Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Temporary workers account for large part of labour reallocation costs: Bank of Canada
Bank of Canada study shows excluding temporary workers severely underestimates adjustment costs to labour
RBNZ: Australian economy strongly influences NZ dollar
Reserve Bank of New Zealand study finds evidence of large spillover effects from Australian economy on New Zealand dollar
CIC’s Zhou calls on Congress, not Fed, to spend
China Investment Corporation’s Zhou Yuan says further quantitative easing will not cure United States’ unemployment problem; Fed expected to unveil more asset purchases, despite dissent
Norway’s Gjedrem bids to hold on to wealth fund role
Norges Bank governor Svein Gjedrem disagrees with proposal to strip management of sovereign wealth fund from Norges Bank; says central bank best placed to manage Government Pension Fund Global
Gono’s alleged affair stirs varied reactions
Reports that Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono allegedly had a five-year affair with Robert Mugabe’s wife ricochet around international media
Adia appoints new chief investment officer for private equity wing
James Kester joins Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund from Zurich Alternative Asset Management
IMF: post-Volcker monetary policy effective
Fund study find monetary policy has had just as much impact on output in the United States post-Volcker
Bank’s Tucker: Basel III not rigorous enough
Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker says framework will need to be supplemented
Bank Negara’s Zeti: international links key to Islamic finance
Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz says growth in Islamic finance down to international cooperation
DSK: surplus countries can rebalance growth
IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn says addressing global imbalances requires shift in surplus countries’ growth drivers
FSB sets out markers for intense, effective supervision of Sifis
FSB issues recommendations to shape top notch oversight of systemically important financial institutions; calls for expansions, clarifications to core Basel principles
BoJ’s Suda criticises decision to buy government bonds
Bank of Japan monetary policy minutes reveal dissent over central bank’s decision to include government bonds as part of stimulus programme
India tightens loan-to-value ratios
Reserve Bank of India sets out higher loan-to-value ratios on housing loan exposures; central bank also hikes as inflation, inflation expectations, remain high
SNB council member to step down next April
Swiss National Bank’s Armin Jans to resign from Bank Council after 12 years in role
CEPR: park cash in foreign assets to ease effects of foreign exchange windfall
Centre for Economic Policy Research says foreign exchange windfall can be absorbed by parking money in foreign assets
St Louis Fed says TAF announcement raised risk premiums
St Louis Federal Reserve study shows announcement of Fed’s Term Auction Facility unintentionally caused market participants to revise upward their expectations of seriousness of financial crisis
Bundesbank’s Dombret calls for international effort to close information gaps
Bundesbank executive board member Andreas Dombret says international approach will address information gaps in shadow banking sector
Bank’s Tucker: all EU countries should have resolution regime
Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker calls for national resolution regimes
Luxembourg’s Mersch condemns Basel III bias
Central Bank of Luxembourg governor Yves Mersch says Basel III will be more detrimental to European banks than US lenders; echoes bankers’ concerns on lending to small and medium enterprises
Bini Smaghi attacks watered-down EU fiscal sanctions
European Central Bank executive board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi criticises EU proposals to have option to apply veto on excessive deficit sanctions
Iran makes substantial shift into gold: reports
Tehran news agency reports central bank governor Mahmoud Bahmani as saying around 15% of foreign exchange reserves have been moved into gold
Strong dollar sees RBA book record A$3.8 billion hit
Reserve Bank of Australia reports biggest ever loss of A$3.8 billion as foreign exchange reserves slide on domestic currency strength
Ireland to raise consumer protection standards
Central Bank of Ireland proposes rules requiring firms to be tougher when selling products to customers
Bank on payment splitting
Bank of England study shows quantity of liquidity necessary to settle payment depends on threshold for payment splitting