Financial Stability
SARB - Financial Stability Report, September 2007
The South African Reserve Bank published the latest edition of its Financial Stability Report in September.
Bollard confounds his critics
Mansoor Mohi-uddin suggests the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s controversial intervention in the foreign exchange market earlier this year has paid off
Risky business
Avinash Persaud argues that the crisis was largely caused by the risk-transfer models championed by the investment banks, credit rating agencies and regulators
Information crunch: a 21st century crisis
Central banks have in general conducted themselves well in the current crisis, but should have acted earlier. Now they have to help overcome the prevailing “information crunch”, says Marco Annunziata
Prospects for an inflation-targeting Fed
John H. Wood argues that legislative hurdles make a move to inflation targeting by the Fed unlikely. But, he says, the issue is a red herring
The emerging Bernanke Fed
Central bankers earn their keep in times of crisis, and the recent credit turmoil has revealed much about how the emerging Bernanke Fed operates when it matters most, argues assistant editor Malan Rietveld
Clipping central bankers’ wings
Willem Buiter argues that central banks should “stick to their knitting” and become minimalist monetary authorities
Japan’s normalisation strategy in jeopardy
Hisashi Harui suggests that the Bank of Japan is still unable to get its message across clearly to the markets
The numbers game
New legislation will have a profound impact on the compilation of official statistics in Britain. Jill Leyland considers the possible impact on the Bank of England
Hong Kong and Malaysia look to reduce risk
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Bank Negara Malaysia looked to eliminate the settlement risk of US dollar bonds issued and traded in Malaysia with the launch of a payment link on Monday.
Chile's Corbo highlights main risks
Three phenomena threaten economic stability in Chile, according to Vittorio Corbo, the governor of the central bank.
Indonesia still vulnerable to shock
Indonesia's current economic conditions mirror those that sparked the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis and the central bank is working to protect the country from the impact of a potentially similar scenario, Budi Mulya, a director at Bank Indonesia,…
Crisis not yet over - Switzerland's Hildebrand
The subprime crisis that triggered the credit market turbulence is undoubtedly not yet over and further global financial market turbulence is likely to slow down the Swiss economy, said vice-president of the Swiss National Bank Philipp Hildebrand in a…
UK funds unlikely to have helped in crisis
Alistair Darling, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, implied on Thursday that injecting funds into the money markets would have done little to lessen the impact of the subprime crisis in the UK.
New shocks may emerge, Old Lady warns
Holders of stock, commercial real estate and the US dollar could be the next victims of the banking crisis, the Bank of England predicted in the latest edition of its financial stability report.
UK business view used to judge economic impact
Kate Barker, a member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, will use business surveys and housing market indicators to judge whether the downside risks to the UK's inflation outlook have increased.
Scale of subprime unknowable until 2008: Weber
Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank, said on Tuesday that the extent of the subprime crisis will remain unknown until at least the end of 2007.
Gono set to put shopping "anarchy" right
Gideon Gono, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, said that the central bank would soon correct the "anarchy" that erupted after the government ordered retailers to cut prices in June.
Bank of England reports on the crisis
The Bank of England has acknowledged that the recent banking crisis has revealed that the UK's financial authorities need to strengthen their crisis management arrangements.