Balance sheet
Swiss National Bank - Annual Report 2008
The Swiss National Bank's balance sheet substantially lengthened in 2008, notes the central bank's latest Annual Report.
A new monetary policy for the Fed
Jane D'Arista, an economist, has proposed a new countercyclical method of monetary control to enhance the Federal Reserve's ability to respond to credit contractions and expansions, in a new paper published by the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Recovery a long way off: Wellink
Despite strong interventions, recovery of the banking system seems a long way off, said Nout Wellink, the president of the Netherlands Bank and chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Cut out the toxic assets: Fed's Rosengren
Banks' toxic assets urgently need to taken off their balance sheets, Eric Rosengren, the president of the Boston Federal Reserve, has said.
Fed site looks to clarify balance-sheet growth
The Federal Reserve has launched a new section of its website to explain why its balance sheet has doubled since the beginning of the crisis.
What payments experts have learned
Payments experts have learned a lot about liquidity risk and lender of last resort from the crisis, explained Daniel Heller, the new head of the influential CPSS Secretariat in Basel.
Fed still has weapons - Yellen
Janet Yellen, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, says the Fed still has weapons left in its arsenal to address a "severely depressed" economy.
Strauss-Kahn: Fund needs more resources
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) needs more resources to address current global challenges, said Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the Fund.
Monetary policy should consider intermediaries
The size of the balance sheets of market-based financial intermediaries are important macroeconomic state variables for monetary policy, finds a paper published by the New York Federal Reserve.
Hard-to-value assets halt investment - Fed's Kohn
The large quantity of hard-to-value assets remaining on financial institutions' balance sheets is acting as a barrier to private investment, said Donald Kohn, the vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Recovery to begin in 2009 - Philadelphia's Plosser
President of the Philadelphia Fed Charles Plosser sees the economy starting to slowly recover in the second half of 2009.
Lacker pans Fed for risky "fiscal" action
A regional Federal Reserve president has warned that the recent expansion of the Fed's balance sheet is fraught with risks.
Bank of Canada - Financial System Review Dec '08
The latest Financial System Review from the Bank of Canada focuses on five key sources of risk to the strength and stability of the Canadian financial system.
Stay vigilant, SARB warns markets
Financial system authorities and participants must stay vigilant, and enhance efforts to improve resilience and contingency measures, states the latest Financial Stability Review from the South African Reserve Bank.
Canada's Murray on domestic credit markets
Strains in Canadian credit markets have been considerably less intense than those seen in the United States and elsewhere, said John Murray, a deputy governor of the Bank of Canada.
The Fed's balance sheet and the US Treasury
The announcement on Wednesday that the United States Treasury is issuing debt - at the request of the Federal Reserve - to replenish the central bank's balance sheet, has raised questions about the health of the Fed's balance sheet. Here are some…
Fed details banks' balance sheet developments
The Federal Reserve has published an account of the profits of and balance-sheet developments at US commercial banks in 2007.
Why do central banks make losses?
Financial losses can be very damaging to the reputation and independence of a central bank. Franziska Schobert examines why losses occur.
Using financial statements proactively
Kenneth Sullivan identifies practical steps central banks can take to resolve problems with existing accounting frameworks and improve financial accountability
Managing with negative capital
How does the Czech National Bank deal with the negative capital on its balance sheet? Jan Frait explains.
How central banks manage their finance
Robert Sleeper analyses the growing risks on central banks’ balance sheets, and asks: should they hold more capital?
Balance sheet approach to financial crisis
A IMF note summarises the main conclusions from the working paper "A Balance Sheet Approach to Financial Crisis". It describes the conceptual framework of the balance sheet approach and how it has been reflected in the Fund's work.
Bernanke on balance sheets and the recovery
SPEECH - In the speech 'Balance Sheets and the Recovery' Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve assessed whether there exist financial constraints that might impede the developing recovery in the U.S. economy. His sense, he said, is that the household and…
Taiwan acts on banking reform
Taiwan's finance ministry is encouraging banks to clean up their balance sheets by offering streamlined product approval for those with non-performing loan (NPL) ratios of below 5 per cent.