Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
National Bank of Hungary – Lending survey (Q4 2010)
National Bank of Hungary’s fourth quarter of 2010 lending survey shows unexpected tightening of credit conditions in Hungary
Fed’s Yellen: managing market expectations key to QE
Federal Reserve vice-chair Janet Yellen stresses importance of market expectations to success of asset purchase programme
Bank’s Sentance lists reasons for rate hike
Bank of England external Monetary Policy Committee member Andrew Sentance stresses importance of gradual rise in interest rates
Loan-to-value ratios effective macroprudential tool: HKMA paper
Hong Kong Monetary Authority study finds evidence in support of loan-to-value ratios as a macroprudential tool
Draft Irish law sketches resolution fund, living wills
Draft legislation from Irish government sets out rules on resolution fund that all banks must pay into, living wills; law includes strict penalties for failure
Kenya’s Ndung’u reappointed for second term
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki appoints Central Bank of Kenya governer Njuguna Ndung’u for second four-year term
Iosco draws systemic risk roadmap for securities regulators
International Organisation of Securities Commissions sets out ways in which securities authorities can help control systemic risk
BoE forecasts at odds with public view: BIS paper
Bank for International Settlements study finds substantial disagreement among UK consumers and Bank of England over inflation forecasts
Hanoi to ban trade of gold bars
State Bank of Vietnam says government will issue ruling barring the trade of gold bars; move will follow 2008 ban on gold imports
Italy’s Draghi on new Sifi guidelines
Bank of Italy governor Mario Draghi says prudential guidelines for systemically important financial institutions set to be complete in mid-2011
Asset purchases only in emergencies: Bank’s Bean
Bank of England deputy governor Charles Bean says central bank should rely on short-term interest rates as main policy instrument and asset purchases only in emergencies
Richmond Fed’s Lacker on stress test disclosure
Richmond Federal Reserve president Jeff Lacker says appropriate level of stress test disclosure poses serious challenge
China attends first Seacen meetings
People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan joins in 31st meeting of regional central bank heads in Sri Lanka
Trichet on common fallacies of competitiveness
European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet describes common misconceptions on attributes of a competitive economy
St Louis Fed paper denies direct Fed link to 1930s recession
St Louis Federal Reserve study says Fed’s doubling of reserve requirements was not cause of contraction in 1930s
Mortgage lending falls: HKMA survey
Hong Kong Monetary Authority January 2011 residential mortgage survey reports decline in lending
Europe contributed to global savings glut: Fed paper
Federal Reserve study says European demand for US securities helped push US Treasury yields lower
CNB to investigate energy company over early data release
Czech National Bank says it will look into premature release of annual results by Czech energy company ČEZ
RBI aims to cut reliance on banknote paper imports by half with new mill
Reserve Bank of India governor Duvvuri Subbarao says new state-of-the-art paper mill will cut imports for banknote paper by “more than half”
Coene to take the helm at Belgian central bank
National Bank of Belgium vice-governor Luc Coene to succeed Guy Quaden
Economist nominated as new member of SNB Bank Council
Former New York Fed economist Cédric Tille set to join Swiss National Bank at the end of April
BoE - Agents' Summary of Business Conditions (February 2011)
The Bank of England’s February 2011 Agents' Summary of Business Conditions finds evidence of moderate pick-up in retail sales
China’s financial system, not renminbi, source of imbalances: St Louis Fed paper
St Louis Federal Reserve study says revaluation of renminbi will not address source of trade imbalances and may prove counterproductive
Japan’s Yamaguchi: recovery reignited by exports
Bank of Japan deputy governor Hirohide Yamaguchi says country is beginning to exit a temporary slump in exports