Italy
Sex and education affect inflation perceptions
Inflation perceptions are significantly related to consumers' socio-demographic characteristics, research published by the Bank of Italy finds.
Real economic impact of housing market explored
The Bank of Italy has published research looking at the US housing sector's impact on the real economy.
Liquidity pressures could return, says FSF report
Money-market tensions could yet re-emerge, a group of leading central bankers and policymakers warned on Monday.
Cyprus and Malta join gold agreement
Cyprus and Malta, the two newest members of the eurozone, have signed up to the Central Bank Gold Agreement, which limits the amount of gold cooperating institutions can sell.
Tax rules hamper Italian investment funds
Tax treatment severely handicaps Italian investment funds with respect to their foreign competitors, said Mario Draghi, the governor of the Bank of Italy.
Decision supports ECB on counterfeit check
The European Central Bank (ECB) won backing from a French court on Wednesday for the right to use a method to detect fake notes.
Bank loans an offer Italy's criminals can refuse
Italy's underground economy does hold back financial deepening, research published by the Bank of Italy finds.
Padoa-Schioppa urges haste on EU supervision
Europe must act decisively to enhance its supervisory structures, said Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italy's economy and finance minister, on Tuesday.
Eurozone growth stat charts biggest fall this year
A measure of the economic outlook in the euro area indicated on Thursday that growth in the region slowed sharply in November.
Globalisation gives greater role to communication
The globalisation of financial markets has made central bank communication more important than ever, says Mario Draghi, the governor of the Bank of Italy.
Italy's Visco pushes for global cooperation
Global cooperation and coordination are the only ways to deal with systemic events that have the potential to wreck the global financial system, says Ignazio Visco, the chief economist at the Bank of Italy.
Central banks criticised for communication failure
The world's most powerful central banks were inconsistent in their communication and lacked coordination during the summer's market turmoil, Richard Portes, one of the authors of an influential report on international financial stability, said on Monday.
Italian consumption must recover, says Draghi
Stronger consumer spending is needed for the Italian economy to grow and to stabilise, according to Mario Draghi, the governor of the Bank of Italy.
Better tax rules would aid Italian growth: Draghi
Less tax for labour and firms would boost the potential growth rate of the economy, Mario Draghi, the governor of the Bank of Italy, told an audience in Rome.
EMU leads to bond-market convergence
Economic and monetary union in Europe has led to substantial convergence in euro-area sovereign bond markets, according to research published by the San Francisco Federal Reserve.
Wellink calls for speedy ABN break-up
Nout Wellink, the governor of the Netherlands Bank, has urged the three banks who have taken over ABN AMRO to quickly implement their plans to break it up.
Impact of deepening is complex: Italy's Visco
Financial deepening has affected the speed and strength of the monetary policy transmission mechanism, according to Ignazio Visco, a deputy director at the Bank of Italy.
Can rainy-day funds make a difference in Europe?
The Bank of Italy has published a paper looking at whether rainy-day funds, which US states (who usually have to balance their budgets) use to limit procyclical fiscal policies, have a role to play in European fiscal policy.
Sales remain within Gold Agreement Limit
Gold sales by the 16 signatories to the Central Bank Gold Agreement between 27 September 2006 and 26 September 2007 amounted to 475.75 tonnes, 24.25 tonnes shy of the 500 limit, the Bank for International Settlements said on Wednesday.
Padoa-Schioppa to chair IMFS
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italy's economy and finance minister, is to head the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC).
Target2: ready to go
Five years in the making, Europe's new large-value payments system, known as Target2, is ready to go live on 19 November.
No job losses under Bank of Italy branch closure
The Bank of Italy has reassured its employees that it will be making no redundancies, despite closing more than a third of its branches.
Regulators to cooperate on rules to combat crisis
Financial regulators from the world's leading economies are set to draft recommendations to avert global instability in response to the recent market turmoil.
Germany is the ECB's biggest fan
Out of the five major Eurozone economies, it is Germany, the largest, that is most confident that the European Central Bank (ECB) fulfils its primary roles of managing inflation and encouraging growth.