Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Romanian central banker nominated as premier
Romania’s president picks governor’s adviser for prime minister
Turkey cuts, signals lower rates to come
Central Bank of Turkey chops half a point of benchmark rates
Public banks good for growth
Central Bank of Cyprus finds that government ownership of banks has been associated with better long-run growth performance
Turkey’s Yilmaz: Islamic finance a force for stability
Central Bank of Turkey’s Durmus Yilmaz says Islamic finance is not boom-bust driven
New Zealand begins exit from extraordinary measures
Reserve Bank of New Zealand cancels two facilities and amends others as financial-market stress eases
Swaps a success: SNB economists
Swiss National Bank researchers say swap agreements were highly effective low-cost solution to currency mismatches
Finland’s Liikanen pushes for Fund reform
Bank of Finaland’s Erkki Liikanen says quota reform only starting point for change at the International Monetary Fund
External balances in low-income countries
International Monetary Fund research offers empirical analysis of balances in low income countries
Buba upbraids board member after racist remarks
Thilo Sarrazin, a member of the board of the German central bank, has remit reduced after comments on Berlin’s Turkish and Arab communities
No way to tell if QE’s worked: BoE’s Bean
MPC will have to tighten gradually to avoid undershooting inflation target
Ireland’s Honohan: restore, not reinvent
Governor uses first speech to hark back to 2000 as benchmark for Irish economy
Zim finance minister promises new central bank law
New reform bill will bring to a close quasi-fiscal activities when it is passed, says Tendai Biti
“Green shoots” of recovery must be handled gently
Durmus Yilmaz, governor of the Central Bank of Turkey, argues for a careful balance between fighting recession and expanding public debt
Communications research key: Fed’s Kohn
Fed vice chairman reviews development of monetary policy literature, pointing out successes and areas where further work is needed
Sri Lanka holds rates steady
Central Bank of Sri Lanka continues policy of gradual easing of credit conditions
Lamfalussy godfather of BIS’s macroprudence
National Bank of Belgium paper shows Alexandre Lamfalussy as the originator of the macroprudential approach to stability
Spain must step carefully on the road to recovery
Bank of Spain’s Miguel Fernandez Ordonez says domestic economy and financial sector face challenges ahead
Dutch central bank takes over floundering DSB
The Netherlands Bank takes control of teetering domestic lender Dirk Scheringa Beheer after consortium talks fail; says it will guarantee deposits
Cautious MAS maintains zero appreciation policy
The Monetary Authority of Singapore pledges to maintain its policy of zero appreciation [of the Singapore dollar’s nominal exchange rate] as confidence in global rebound wanes
Nigeria’s banking landscape set to change: Sanusi
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria says the ongoing clean-up will lead to a reduction in the number of large banks
Nobel prize for pioneers of economics governance
Swedish Academy of Sciences shuns orthodoxy to award 2009 prize for work on institutions not markets
Bernanke sets out tightening strategy
Fed Chairman outlines measures that can be taken to ease inflationary pressure
Bank of Canada: Business Outlook Survey
Canadian central bank’s autumn survey reveals that while conditions are improving, confidence remains fragile
Mutual guarantee institutions aids credit access
Bank for International Settlements finds that membership of mutual guarantee institutions help small and medium enterprises to obtain bank funding