Contingent NBFI Repo Facility (CNRF) – Market Notice 28 January 2025
This Market Notice describes the details of the Contingent NBFI Repo Facility and how firms can start the process of applying to the facility.
Central banks
Andrea Enria appointed to the Prudential Regulation Committee
Andrea Enria, former Chair of the European Central Bank’s supervisory board, has today been appointed to the Prudential Regulation Committee by the Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey.
Chancellor appoints David Soanes and Niamh Moloney as members of the Prudential Regulation Committee
David Soanes and Niamh Moloney are confirmed as new members of Prudential Regulation Committee
FEDS Paper: Decoding Equity Market Reactions to Macroeconomic News
Michele Modugno and Dino PalazzoThe equity market’s reaction to macroeconomic news is consistent with the propagation of news into the real economy. We embody all the macro news in an activity news index and a price news index that together explain 34% of the quarterly stock price returns variation.
Bank of England launches economic education quiz with £1000 cash prize
The Bank is launching an exciting competition that aims to develop people’s economic literacy in a fun and engaging way.
The PRA announces a delay to the implementation of Basel 3.1
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), in consultation with HM Treasury, has decided to delay the implementation of Basel 3.1 in the UK by one year until 1 January 2027. This allows more time for greater clarity to emerge about plans for its implementation in the United States.
How tightening mortgage credit raises rents and increases inequality in the housing market
Housing affordability is at the centre of the political debate in many euro area countries. With steadily increasing rents and house prices still high relative to historical standards, many young households, particularly in large cities, are devoting an ever larger share of their income to housing expenses, and are finding it increasingly hard to access their desired size and quality of housing.
The Bank of England and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission input into report on initial margin transparency and responsiveness in centrally cleared markets
The Bank of England (the Bank) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC) have co-chaired international work on centrally cleared margin practices stemming from the March 2020 market turmoil, also known as the ‘dash for cash’.
Flexible asset purchases and repo market functioning
Flexibility has progressively become a distinctive feature of the implementation of the Eurosystem’s asset purchases. In its many manifestations, flexibility has also been used by asset managers in the daily selection of sovereign bonds to limit the impact of asset purchases on repo market specialness. This study shows that, since the inception of the Public Sector Purchase Programme, flexible purchases of bonds greatly mitigated the Eurosystem’s footprint on the repo market.
FEDS Paper: Spatially Mapping Banks' Commercial & Industrial Loan Exposures: Including an Application to Climate-Related Risks
Benjamin N. Dennis, Gurubala Kotta, and Caroline Conley NorrisThe correlation of the spatial distribution of banking exposures with changes in spatial patterns of economic activity (e.g., internal migration, changes in agglomeration patterns, climate change, etc.) may have financial stability implications. We therefore study the spatial distribution of large U.S. banks' commercial and industrial (C&I) lending portfolios.
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