OPINION/EDITORIAL

Reading between the Lines? Textual Analysis of Central Bank Communications

February 21, 2025/US Federal Reserve By Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson Thank you, President Daly, for organizing this conference and for the opportunity to talk to this group.1 I have paid close attention to the papers presented at this annual conference in the past, and I look forward to today’s […]

There Must Be Some Way Out of Here

February 21, 2025/US SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce [1]Five years ago, I remarked that “figuring out how to deal with the SEC on crypto issues [was] like a regulatory version of an escape room.”[2] Now it is time to help open the door. The Task Force, which is composed of […]

Post MPC February 2025: MPC Holds the Policy Rate Steady at 27.50%

February 20, 2025/Cordros Report The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) halted its policy rate tightening cycle at the first meeting of the year, marking the first pause since it began raising rates in May 2022. The MPC’s decision was primarily steered by its optimistic […]