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Glum findings in latest FSA report

Financial markets could be more vulnerable to external shocks in 2008, the latest risk outlook published by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the British single regulator, finds.

The FSA Handbook: a Practical Guide and Update

With the focus of markets on the regulatory response to the current crisis, the launch of this tenth guide to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) handbook, to be held in London on 6 February, is expected to be a popular event.

ECB Monthly Bulletin - January 2008

Inflation reached 3.1% in December 2007, confirming the strong upward pressure on prices in the short-term, stemming mainly from strong increases in oil and food prices in recent months.

New guide to banking and insurance supervision

Profiling over 440 agencies in more than 190 jurisdictions, the 2008 edition of How Countries Supervise their Banks, Insurers and Securities Markets, tells you how the world's financial firms are regulated and who regulates them.

Japan's hawk turns dove after building slump

Atsushi Mizuno, the only member of the Bank of Japan to consistently back a rate hike during the second half of last year, changed tack in December due to the poor performance of the construction sector, minutes from the monetary policy meeting reveal.

New SWF event to be held in London

Whether being portrayed as villains for their opacity and secrecy, or as saviours for shoring up the capital bases of some of the biggest investment banks, sovereign wealth funds have seldom been off the front page of late.

UK MPC voted 8 - 1 in favour of rate hold

David Blanchflower was the only member of the nine-strong Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee to object to the decision earlier this month to hold rates at 5.5%, opting instead for a 25 basis point cut.

Bank of Guatemala - Annual Report 2006

The Bank of Guatemala's monetary policy decisions in 2006 considered the volatility of global oil prices and the dynamism of the international economy, the annual report for that year revealed.

Fed minutes: dissenters' views

Eric Rosengren and William Poole, two presidents of regional Federal Reserve's and voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), both disagreed with aspects of the central bank's recent decisions regarding monetary policy and open market…

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