Robert Pringle
Robert Pringle is the founder of Central Banking and chairman of the Central Banking Advisory Board. He is author of The Money Trap (2012) and The Power of Money (2019) and co-author of A guide to good money: beyond the illusions of asset inflation (2022) among other publications.
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Book contributions by Robert Pringle
HSBC Reserve Management Trends 2022
Edited by Robert Pringle and Nick Carver
HSBC Reserve Management Trends 2021
Edited by Robert Pringle and Nick Carver
HSBC Reserve Management Trends 2020
Edited by Robert Pringle and Nick Carver
HSBC Reserve Management Trends 2019
Edited by Robert Pringle and Nick Carver
HSBC Reserve Management Trends 2018
Edited by Robert Pringle and Nick Carver
Articles by Robert Pringle
Sensible ideas from Vickers – but are they too late?
As the banking industry sits on the brink of another crisis, Robert Pringle asks, has the ICB report come too late?
Could the Swiss start a trend?
Robert Pringle discusses the Swiss National Bank's action to limit the exchange rate between the franc and the euro, and asks if others should, and will, follow
Interview: Robert Mundell
The Nobel laureate explains what is needed to save Europe’s single currency and calls for greater global coordination of monetary policies, in conversation with Robert Pringle
The fractured global monetary system
Robert Pringle reflects on the 40th anniversary of Bretton Woods
Co-founder of Central Banking dies
William Clarke CBE was a co-founder and former chairman of Central Banking Publications
Bank’s Tucker: crisis shames us all
Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker says financial crisis was worst moment in officials’ lives
UK FSA’s Turner calls for more radical reform
Financial Services Authority chairman Adair Turner argues that only if reform tempers the cyclical nature of credit and asset cycles can it truly be regarded as successful
King is fully justified
The governor of the Bank of England is well within his rights to press politicians on the need for fiscal retrenchment, Robert Pringle argues.
Using gold to restore currency stability
Gold has many advantages as a benchmark of market expectations, Robert Pringle argues.
Mervyn King leans towards radical reform
Insured deposit banks are the way forward, writes Robert Pringle
Financial regulators’ doubts about the prudential regime
Officials are far from confident that they will be able to create a more resilient financial system, Robert Pringle writes
Japan: not a bad record
In the final article of a six-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted Japan’s global outlook
The big divide over deflation and debt
In the fifth of a six-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted Japan’s global outlook
Trenchant critique of inflation targeting
In the fourth of a six-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted Japan’s global outlook
Refining the BoJ’s operating model
In the third of a six-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted the nation’s global outlook
Policy produces dull but safe banks
In the second of a six-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted the nation’s global outlook
Crisis makes Tokyo more insular
In the first of a six-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted the nation’s global outlook
Volcker should chair FSoc
Aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act are welcome but crises will continue to be mismanaged, Robert Pringle writes.
The forces of darkness overwhelm bank reform
Banks’ lobbying and politicians’ arguments against the Dodd regulatory reform bill are lamentable, Robert Pringle writes
INET: Soros leads calls for reform
Soros argues for financial markets to be understood as a branch of history in order to prevent crises
Twenty years of Central Banking Publications
This anniversary was held on 24 March at the Reform Club. The guest of honour was Jacques de Larosière, who congratulated Robert and Central Banking on their achievement
High debt heralds new rate policy: UK shadow chancellor
George Osborne says high level of public debt will prompt reappraisal monetary policy
Obama’s proposals – the only game in town
President Obama’s radical proposals recognise that the financial lobby can no longer hold society to hostage. They should be welcomed as a result, Robert Pringle, the chairman of Central Banking Publications, writes.
Architects of euro point to “unfinished business”
The men behind the euro gathered in the French capital last week to mark the currency’s first decade. Robert Pringle, the chairman of Central Banking Publications, reports.