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Former Ukraine bank governor under investigation

An investigation into the alleged misuse of funds by the former first deputy chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine, Volodymyr Bondar, is under way, Ukrainian television's Third Programme reported.

Hungary cenbank council may become dysfunctional

The supervisory board of the National Bank of Hungary is concerned that the central bank council may become unable to function and make decisions after 20 February 2001, according to the daily Vilaggazdasag.

Czech govt recognises Tuma as c.bank head-for now

The Czech government agreed on Monday to recognise last week's appointment of Zdenek Tuma as the country's central bank governor for the time being, easing tensions over the naming by President Vaclav Havel last week.

Lawyers dispute over PM's decision on new CNB head

The possibility that the appointment of the new Cezch central bank governor must be blessed by the prime minister has given rise to disputes among experts, who are not able to reach agreement on whether the counter-signature of a cabinet member is…

Fed helps Bank with rate study

The Bank of England, the UK central bank, has commissioned an investigation by a senior official of the US Federal Reserve to assess the way it sets interest rates, says an article in today's Financial Times.

Ukraine c.bank sees hryvnia steady near-term

Ukraine's fragile hryvnia currency is likely to remain steady in the next two months, backed by stronger demand ahead of the year-end, Serhiy Yaremenko, the head of the central bank currency regulation department, said on Thursday.

ECB leaves all key interest rates unchanged

The European Central Bank kept all of its three key short-term interest rates unchanged Thursday.The decision was expected by the market, as past rate hikes - already six this year - have yet to feed through into the real economy, and the ECB will want…

Oil, minimum wage hike led to Brazilian rate hold

Despite a slowdown in inflation in recent months, concerns about the impact of a hike in the minimum salary and volatile oil prices led Brazil's central bank to keep its key interbank interest rate steady, according to minutes of last week's monetary…

Peru's central bank governor asked to stay on

Peru's new president Valetin Paniagua has said that the president of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru and the directors of the central bank, who had offered their resignations with the change in government, would stay in their posts.

Lithuanian central bank reprimands Vilniaus Bank

Lithuania's central bank said on Thursday it was reprimanding Vilniaus Bank for failing to meet its prudential requirement but was taking no punitive action because the country's largest financial institution had remedied the situation.

Polish opp party wants cbank head with no politics

The Polish opposition party, Democratic Left Alliance, will ask the president to choose the central bank head from among three candidates - Dariusz Filar, Jerzy Stopyra and Andrzej Slawinski.

Indonesia pledges to restore confidence in cbank

The Indonesian government will hammer out a plan to restore public confidence to the country's central bank, Bank Indonesia, by making some improvements and reshuffle in the bank in a bid to boost the performance of the monetary institution, a senior…

Indonesia c.bank sees firmer rupiah early in 2001

Indonesia's central bank on Thursday said it was confident the rupiah would strengthen to 8,000-8,500 against the dollar by early next year, but added the bank would continue to prop up the currency if necessary.

Next Bank of Canada boss expected to be named soon

The next Bank of Canada boss is expected to be named soon to replace Gordon Thiessen. Senior deputy governor Malcolm Knight and deputy health minister David Dodge are seen vying for post.

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