Financial Stability
Floating rate key defence, says Colombia’s Uribe
Central Bank of Colombia’s José Uribe says a flexible exchange rate proved crucial in coping with the global financial crisis
ECB’s Stark –regulation must remain on the agenda
European Central Bank’s Jürgen Stark says policymakers should remained focused on improving regulatory framework despite economic “green-shoots”
Basel outlines plans to tighten bank regulation
Central bank governors and heads of supervision agree on raft of measures to rein in banks
Turkey can do without Fund’s loans – Yilmaz
Central Bank of Turkey’s Durmus Yilmaz says improving balance of payments means it may not need IMF loans in the future
PBOC’s Su in Taiwan for bill-financing talks
Su Ning, a deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), visits Taiwan to discuss the development of bill financing markets
ECB announces exit strategy
Trichet sets out cornerstones of retreat from extraordinary policy action
US Treasury outlines banking reforms
Treasury wants standards to be as uniform as possible across jurisdictions
Cautious policies still necessary: Strauss-Kahn
International Monetary Fund head stresses economic conditions remain rocky
How the Philippines is responding to the crisis
Central Bank of the Philippines' Amando Tentangco Jr describes policy response to crunch
Payments between healthy and unhealthy banks
Bank of England research investigates how settlement banks in CHAPS, the UK's large-value payment system, deal with operational risk
Sanusi’s crackdown should be applauded
Central Bank of Nigeria governor Lamido Sanusi’s rescue of five undercapitalised Nigerian banks was the right move, argues Razia Khan, the head of research for Africa at Standard Chartered, a bank
Nigerian governor under parliamentary fire
Governor Sanusi taken to task for bank bailout
UK lends IMF SDR9.92 billion
Provision part of EU commitment made at April G20 meeting
Building a more resilient financial system
The short-term focus that dominated policy, regulation, accounting and governance prior to the crisis has to be changed, argues Jacques de Larosière
From triumph to the brink of despair
Robert Pringle looks at the last two decades, as viewed through the pages of Central Banking
Shirakawa stresses importance of co-operation
Bank of Japan's Masaaki Shirakawa emphasises unity
Recovery from recession analysed
International Monetary Fund research posits speed of recovery from recession can be influenced by stimulus
Nigeria pledge on bank failures
Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria's new central bank governor, announces new measures to prevent commercial bank failure
On the effects of FX settlement on liquidity
Research investigates impact of transactions carried out by large cross-border banks
Housing conditions holding up in West Virginia
Richmond Federal Reserve report shows market in West Virginia has largely remained stronger than those in the rest of the US
Reserve Bank of India – Annual Report 2008-2009
Reserve Bank of India’s latest Annual Report says monetary policy should look at asset bubbles and leverage
Early warning models doomed to fail
San Francisco Federal Reserve research is sceptical about the effectiveness of early warning systems in predicting the timing of crises
Malaysia’s Zeti: bond market key to keeping savings
Bank Negara Malaysia’s Zeti Akhtar Aziz says a robust Asian debt market is crucial for investments to remain region