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Central bank credibility remained intact during crisis: Netherlands Bank paper
Netherlands Bank study says non-standard economic policies did not have any adverse effects on inflation expectations
Sarb’s Mminele on application of economic models in policy-making
South African Reserve Bank deputy governor Daniel Mminele says greater flexibility should be applied to macroeconomic modelling
Reserve Bank of India's Rajagopalan dies
Shashi Rekha Rajagopalan, a member of the central board of directors of the Reserve Bank of India, passes away; Reserve Bank governor pays respects
Bank of Finland paper tests financial stability model
Bank of Finland study builds model to map systemic risks emerging in financial system
Japan takes unilateral action to counter currency appreciation
Japanese government and central bank on Thursday move to weaken yen as country recovers from the earthquake and tsunami tragedies
IMF calls on UK to widen scope of resolution regimes
IMF says UK lawmakers should expand the scope of BoE's special resolution regime to include systemically important financial institutions
US overestimates welfare costs of inflation: Bank of Italy paper
A new study says the miscalculated welfare costs of US inflation due to the exclusion of foreign dollar holdings in M1 could have significant implications
Spike in US headline inflation is temporary: San Francisco Fed paper
The San Francisco Federal Reserve review says headline inflation is likely to fall to converge with low levels of core inflation
RBI paper says gold is misclassified in capital formation
A Reserve Bank of India study says valuables such as gold are misclassified in the gross capital formation as store value
CEPR paper finds increased investment in private firms
Centre for Economic Policy Research study says greater privatisation of firms and more independent regulators lead to greater investment
Chairman of the Russian Banking Supervision Committee to resign: reports
Gennady Melikyan has announced his intention to leave his role as chairman of the Russian Banking Supervision Committee, according to local media reports
Banks' funding profiles can indicate future defaults: IMF study
Fund study shows banks' funding profile is a useful predictor of likelihood of bank failure
RBI paper reviews financial inclusion policies in India
Reserve Bank of India case study on West Bengal region shows financial inclusion programmes are having limited success
Mexico’s Del Cueto discusses volatility in agricultural goods market
Bank of Mexico deputy governor Roberto Del Cueto says policymakers can take steps to help stabilise prices in agricultural goods
Inflation revisions could alter observed policy target: Philly Fed paper
Philadelphia Federal Reserve study says large size of inflation data revisions might reduce success rate of inflation targeting
Swiss franc declines as SNB eases policy rate
Swiss National Bank moves to stem strengthening of the Swiss franc by easing monetary policy; franc falls 1.97% against the euro following decision
Brazil ‘prepared’ for international challenges: Tombini
Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil says country is ‘prepared’ to face the challenges in the international arena; expects inflation downward trend to continue
SARB announces temporary registrar replacement
The South African Reserve Bank announces deputy to step into registrar role until beginning of 2012
RBA places eight more people on financial sanctions list
Reserve Bank of Australia freezes assets of eight people associated with Syrian Al-Assad regime and one person linked to Qadhafi regime; 17 Zimbabweans taken off the financial sanctions list
New head of statistics unit at Bank of Finland
Bank of Finland appoints Laura Vajanne as head of statistics within the financial stability and statistics department
IMF expresses ‘disappointment’ at Commission’s Basel III proposals
IMF says European Commission’s proposals to adopt Basel III are too soft and do not offer national authorities sufficient flexibility over macroprudential policy
Volcker rule spillover effects benefited Europe and Asia: IMF paper
Fund study shows Volcker rule caused positive spillover effects to some European and Asian banks
Bank of Israel – Monetary Policy Report (August 2011)
Bank of Israel Monetary Policy Report says inflationary environment motivated faster pace of increase in the interest rates
Bank of Finland reviews policy implications of labour immobility
Bank of Finland research newsletter discusses the effects of resource mobility on monetary policy