Governance
“What would Allan say?”
Central Banking Publications founder Robert Pringle finds pearls of wisdom in his email correspondence with the late Allan Meltzer
Where have all the women gone?
The number of women working at central banks has increased substantially, but a glass ceiling appears to remain for those reaching for senior management positions
People: IMF official appointed Bank of Ghana deputy; new communications chief for BoE
Former IMF official appointed first deputy at Bank of Ghana; BoE forecasting chief moves into new communications role; and more
Book notes: The Spider Network, by David Enrich
A thrilling exploration of how currency trader Tom Hayes and confederates managed to corrupt the UK banking system in what has become one of the largest financial scandals in history
BoE to appoint ‘conflicts officer’ following review
Compliance review revealed there was a lack of understanding around reporting conflicts of interest; under new framework senior officials will have to report annually
Keith Arnold, Belize's longest-serving governor, dies
Arnold, who served as central bank governor for 10 years in the 1990s, dies at 72; he held three major financial offices
The changing composition of central bank balance sheets
Quantitative easing may have been necessary, but it has created worrying distortions and has probably discouraged structural change, while deflecting attention away from ever-greater levels of debt leverage
Michael Wong Pakshong, 1931–2017
MAS’s first managing director led the institution from a turbulent foundation amid the collapse of Bretton Woods through a challenging period of monetary reform
Australia risks shortage of economists, warns RBA’s Dwyer
Students are tending to choose business studies over economics, says the RBA’s head of information; central bank is trying to reverse the trend
BoE workers walk out over continuing pay dispute
Workers launch first of three days of strike action amid complaint over fairness of pay awards, with possibility of further escalation
People: RBI deputy retires; Paraguay elects new board member
RBI reshuffles responsibilities as deputy retires; Paraguay elects new board member; FCA launches new role in Scotland
PNG governor stands firm on independence from government
Bakani hits back at claims institution has become a “puppet”, noting his appointment was confirmed after “rigorous scrutiny”
Quarles defends past views amid Senate grilling
Trump’s pick for Fed regulation chief says hindsight is a wonderful thing, as he defends actions around crisis; Quarles says the Fed can improve regulatory transparency
Philip Turner urges RBNZ to focus analysis on ‘new normal’
Former BIS official gives positive review of RBNZ’s monetary policymaking process, but recommends the central bank focus its efforts on understanding changing economic structure
People: IMF appoints new strategy head; ECB promotes directors
IMF promotes Lagarde’s chief of staff; Finland appoints research director
People: French deputy takes on stock market oversight; Myanmar set for change
French deputy made chairman of stock market regulator; new board and three deputies appointed at Myanmar central bank; Svein Andresen to depart the FSB
Bank of England appoints new COO and deputy governor
Central bank announces replacement for Charlotte Hogg following her resignation in March; new deputy also set to take over from Minouche Shafik
Trump says Yellen still in the running for renewed term
US president says he would consider reappointing Janet Yellen, although Gary Cohn and “two or three others” are in contention
People: Philippines appoints new deputy, Central Bank of Ireland promotes regulators
Philippines central bank appoints new deputy to replace Espenilla, Central Bank of Ireland makes senior appointments in regulation departments following reshuffle, and more