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Economists judge Carstens worthy successor
Carstens up to the job of heading the Bank of Mexico but concern exists over his replacement as finance minister
Denmark gets new assistant governor
Head of economics at National Bank of Denmark promoted
Carstens likely to replace Ortiz as BIS chair
Guillermo Ortiz will step down as chairman of the Bank for International Settlements’ board if he leaves the Bank of Mexico
Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson dies at 94
Paul Samuelson, a key figure in the development of economics, passes away at home in Massachusetts on Sunday
Ecuador chief and general manager quit
Upheaval at the top of the Central Bank of Ecuador sees Carlos Vallejo and Karina Sáenz depart; cabinet minister Diego Borja is named new governor
Ireland creates senior posts
Central Bank & Financial Services Authority of Ireland announces new roles as part of regulatory shift
Former Jamaican governor attacks PM
Recently resigned governor Derick Latibeaudiere says PM has shown a lack of respect
Mexican finance minister nominated to head central bank
Guillermo Ortiz set to step down after 12 years at the helm of the Bank of Mexico
Bank of Greece governor to reduce salary by a fifth
Greek governor George Provopoulos will cut his wage as a symbolic gesture against the country’s burgeoning debt problem
NY Fed communications head joins Thomson Reuters
New York Federal Reserve’s executive vice president for communications departs for information company
Ex-MPC’s Buiter to head Citi economics team
Former Bank of England policymaker and frequent bank-basher Willem Buiter named as Citigroup’s chief economist
Irish regulator’s pay “rubs salt in the wounds”
Half of Ireland’s central bank to strike over pension levy; staff treated “obscenely” as executive’s pay jumps €150,000
Brazil's new director stands for independence
New head of monetary policy at the Central Bank of Brazil favours floating rates
Fed toughens rules on directors' links with banks
Federal Reserve amends policy on regional directors’ holdings in banks following Friedman resignation
New RBI deputy appointed
Subir Gokarn begins term at the Reserve Bank of India where he will run the monetary policy, analysis, communications and statistics functions
Richmond Fed details presidential promotions
Regional Federal Reserve makes four promotions to vice presidential level or above
IMF names new secretary, director of internal audit
International Monetary Fund’s Strauss-Kahn nominates Siddharth Tiwari for director of the secretary’s department of the Fund and Russell Kincaid for director of the office of internal audit
Japan government picks academic for BoJ board
Japan’s ruling Democratic party nominates Ryuzo Miyao to the central bank’s rate-setting committee
India to get new deputy governor
Subir Gokarn to replace Rakesh Mohan as Reserve Bank of India deputy governor
Brazil rate-setter quits over controversy
Brazilian central bank’s monetary policy director resigns days after revealing rate-setters’ frustration at Lula
Canada’s Longworth set to leave
Bank of Canada’s David Longworth announces retirement two weeks after senior deputy Paul Jenkins
Lisbon considering Constancio nomination for ECB VP
Senior lawmaker says other eurozone members receptive to the idea of Portugal’s governor succeeding Papademos next year
ECB appoints new directors general
The ECB names new heads for information systems and human resources
Tuma pulls out of EU race
Zdenek Tuma commits to Czech National Bank after political parties split on nomination