Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Emerging economies to lead the recovery: BoJ deputy governor
Bank of Japan's Kiyohiko Nishimura says financial conditions and business sentiment in the world’s second largest economy have improved
Hungarian regulator’s role to be amplified
Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority will get more independence and the right to issue regulations if government proposal clears parliament
Regulation will not stave off future crises: Bank’s Tucker
Bank of England’s deputy governor argues that regulation will not address collective-action issues; sets out macroprudential tools
Norway’s Gjedrem plays down crisis impact
Norges Bank’s governor says financial crisis unlikely to feed through to real economy
Why MPC chairmen are (almost) always in the majority
Research uncovers reasons why committees tend to back chairmen
Fed’s Rosengren on lessons from history
Boston Federal Reserve’s Eric Rosengren draws on crises in previous centuries to come up with broad lessons on turmoil
ECB attacks Brussels over hedge-fund rules
Concern comes after British authorities warned on rules
Zim finance minister looks to cut central bank authority
Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe’s finance minister, has tabled a bill that seeks to reduce the powers of the Zimbabwe’s central bank and its governor
Living wills the way forward: Britain’s FSA
Britain’s Financial Services Authority also calls for higher capital and liquidity requirements
Plosser attacks Fed liquidity support
Philadelphia Federal Reserve president says central bank has gone “far beyond” Bagehot’s lender-of-last-resort tenet, should accept nothing but Treasuries
Paulson broke the law for Goldman Sachs, alleges book
Book accuses the former US Treasury Secretary of misconduct over alleged meeting with Goldman officials
Fed names new supervision head
Fed names Patrick Parkinson as Roger Cole’s replacement
France’s Noyer welcomes Islamic finance
Banque de France governor argues that principles of Islamic finance create stability, adding that there is demand for it
RBA’s Payments System Board – Annual Report 2009
Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payments System Board says payments fraud increased
QE has boosted broad money: Bank
Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee unanimous in decision to keep the bank rate and the asset purchase programme unchanged
Research to focus on stability: Buba’s Weber
Bundesbank’s Axel Weber says central banking studies must concentrate on financial stability and links to monetary policy
King calls for radical reform of banking
Bank of England governor pushes for root-and-branch reform, says Bank will detail macroprudential approach later this week
King is right to call for radical reform of banking
Bank of England governor’s desire for fundamental overhaul should be applauded, Robert Pringle, the chairman of Central Banking Publications, argues
Bernanke: don’t lose sight of global imbalances
Fed chairman’s comments build on recent efforts by the International Monetary Fund to deal with instability of global monetary order
IMF’s Lipsky on lessons from past crises
IMF deputy managing director discusses what has been learnt from the crises, and how emerging markets have avoided the worst
Korea considering shifting dollar assets to gold
Korean central bank reportedly interested in diversifying reserves; favours gold over dollar
Corporate debt purchase no longer vital: BoJ
The Bank of Japan’s rate setters say financial conditions improving on the whole, some downside risks remain
Bank of Botswana – Banking Supervision Annual Report 2008
Central bank says banking sector was resilient despite crisis because of limited exposure, but anticipates ‘second-round’ effects
Canada sees more modest recovery
Bank of Canada downgrades growth forecasts slightly, says slack to remain until September 2011