Central Banks
Nobel Prizewinner not right for Fed: key Republican senator
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Richard Shelby sets out reasons underpinning party’s repeated rejection of Nobel Prizewinner Peter Diamond for Fed board seat
Bank of England - Payment Systems Oversight Report (March 2011)
Bank of England’s March 2011 Payment Systems Oversight Report says further steps could be taken to reduce risks in UK payment systems
Malaysia’s Kadir on enhancing sharia governance
Bank Negara Malaysia deputy governor Mohd Razif bin Abd Kadir says stronger governance framework will provide greater scope for sharia products
Underlying inflation, unemployment should ground mandate: Riksbank’s Svensson
Riksbank deputy governor Lars Svensson calls for refined monetary policy framework focusing on underlying, rather than headline, inflation and unemployment over resource utilisation
EBA’s stress test scenarios revealed: reports
Leaked documents set out scenarios for new round of European bank stress tests
Fed’s Lockhart recommends renewed focus on monetary, credit aggregates
Atlanta Fed president also advocates Taylor-type rule to manage exit
Firms’ choice in price-reviewing strategies explained: ECB paper
European Central Bank working paper analyses why and how firms pick their price-reviewing strategies
Korea’s Kim outlines obstacles to financial surveillance
Bank of Korea governor Kim Choong-soo articulates difficulties in financial sector surveillance, global policy coordination
Zambia’s Fundanga on banking sector
Bank of Zambia governor Caleb Fundanga says giving central bank licensing authority was key
Fund’s DSK on meshing monetary and regulatory tools
Policymakers are looking to academia to help see how macroprudential policy might affect central banks’ independence, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn says
Buba posts €2.2 billion profit
Bundesbank says increased risk provisioning responsible in part for dip from 2009 figures
Tokyo nominates ex-IMF economist to BoJ policy board
Japanese government puts forth academic and ex-IMF economist Sayuri Shirai for Bank of Japan policy board, according to wire reports
Sudan’s Hassan quits
Bank of Sudan governor Sabir Mohamed Hassan steps down from helm of central bank after taking decision not to pursue fourth term in office
RBI launches investigation into shadow banks
Reserve Bank of India says non-banks have now become systemically important
BoJ’s Nishimura stresses importance of multiple approach to monetary system
Bank of Japan deputy governor Kiyohiko Nishimura says financial crisis showed one-size-fits-all approach to international monetary system failed
BIS’s Caruana makes distinction in measurement of capital inflows
Bank for International Settlements general manager Jaime Caruana emphases focus on gross rather than net flows to measure capital inflows
Subprime market victim of housing bubble: Philly Fed paper
Philadelphia Federal Reserve study says bubble conditions in the housing market spurred subprime lending
Goldman economist to replace Sentance on Bank’s MPC
Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne names Goldman Sachs’ Ben Broadbent as new member of Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee
Hungary names two external members to MPC
Hungarian parliament nominates two economists as external members to National Bank of Hungary rate-setting committee
Moody’s lowers Greece's credit rating
Greece's credit rating moved from B1 to Ba1 while spreads rise across eurozone periphery
ECB rejects temporary price pressures argument; signals tightening
European Central Bank’s hawkish Thursday announcement shows a different interpretation of commodity price pressures, second-round effects, to Bank of England and Fed