Central Banks
Curacao and Sint Maarten governor discusses benefits of more women in labour force
Greater female participation in labour market key to meeting demographic challenges of the future, says Emsley Tromp
HKMA bulletin reveals liquidity pressures
Funding costs for banks rise amid tougher international climate as renminbi debt market expands, says HKMA Quarterly Bulletin and Half Year Financial Stability Report
Central Bank of Chile governor raises inflationary concerns
Rising oil prices and capital flows to emerging economies present a monetary policy dilemma says Rodrigo Vergara
IMF working paper suggests financial sector reform key to rebalancing Chinese economy
Reforms that lead to real interest rates rising and appreciate the real effective exchange rate would contribute to rebalancing growth in China toward private consumption, finds IMF research
Malaysia annual report predicts tougher 2012
Slower growth and challenging time for exporters forecast in annual report from Bank Negara Malaysia
National Bank of Ukraine appoints new head of payments systems
Natalia Syniavska takes on role overseeing all payments operations at the Ukrainian central bank
UK chancellor unhappy about past gold sales
George Osborne issues thinly veiled attack on Gordon Brown over gold sales a decade ago; minutes from latest BoE meeting reveal two votes for more QE
Netherlands Bank research links financial development to net foreign asset composition
Working paper concludes that as a country’s financial position improves, net foreign asset composition likely to decline
IMF paper finds macro-economy dominates behaviour of bond yield curve
Study of Czech bond market asserts that analysis of misalignments in markets can aid forecasting of future yield movements
Bernanke delivers first student lecture
Fed chairman recounts origins of central banks and stresses their importance in first lecture to US students; lecture series takes place at key time as fierce Fed critic Ron Paul runs for president
BoE chief economist highlights UK supply-side challenges
Broad and deep supply-side restructuring of UK economy required to achieve rebalancing, says Spencer Dale
Reserve Bank of Australia wary of risks from European contagion
RBA Monetary Policy Committee signals ongoing concern at contagion effect from Europe dampening Australian prospects
China and Mongolia double currency swap arrangement
Chinese and Mongolian central banks agree supplementary currency swap arrangement that doubles the amount of currency at stake under the deal
QE is ‘decisively working’ say CBP panellists
Central Banking On Air event focuses on impact of quantitative easing; panellists agree emergency monetary policy steps have been effective but question whether the Fed has ‘over-committed’ itself
Lithuanian Supervision Service gets new powers
Board of Lithuanian central bank grants Supervision Service right to exercise powers to supervise non-banking financial institutions
Bangladesh Bank governor vows to speed up reforms
Governor pledges to introduce new supervisory safeguards to strengthen banking system
IMF policy paper investigates volatility in low-income countries
International Monetary Fund paper looks into the role and potential for contingent financial instruments to aid in managing shocks in low-income countries
Increased fixed capital formations in South Africa
Latest quarterly bulletin from Sarb strikes optimistic note; chief economist at the central bank says increase in capital spending originates from both private and public sectors
Norges Bank announces operational changes
Norwegian central bank to create third core function department; new structure to come into effect at beginning of June