Governance
Uncertainty clouds Italian gold tax
Silvio Berlusconi says gold levy criticised by ECB could be changed but Italian daily reports government plans to pass the tax in its current form
Fed bottom in government popularity poll
Gallup survey shows more than a fifth of Americans think that the Federal Reserve is doing a poor job as Bernanke steps up public relations efforts
State-owned British banks to get a new boss
John Kingman steps down from the helm of UK Financial Investments on news that former Bank of England director will chair body
Fed a natural for systemic-risk role: Tarullo
Federal Reserve’s Daniel Tarullo says safeguarding systemic risk is a natural expansion of the central bank’s role
US regulators stake their claim
Barack Obama’s plans give too much to the Federal Reserve say Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chiefs
CentralBanking.com’s subscribers back Bernanke
More than 70% of voters in favour of Ben Bernanke being reappointed Fed chairman in 2010
Richmond Fed hires new general counsel
Richmond Federal Reserve names Michelle Gluck as new chief legal officer
Bernanke details Fed exit strategy
Reserve balances key, but Fed chairman fears political interest in fund recipients
New York Fed appoints new executive vice president
Susan Ward Mink to head human resources department
Marcus named as new SARB head
Former deputy to take over after Tito Mboweni turns down third term
Chan named new HKMA chief
Favourite succeeds founding CEO at Hong Kong’s central bank
Frankfurt forces Rome gold backtrack
Government changes plans for a new tax on central bank gold sales
Singapore's central bank posts first ever loss
Global downturn hits MAS in year to March 2009
Nobel Laureates, GS head sign Fed independence petition
Petition signatories now include three Nobel Laureates, Lloyd Blankfein and Laurence Meyer
Italy to amend tax on gold on ECB opinion
Rome set to cut tax on gold after European Central Bank challenges levy
Korea should improve management in light of recession
Bank of Korea’s Seongtae Lee says that central bank will enhance management practices for pubic benefit
Warsaw split on use of central bank profit
Poland’s politicians divided on whether central bank profits should cover budget deficit or currency risk
Economists petition lawmakers for Fed independence
Former Federal Reserve governor Frederic Mishkin among the signatories of online petition to keep monetary policy independent
Fed’s Kohn sets out case for independence
Federal Reserve’s Donald Kohn appeals to lawmakers to maintain independent central bank
IMF research highlights regulatory governance gap
International Monetary Fund paper criticises non-bank regulators for failing to see stability as part of their mandate, finds frameworks for insurance supervision flawed
Kenya launches new, improved website
Kenyan central bank enhances web presence
Israel takes a step closer to new law
Stanley Fischer’s hard-fought campaign for a central-bank law appears to be nearing its close
Japan appoints new currency policy, regulatory chiefs
Japan’s ministry of finance makes new appointments in its July reshuffle
Bundesbank names new Berlin branch chief
Buba appoints Claus Tigges to manage office in German capital