Financial Stability
Turkey tests new policy on checking accounts
Study by Turkish central bank rejects new policy to increase payment fees for checking accounts
ECB in about-turn on collateral rules
Move reflects concern over Greece; Trichet says graded haircut system set to be introduced
Sovereign risk worries overstated: panel
Debt experts from Bank of Italy, National Bank of Denmark and French debt agency point to reassuring signs of continuing life in the sovereign debt markets
Portugal suffers downgrade
Sovereign debt marked down a notch by Fitch; move eaxcerbates eurozone tensions
Chiang Mai currency swap deal comes to life
Regional $120 billion currency swap arrangement between ASEAN members and east Asian powerhouses comes into force
BoJ improves payments and settlements after crisis
Bank of Japan enhances its payments and settlements systems following Lehman collapse
Lockhart: Fed inflation anchor under threat
Atlanta Fed’s Dennis Lockhart warns that inflation expectations may be dislodged as a result of accommodative Fed stance
Hong Kong debt market rebounds
Latest Quarterly Bulletin from Hong Kong Monetary Authority shows debt markets have normalised in the territory following Lehman collapse
Central banks should oversee systemic risk
CentralBanking.com poll shows majority of respondents think central banks together with government bodies should be responsible for monitoring systemic risk
Merkel and central bankers clash over Greek fix
Bundesbank shows reluctance to back Merkel; ECB president Trichet pushes for European rescue fund to aid beleaguered eurozone members
Bernanke: too-big-to-fail problem “unconscionable”
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke calls for a revision of regulation on firms, which are “too big to fail”
Debt holders must share the pain: Tucker
Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker says bondholders must be ready from the start to share in losses should a bank get into trouble
Greenspan slams systemic risk watchers
Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan says systemic risk oversight bodies will not catch anything regulators have already missed, calls for contingent capital instead
Only the IMF can save Greece: Berlin
German government backs away from a European bailout for debt-ridden Greece, Fund rescue looks increasingly likely
Top-level Swiss committee to fix "too big to fail"
Liquidity and "too big to fail" will dominate agenda for Steering Committee bridging central bank and regulator’s boards, says FINMA’s Zuberbühler
Bank mulls widening collateral pool
Bank of England consults on taking “raw loans” at its discount window facility and calls for more transparency from counterparties, says the move will cement confidence in the financial system
US regulators issue liquidity guidelines
Federal Reserve and other regulators sign off framework for more stringent liquidity management
RBA: credit card reform in Australia
Reserve Bank of Australia‘s assistant governor discusses the challenges regulators face in the market for credit card payments
Washington makes play to name NY Fed chief
Senate banking committee’s reform bill calls for greater accountability in Liberty Street, pares Fed’s supervisory role to large banks alone
Major economies must heed Greece lesson: Carmen Reinhart
Co-author of This Time is Different warns sovereigns on debt sustainability
Ireland’s Elderfield: Consumer comes first
Matthew Elderfield discusses the lessons learnt from the financial crisis, and how new regulations will place the consumer interests before the banks
SNB, Finma set up stability steering group
Central bank and regulator intensify their collaboration on financial stability
European monetary fund won't pay
Marco Annunziata, the chief economist at UniCredit, argues against the creation of a European monetary fund
Caribbean learns from crisis: T&T’s Williams
Ewart Williams discusses the need for greater cooperation between central banks in the region in reducing the risk of financial crises