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Hungary to buy forint mortgage bonds to spur lending
Move by the National Bank of Hungary highlights concern over return to euro financing, seen as key cause of crisis
Towards a euro monetary fund
Daniel Gros and Thomas Meyer team up on fix aimed at stopping another Greece
Barbados’ Worrell: supervisors of the region unite
Central Bank of Barbados’ governor urges Caribbean supervisors to ramp up cooperation
Chile on the pros and cons of connectivity
Central Bank of Chile looks at how shocks are transmitted across markets and banking systems
Greece should go to IMF, not EU for aid: Issing
Former ECB chief economist advocates tough love from Washington, rejects Brussels bailout; position conflicts with senior EU bureaucrat
Ex-NY Fed chief opposes Volcker rule
Former New York Fed head Jerry Corrigan, now at Goldman Sachs, plays down impact of banks’ activities; warns against regulatory arbitrage
Drop the math, Finland’s Liikanen tells economists
Bank of Finland’s Erkki Liikanen says profession will have to be more humble post
Ex-IMF chief economist wants Fed’s Hoenig for Treasury
Simon Johnson says lone FOMC dissenter “entirely plausible” successor to Tim Geithner
Rate round-up: bulk of central banks hold
Rate decisions this week see a slew of institutions maintain policy stance
Modeling the demand for reserves
A new working paper from the Swiss National Bank estimates a demand curve for central bank reserves
Real-time macroeconomic monitoring
A new paper from the Philadelphia Fed sketches a framework for monitoring the
Fed’s independence in public’s interest: Bernanke
Ben Bernake says the Federal Reserve will work with Congress to ensure maximum transparency
SWFs innocent of political bias
OECD looks at whether sovereign-wealth funds’ investments are politically motivated
US debt ratio drives international exchange rates: Bank of Canada
A Bank of Canada paper posits that the debt to GDP ratio in the US and commodity prices have great impact on bilateral exchange rates
ECB – Economic and Financial Developments in 3Q 2009
European Central Bank release shows the euro-area economy climbing tentatively out of recession, but non-financial corporations suffer
ECB’s Stark places onus on deficit states
European Central Bank's Jürgen Stark says euro area’s deficit states must embrace economic reforms for the common good
Real exchange rate matters: SARB’s Mminele
South African Reserve Bank’s Daniel Mminele on the role of exchange rates in monetary policy
Ireland wrongly accused over funding family trips
Spending watchdog admits error over claims central bank paid for 52 spouses to travel on single visit, but Honohan bans future junkets
DSK hints at early departure from Fund
International Monetary Fund’s managing director thought keen to challenge Nicolas Sarkozy in 2012 presidential vote; move paves way for Fund to prepare ground for non-European appointment
Ex-SARB head to chair packaging company
Tito Mboweni named chairman of Nampak
US can go it alone on reforms: Volcker
Former Fed chairman Paul Volcker says international consensus on reform not necessary
Fed is best in crisis, says British think-tank
The Federal Reserve’s credit easing operations have fostered a quicker recovery than in the UK and eurozone, research finds
Romania makes half-point cut
Romanian central bank lowers cost of borrowing despite above-target inflation
Norway puts rate rises on ice
Pause in exit strategy as recovery “takes hold”, inflation likely to fall