operate safely at scale.
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DNBSpeech
Ter Weel details Eurosystem rollout of Pontes DLT bridge
De Nederlandsche Bank official Bas ter Weel announced that the Eurosystem will launch its Pontes bridge with four DLT operators to enable central bank money settlement for tokenised transactions.
BISSpeech
US economic pickup shifts Fed rate projections toward hikes
United States economic momentum has improved in 2026 despite earlier tariff concerns, prompting Federal Reserve policymakers to shift toward potential rate hikes following three interest rate cuts in 2025.
SSMSpeech
Donnery urges banking integration to cut regulatory fragmentation
European Central Bank Supervisory Board member Sharon Donnery stated that integrating the banking market is the most effective way to reduce regulatory complexity.
SSMSpeech
Donnery proposes merging EU capital buffers into two tiers
ECB Supervisory Board member Sharon Donnery has proposed simplifying the European Union's capital architecture by consolidating macroprudential buffers into two instruments.
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BISSpeech
Central bank money must anchor tokenised finance, Schnabel says
Wholesale tokenisation requires central bank money rather than stablecoins to provide safe settlement assets and elastic liquidity, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said at the Jackson Hole Symposium.
BISSpeech
AI and governance anchor three-year central bank data strategy
Opening the 13th Biennial Conference of the Irving Fisher Committee in Basel, officials presented a three-year strategy focused on AI adoption, modernized statistics and data governance across central banks.
BISSpeech
Central bank money anchors Europe's tokenised asset ecosystem
Europe is shifting from conceptual design to operational delivery in tokenised finance, anchored by central bank money.
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Energy disruptions lift Irish inflation forecast to 3.5 percent
The Central Bank of Ireland has raised its domestic inflation forecast to 3.5 percent for 2026, citing Middle East shipping disruptions and energy costs.
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Trade barriers and energy costs erode European growth model
A Bank for International Settlements panel at the World Economic Forum detailed the structural erosion of Europe's post-war growth model.
BISSpeech
Emerging markets build resilience but structural growth lags
Core emerging markets have transitioned from 1990s vulnerability to macroeconomic resilience through independent central banks and floating exchange rates, according to a speech delivered at the University of South Africa on September 15, 2026.