Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Spain’s Aríztegui on savings banks mergers
Bank of Spain deputy governor Javier Aríztegui discusses institutional protection schemes
Accountability and risk management key to banking: Albania’s Fullani
Bank of Albania governor Ardian Fullani tells bankers how central bank is raising the standards against which they are judged
Bank minutes: inflation may hit 4% in spring
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee warns inflation could reach 4% in spring; says pace and extent of subsequent fall highly uncertain
RBA minutes: rates on hold as global downside risks rise
Minutes of Reserve Bank of Australia rate-setting meeting relay concern over deteriorating situation in Europe; more positive on US, China
Norges Bank paper looks at combining predictive densities
Norges Bank research seeks means to go past point forecasts when combining models
RBI's Mohanty on private investment
Reserve Bank of India executive director on why private investment remains relatively low in Asia
Fund completes gold sales
IMF completes sale of 403 tonnes of gold, drawing 15 month process to an end; ease of effort linked to central banks' demand for the metal
Number of central bankers on the rise
Central banks increase staff, reversing decade-long downsizing trend
Fiji's Reddy resigns
Reserve Bank of Fiji governor Sada Reddy resigns from his post for unspecified reasons; deputy Barry Whiteside to serve as interim governor
RBA names new assistant governor for currency
Reserve Bank of Australia promotes Michele Bullock to assistant governor for currency; Bullock steps in following transfer of Bob Rankin to central bank's London office
Imbalances could treble in next two decades: Bank's Haldane
Bank of England executive director Andy Haldane charts course of global imbalances, pointing to trends likely to widen them
Former Czech governor Tůma joins KPMG
Ex-Czech National Bank governor Zdeněk Tůma joins consulting and auditing firm; tells local media he is keeping an eye on Prague administration
Ireland lifts lid on tough new enforcement approach
Central Bank of Ireland publishes first-ever enforcement strategy, detailing tough line on sanctions; publication accompanies penalties on Allied Irish Banks, NCB Stockbrokers
Fed extends temporary dollar swap lines
Dollar swap lines reopened with five central banks in May will remain in operation until August 2011, seven months past original date of expiry
Semi-structural models and inflation forecasting: Bank of Canada paper
Bank of Canada study finds semi-structural models best traditional New Keynesian Phillips Curve, bivariate vector autoregression models at inflation forecasting
Sama's Al-Jasser on the role of SMEs
Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency governor Muhammad Al-Jasser points to importance of small and medium enterprises; calls for care and development of sector
Pakistan's Kardar on domestic inflation dynamics
State Bank of Pakistan governor Shahid Kardar explains burgeoning price growth; cites government spending on subsidies as a factor
Capital flows drive financial imbalances: IMF study
Fund paper says capital inflows are main factor behind financial imbalances, with effects worsened by insufficient oversight
Dublin deflects ECB criticism of bank law
Ireland’s finance ministry says central bank independence not threatened by bank bill; statement comes in response to wide-ranging European Central Bank critique of draft law
Philippines bats away attacks of new banknote series: reports
Central Bank of the Philippines’ deputy governor Diwa Guinigundo reportedly dismisses criticisms of incorrectly rendered native bird and map on new banknotes
Tributes pour in for euro architect Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Central bankers, private sector officials laud the contributions of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who died on Saturday
SNB’s Danthine on T2S participation
Swiss National Bank governing board member Jean-Pierre Danthine discusses central bank’s thinking on Target2-Securities project
Bank of Namibia – Monetary Policy Statement (December 2010)
Bank of Namibia’s monetary policy statement shows concern over expected weakness in future growth
Norges Bank on links between marginal value of cash and firms’ behaviour
Norges Bank research points to impact of marginal value of cash on businesses’ decision making