Opinion
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: A qualified case for Scottish independence
If the Scots vote for independence they will run many risks including a perilous path to create a Scottish currency; but they have the human resources to make a go of it
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: Haldane plus Rajan = New model central bank?
Robert Pringle offers an alternative to Bank of England chief economist Andrew Haldane’s scenarios for the next 25 years of central banking
New frontiers for central banking
Central banks are embracing macro-prudential policies with the same gusto as they did inflation targeting and independence in the 1990s. But they are in danger of over-relying on such approaches
Opinion: Sepa opens borders for European money
ECB’s director-general of market infrastructure and payments reflects on the successful creation of the single euro payments area, its beneficial impacts and the payment cards challenge to come
Opinion: Carney’s dismissal of using monetary policy to resist rising asset prices is 'vacuous'
It is vital that politically independent central banks should work within a political vacuum, rather than adjusting their monetary policy reasoning to avoid subsequent political controversy
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Start policy normalisation now!
Policy changes are needed to reduce the chances of another recession
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Coping with capital flows
All nations face major challenges dealing with capital flows. In the absence of systemic reform to monetary and exchange rate systems, central banks will need to patch and mend where they can
Opinion: The ECB is in danger of losing its voice
Mario Draghi's primary monetary policy tool - communication - may no longer be enough, says Patrick Artus of Natixis
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: A pride of central banks
Much current criticism of central bankers misses the point, but there is no room for complacency
Sanusi: untainted by oil
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s aggressive reform agenda and efforts to defy powerful vested interests in Nigeria have secured a positive legacy despite bringing politics to the central bank.
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: Time for central banks to play politics
Central bankers need to use the breathing space created by their extraordinary policies to lobby for deeper reform
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Storm signals over world money
Leading financial statesmen deplore governments’ neglect of the international monetary system
An alternative vision of the Old Lady
The Bank of England needs a structure that ensures the preeminence of professional central bankers rather than theoretical economists
Cold comfort for Icesave guarantors
Putative Icelandic government demands on the Landsbanki insolvency estate likely behind UK and Dutch lawsuits
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: The eurozone’s unfinished business
Economic adjustment and financial sector reform must go hand in hand – with the ECB due to play a central role
‘Yellenomics’ – the second coming of Keynes at the Fed
Janet Yellen's confirmation is an historic shift toward a more activist Fed, a reinstatement of Keynesian economics and expanded government in general, writes Thomas Cargill
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Janet Yellen - that honeymoon feeling
Comparing what the new Fed chief should do with what is likely
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: Towards a Central Bank of Scotland
As in the 1930s, the global financial crisis is causing geo-political fallout, including increased latent tensions in Britain’s constitutional arrangements and international alliances
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: Carney makes his mark at the Bank of England
Mark Carney has achieved much more than meets the eye in his first five months as governor of the Bank of England
Central bankers face tough monetary policy dilemmas
Central bankers around the world need to rethink their approaches to monetary policy
Developing countries focused on financial inclusion are reshaping central banking
Efforts in developing and emerging economies to promote financial inclusion for the world’s 2.5 billion unbanked population offer lessons to their developed world peers
A new and explicit policy on liquidity provision
The Bank of England's new rules on liquidity provision reflect much closer regulation of banks' liquidity policies and a desire to avoid the mistakes of the crisis
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: ECB needs to play ‘chicken’ to force reform of Europe’s banks
The ECB won a game of brinkmanship with governments to secure the establishment of the bail-out fund. It needs to use the same tactic with three clear elements to force through bank reform
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Looking for a game-changer for the financial system
The world may need to look to central bank governors in countries such as China and India to champion reform of the global monetary architecture