Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Regulation helps microfinance institutions expand
World Bank’s research investigates the impact of regulation on microfinance institutions
Raise inflation target to avoid slump – IMF report
International Monetary Fund study looks at how monetary policy can help hold off a protracted deflationary and economic slump when policy rates are near zero
British banks agree to tough new code
British Bankers Association (BBA) launches new FSA financial reporting code aimed at boosting investor confidence and bank transparency
Bundesbank will not be a better regulator: BaFin’s Sanio
Jochen Sanio, president of Germany’s banking regulator, strikes out against government plans to make the central bank sole regulator
Trichet rules out €30 banknote
ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet says the central bank will not issue a €30 bill after lawmaker’s request
Bank profits a product of public policy: France’s Noyer
Christian Noyer, governor of the Banque de France says that banks' profits should be kept within the system
Indian banks resilient – RBI report
Reserve Bank of India’s report shows financial sector has coped well, but systemic risk remains
Britain remains in recession
Pound falls on unexpected negative growth for three months to September; chances of expansion of quantitative easing programme rise
National Bank of Ethiopia – Quarterly Bulletin
Central bank report finds growth in financial services, particularly microfinance, and investment
Fed looks to curb risk with wage rules
Federal Reserve says proposals aimed at ensuring wages will not undermine safety and soundness of banks
SAMA – Annual Report 2009
Report reveals balance sheet contraction in first three months of this year
Bernanke outlines regulatory agenda
Fed chairman says comprehensive reform requires action from Congress
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