Opinion

Interview with SWIFT's Campos

In this recent interview with The Asian Banker, Lazaro Campos, head of the banking industry division at SWIFT says that SWIFT will become part of the domestic securities world before it picks up in payments.

Fed has yet to set target on inflation

According to this article from The New York Times, published Tuesday 30 January, as Ben Bernanke celebrates his first anniversary as Fed chairman, the US central bank is still far away from acting on his major proposal.

Europe's uneven growth challenge

According to this article on the Project Syndicate website, growth has become less evenly balanced throughout the eurozone with the resurgence in German growth.

Why Oman pulled out of the single currency

According to this article from Gulf News, published Sunday 21 January, unique economic challenges mean that recent talk that the GCC monetary union is not necessarily possible could be right.

Europe's club of nations needs a rule change

According to this article by Zdenik Tma, governor of the Czech National Bank, first published by the Financial Times on 4 January, ERM-2 rules might have been perfectly legitimate in the past, but today they are outdated and -counter-productive.

Kozlov's murder - the real story

Financing hundreds of thousands of illegal under-the-table deals requires huge sums of money. Every month, in Russia mountains of "black cash", are exchanged illegally behind the scenes. As long as this parallel system of financial settlement exists,…

Venezuela plans using reserves to nationalize

This article from Bloomberg, published Thursday 11 January, looks at the recent decision to use Venezuela's international reserves to compensate owners of the telephone, oil and power companies under President Hugo Chavez's plans to nationalize.

A reassuring Reserve

According to this article from the Financial Times, published Thursday 11 January, the Federal Reserve's decision to halt its series of interest rate rises in June last year now looks to have been correct.

Balcerowicz exits NBP, legacy at risk

According to this article from Bloomberg, published Wednesday 10 January, as Leszek Balcerowicz steps down as governor of the National Bank of Poland at midnight Wednesday, government attempts to reduce its independence may tarnish his legacy.

China can do better than swap dollars for oil

This article published by Bloomberg on Tuesday 9 January asks why China couldn't earn more by shifting some of its reserves to high-yield investments instead of keeping all its money invested in hard- currency debt issued by foreign governments.

Inflation targeting fails in first yr in Turkey

According to this article published by the Turkish Daily News on Saturday 6 January, Turkey's long-awaited "inflation targeting" has failed in its first year, and there is a big chance it will be unsuccessful in 2007.

WAMZ members commit to single currency

According to this article from This Day, published Tuesday 2 January, West African Monetary Zone member countries have expressed commitment to move forwards to a single monetary zone by 2009.

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