Central Banks
Corporate debt supports macro liquidity
Bank of Canada looks at corporations’ debt-issuance strategies
Sri Lanka’s Cabraal: bond market deepening in focus
Ajith Cabraal, the governor of the Sri Lankan central bank, outlines the 2010 roadmap for the country’s capital markets
Canada's Wolf on housing sector
David Wolf, an adviser at the Bank of Canada, says housing is disproportionately important in the country
Redrado reinstated
Argentine central bank governor is back at work after a federal judge rules presidential decree unconstitutional
Fed appeals to withhold bailout names
Federal Reserve goes to a US appeals court to overturn ruling forcing it to reveal the institutions rescued to the tune of $2 trillion at the height of the financial crisis
Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin (December 2009)
The December installment of the RBA's monthly bulletin contains articles on regulation and domestic economic developments
Systemic risk ebbing away: ECB's Papademos
ECB vice-president says financial system support measures have worked
Inflation costs: Philadephia Fed working paper
Philadelphia Fed paper examines cost of inflation in a DSGE model
Argentine president fires Redrado
Governor dismissed by presidential decree on Thursday evening following his refusal to hand over reserves
HKMA deputy Choi on priorities for 2010
Deputy head of HK central bank discusses priorities, including preparations for an exit
Optimal monetary policy with some pricing power
Boston Fed paper looks at optimal policy in an environment where firms can set some prices
Fed should hike to 3.5% soon: FOMC’s Hoenig
Thomas Hoenig, president of the Kansas Fed, says the central bank cannot afford to wait for recovery to firm before tightening
Philadelphia Fed Business Review
Review features articles on monetary policy implementation, banking design and the best way for central banks to transmit information
Denmark lops off 5 basis points to contain krone
National Bank of Denmark cuts its key rate to 1.15%, as the latest in a series of reductions since last August to halt krone appreciation
Korea holds amid concern over government influence
Bank of Korea leaves the cost of borrowing at 2% for 11th straight month; concern that presence of a minister at meetings will curtail independence
Post-crisis bank behaviour: lessons from South America
International Monetary Fund paper uses data from banks in Mercosur trading bloc to investigate longer-term impact of turmoil on industry
FOMC minutes flag inflation uncertainty
Minutes for December meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee underline divergence of views over price pressures
Bank of Finland Bulletin (December 2009)
The Finnish central bank acknowledges the weakness of the economic recovery and explains why the domestic economy has been particularly affected by the crisis
A century of financial crises in New Zealand
Recent analysis from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand suggests that improvements in policy will reduce the risk of a currency crisis going forward