Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Serbia nominates academic for top role
National Bank of Serbia council chief Dejan Šoškić picked by administration to take over after Jelašić’s shock resignation, hints at dovish views
Fed to lose monetary affairs chief
Monetary affairs director Brian Madigan plans to retire later this year, he is succeeded by deputy director William English
Minneapolis Fed: US relies on large firms for productivity gains
Study shows employment distribution important factor in productivity of US firms
Bini Smaghi: monetary policy should not be burdened with additional objectives
Lorenzo Smaghi says lax policy may have contributed to the crisis, but inflation targeting should remain core objective
SF Fed: crisis showed simple policy rules more effective
San Francisico Fed paper reaffirms strength of simple policy guideline to monetary policy but stresses need for international framework
NY Fed's Dudley demands new bubble-bursting tools
New York Fed president calls for a judgment-based approach to dealing with asset price bubbles
Iceland’s “grossly negligent” central bankers caused collapse: report
Much awaited parliamentary report singles out seven individuals including Icelandic central bank’s governing board trio as responsible for 2008 collapse of banking sector
Polish governor killed in crash
Slawomir Skrzypek onboard President's airplane, central bank confirms
IMF: Lat Am banks a match for foreign rivals
IMF paper indicates foreign banks are no more efficient than domestic ones
Malaysia’s Zeti: savings will need to stay in Asia
Bank Negara Malaysia’s Zeti Akhtar Aziz says savings must be recycled regionally
HKMA: offshore markets can help boost currency trade
Hong Kong Monetary Authority says risks of trading currency in offshore markets are manageable
Norway’s Gjedrem: IMF, not G20, must lead post-crisis policy debate
Norges Bank governor Svein Gjedrem sees IMF as key means to engage all countries in building global policy framework
Bank of Italy bans second credit-card issuer
Move seen by Italian media as indicative of politicisation of money laundering and usury laws
SNB’s Roth banked 15% pay rise last year
Jean-Pierre Roth’s pay topped $1m in 2009
Meirelles will stay as governor until year end
Brazilian central bank governor Henrique Meirelles stays put, hopes of the vice-presidency dashed by party politics
Kansas City Fed Letter
April Fed Letter focuses on role of community banks, card payments systems and agriculture based lending
Sarb: prime rate to repo rate spread immaterial
South African Reserve Bank paper finds the spread between its repo rate and the prime rate has no real implications for policy
Bank of Italy: lack of demand led to sluggish lending
Paper shows falling demand rather than supply for credit led to falls in lending during the crisis
Bernanke: Fed needed more tools to confront crisis
Federal Reserve’s Bernanke expresses distaste at decisions made during the crisis to a Dallas crowd
Jilted bondholders can attack Argentine central bank’s assets: US court
US judge decrees central bank and government one entity and breaks dam guarding assets from unpaid creditors; central bank expected to appeal ruling
Hoenig calls for Fed to lean against the wind
Kansas City Fed president challenges fundamental tenet of Greenspan-era central bank
Pressure mounts on China to let yuan appreciate
Renminbi revaluation whispers grow to a shout as US Treasury chief Timothy Geithner makes unscheduled visit amid signs of a thaw in relationship with Beijing
SEC announces tighter rules for asset-backed securities market
Proposals come after crisis underlined dangers of instruments’ complexity
RBI marks 75th anniversary with new goals
Governor Subbarao outlines new path for 2010