International Monetary Fund (IMF)
IMF: Sub-Saharan banks are cost efficient
Fund study on Sub-Saharan Africa finds banks in the region are cost efficient, but can do better if regulation is improved
Eurozone seals deal on bailout fund
European finance ministers come to agreement on bond guarantee facility to support continent's crisis-hit countries; bond markets reassured by move
G20 ditches controversial global bank tax
Finance ministers splinter on international banking levy, complicating individual countries’ promises to adopt a tax; group unites in call for Basel III to be completed by year-end
Financial Stability Review – ECB
European Central Bank says bond purchase programme cut tail and contagion risk but eurozone governments have a sizable task ahead of them
Mix of bad luck and policy fuelled credit boom in Eastern Europe
IMF research finds both bad luck and poor policymaking led to credit boom in new EU member states
IMF: Capital, not liquidity, limited post-crisis lending
Fund paper on bank lending finds that capital rather liquidity constraints froze lending following the 2007 sub-prime mortgage crisis
IMF: higher capital costs could suffocate growth in Aus, NZ
Fund study into post-crisis growth levels in Australia and New Zealand says biggest threat is higher capital costs
Markets support Poland’s central bank nominee amid opposition murmurs
Stock market gains as analysts welcome the nomination of former prime minister Marek Belka to head the central bank; confirmation expected despite grumblings from opposition politicians
Angolan central bank loses monetary policy mandate
Parliament votes to change law so central bank can “merely participate” in monetary and exchange rate policy; government will have responsibility while central bank assists in implementation
ECB’s Bini Smaghi: Greece cannot default
ECB’s Lorenzo Bini Smaghi says an orderly default is simply not an option to solving Greece’s fiscal burden
China denies reviewing eurozone bond holdings
State Administration of Foreign Exchange dismisses reports that it is appraising euro asset holdings; follows surge in T-bill purchases last week
Richmond Fed's Lacker: poor incentives created financial crisis
Richmond Federal Reserve president Jeffrey Lacker says 'too big to fail' no reason to save creditors
IMF flags concern over Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s governance
IMF cites severe governance failings as Zimbabwe’s central bank maintains Gideon Gono as chair of its new governing board.
Interview: Howard Davies
The founding chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority discusses Britain’s new regulatory architecture, weaknesses in the European Central Bank’s voting arrangements, and how inflation targets need to change
ECB buys another €10 billion in government debt
Analysts split on whether second round of purchases with German ban on naked short spooks European markets
ECB's Trichet: ESRB will deliver macroprudential oversight
European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet outlines role of European Systemic Risk Board in supervisory framework
Eurozone crisis weighs on Swiss exit plans: SNB's Jordan
Swiss National Bank deputy head Thomas Jordan says normalisation of monetary policy hampered by eurozone debt crisis
IMF’s Lipsky: IMF should be at core of global financial safety net
IMF first deputy director John Lipsky says Fund is best placed to introduce global safety net
Iceland seals deal to buy back Luxembourg-based króna bonds
Icelandic central bank agrees to buy nearly all outstanding bonds pledged by Landsbanki's Luxembourg subsidiary to secure funds from Luxembourg central bank
Bini Smaghi defends ECB policy to dump rating agencies
ECB board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi attacks rating agencies for role in Greek debt crisis
Deficits set to stay sky-high despite growth revival, warns Fund
IMF says deficits worldwide will fall by less than expected in 2010, in spite of improved growth prospects; developed economies worst offenders
Economic cycles in Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan
New IMF paper analyses recessions and recoveries in Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan
Iceland firmly under IMF cover: Sighvatsson
Central Bank of Iceland deputy governor Arnór Sighvatsson warns against premature exit from IMF support
IMF: fiscal prudence pays in emerging markets
IMF study shows that an improving fiscal position improves sovereign debt grading and reduces financing costs in emerging-market economies.