Central Banks
Oberthur given takeover deadline as De La Rue spat intensifies
French banknote printer told to “put up or shut up” by 7 February; ruling comes on the heels of efforts to force De La Rue to clarify relationship with RBI, failed November takeover bid
High inflation stirs banknote shortage in Argentina: reports
Inflationary pressures in Argentina create shortage of high-denomination banknotes forcing long queues at cash machines
Spain’s monetary policy could not have prevented housing bust: IMF
Fund study says retaining the peseta would not have necessary prevented the housing collapse in Spain over the last decade
Trichet proposes macroeconomic scoreboard system
European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet outlines ideas for a new macroeconomic framework for euro area
BIS appoints Chile’s De Gregorio to chair regional consultation group
Central Bank of Chile governor De Gregorio succeeds former Central Bank of Brazil governor Henrique Meirelles as head of Bank for International Settlements Consultation Council for the Americas
Shirakawa elected vice-chair of BIS board
Bank of Japan governor Masaaki Shirakawa picked to succeed Hans Tietmeyer as vice-chair of Bank for International Settlements’ board of directors
Shekel gains leave Bank of Israel cautious over rate hike
Bank of Israel minutes show members of the central bank’s narrow forum feared interest rate hikes would lead to further gains in the shekel
It's the forest stupid
Dodd Frank fails to deal with systemic risk, former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation William Issac argues
What Basel III means to us
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published the final text of Basel III on December 16, which introduces new minimum capital requirements, two liquidity ratios, a charge for credit value adjustment and a leverage ratio, among other things. Risk…
Government delay holds up launch of Bank of Israel’s new rate-setting body
Bank of Israel awaits government’s selection of three external members to new Monetary Committee seven months after passage of law for new interest rate-setting measures
QE2 will create jobs, Yellen tells critics
Federal Reserve vice-chair Janet Yellen says further quantitative easing will address weak labour demand and generate roughly 700,000 jobs
Sudan bans some imports as forex shortage looms
Bank of Sudan bans imports of luxury items, goods with local substitutes, to conserve foreign currency; currency wobbles on secession, oil fears
Stability objective should drive financial policy, says BoE’s Bailey
Bank's Bailey says stability goal must not be swayed by “murky compromises with other objectives”
PBoC’s Yi promotes Chinese-EU financial co-operation
People’s Bank of China deputy governor Yi Gang promotes benefits of financial co-operation between China and the European Union
NY Fed: US consumers ease debt burdens
New York Federal Reserve study measures scope of consumer indebtedness and impact of credit issuance
Inflation in emerging markets driven by exchange rates: IMF study
Fund study shows emerging market countries exhibit strong exchange rate monetary policy channels compared to more conventional channels
Beijing must turn away from dollar, says PBoC official: reports
Senior People’s Bank of China official says Beijing must shake off dollar reliance in opinion column
Fed’s full employment mandate in the crosshair
US congressman Paul Ryan takes aim at Federal Reserve’s dual mandate, will put forth bill calling for full employment aim to be abandoned
IMF in bid to strengthen governance of cross-border capital flows
IMF executive directors support greater Fund role in surveillance of cross-border capital flows and creation of rules for capital account policies
Renminbi liberalisation, price stability priorities: PBoC
People’s Bank of China says currency internationalisation, price stability top priorities for 2011, following annual meeting
Icelandic central bank, regulator ink deal to collaborate
Central Bank of Iceland and Financial Supervisory Authority sign landmark agreement to work together on oversight in areas including systemic risk