Financial Stability
Lats peg under spotlight once again
Rumours of devaluation resurface following government move to limit debt burden, but state officials say will maintain euro peg
Tips are good inflation hedge
Boston Federal Reserve says Tips hedge well against inflation risk
China’s consumption key for crisis exit
International Monetary Fund says global recovery needs China and Japan to strengthen domestic consumption
Trichet sees “pressing need” for fiscal responsibility
Announcing that interest rates would be kept unchanged, ECB president calls for governments to formulate realistic exit strategies
Officials must prepare for higher US saving: Geithner
Acknowledgment needed that American savings rates will be higher post crisis, US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner warns
CNB’s Singer blasts media portrayal of CEE
Czech National Bank’s Singer rails at blanket assessments of central and eastern Europe
Fed’s Dudley warns of looming commercial property woe
New York Federal Reserve’s William Dudley flags risks from commercial real estate sector, says strains restraining recovery
ECB’s Tumpel-Gugerell calls for structural reforms
European Central Bank's Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell says structural reforms needed to emerge from the crisis
A cynical view of the 2009 IMF/ World Bank meetings
Robert Pringle, the chairman of Central Banking Publications, sums up this year’s gathering in Istanbul
G30 calls for smaller IMF board, surveillance revamp
Group of Thirty wants four European members off International Monetary Fund board, says all countries must agree to surveillance reports
DSK picks ex-Japanese politician to succeed Kato
International Monetary Fund managing director proposes Naoyuki Shinohara as next deputy managing director
Former Bank official to advise Treasury on stability
Alistair Clark to advise Whitehall on financial stability
FDIC’s Bair offers too big to fail answer
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chair says current wind-down mechanism should be extended to all banks
Watch out for inflows: India’s Subbarao
Reserve Bank of India’s Duvvuri Subbarao says emerging markets should think about how to respond to post-crisis hot money inflows
Raise liquidity rule for property funds – Buba
Analysis of German real-estate funds during the crisis shows that regulators should impose a higher liquidity ratio, a new paper from the Deutsche Bundesbank argues
Nomura deputy says thanks for Lehman
Nomura's UK vice chair says he is “extraordinarily grateful” for biggest bankruptcy in history, says bankers not greedy, just playing by the rules
Tucker: “no clear idea” on too-big-to-fail fix
Bank of England's Paul Tucker acknowledges lack of clarity in solving too-big-to-fail problem
Nigeria removes three more bank bosses
Phase two of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s special examination shows four more banks were in dire straits
FSA’s tough liquidity requirements spook bankers
The Financial Services Authority’s tightened liquidity rules could impede recovery, says trade group
Strauss-Kahn cagey on reform details
International Monetary Fund managing director says “much too early” to discuss details of new plans for lender-of-last-resort role
Accounting standards and capital regulation for securitisation
Bank for International Settlements looks at how regulators could alter the securitisation chain and its influence on originators’ incentives
Bankers play down moral hazard
Institute for International Finance says banks will not take advantage of too big to fail, says capital rules could hinder growth if too harsh
Traders’ inventories affect market liquidity
Philadelphia Federal Reserve investigates how holdings of mortgages will affect traders’ propensity to buy and sell further
Strauss-Kahn covets lender-of-last-resort role
Dominique Strauss-Kahn says International Monetary Fund must become a global lender of last resort to temper emerging Asia's desire to hold reserves