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Uganda targets $500 billion GDP by 2040 with market reforms
The Bank of Uganda has outlined a financial market roadmap to support expanding the economy to $500 billion by 2040.
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Single market scale needed to close AI gap with US and China
Europe must integrate its capital, energy and digital markets to compete effectively in artificial intelligence against the United States and China, according to a speech published by the Bank for International Settlements.
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Fintech scale amplifies speed, concentration and opacity risks
Financial technology deployment must prioritize tangible user needs over technological novelty while addressing systemic vulnerabilities, according to remarks delivered at the Global Fintech Festival on September 16, 2026.
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Household expectations shape monetary transmission, Vujčić says
Direct measurement of household expectations is essential to understand monetary policy transmission, ECB Vice-President Boris Vujčić stated at ESMT Berlin on September 1, 2026.
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Policy rate held at 2.25 percent despite tariff and energy risks
The Bank of Canada (BoC) has maintained its policy interest rate at 2.25 percent following a broad-based economic rebound in the second quarter.
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Resilience and sustainable growth must align in European banking
A Bank for International Settlements speech stresses that sustainable growth and bank resilience are mutually reinforcing.
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Waller leans toward rate pause but keeps option open for hike
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he is inclined to support holding the policy rate steady if incoming data shows continued disinflation.
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Central bank authority requires durable societal consent
Independent central banks derive their authority from broader societal arrangements rather than purely technical mandates, according to a Bank for International Settlements address.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.