Central Banking

Interest rate decisions due

EUROPE - The European Central Bank and the Bank of England will both, separately, make their latest interest rate decisions tomorrow, 5 July. Neither is expected to cut rates further.

Korea's smaller chaebol could own banks

SOUTH KOREA - South Korea may take the controversial step of turning to smaller conglomerates to sell off nationalised banks, the head of Seoul's top state-run thinktank suggested in a Reuters interview today, 3 June.

Three regulators criticise new SEC rules

US - Three major U.S. banking regulators issued a scathing criticism on 2 July of the Securities and Exchange Commission's interim final rules on when banks can be exempt from standard dealer and broker requirements.

Fed settles with ex-Bankers Trust exec

US - The U.S. Federal Reserve said yesterday, 2 July, it had settled charges brought against a former Bankers Trust executive in connection with accounting violations at the bank during the mid-1990s.

The IMF under pressure

SPECIAL REPORT - This week's special report looks at the future of the international financial institutions, in particular, the International Monetary Fund. This is a critical time for the IMF as it battles with the new administration in the US while at…

The inside story of the Fed

BOOK - A new book on the Federal Reserve System looks at what it does and doesn't do, what it must do, how it works, and how it hasn't changed. It is written by Martin Mayer.

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