Risk
Wanted: paranoid and unpopular central bankers
Panel says central bankers must look for risk everywhere and be prepared to implement unpopular policies to prevent the next crisis
Macro still has a lot to offer: Chile’s De Gregorio
Macro models must be refined to incorporate what we now know to reduce the risk of future crises, says governor of Central Bank of Chile
Chile’s De Gregorio on reform
Central Bank of Chile’s Jose De Gregorio says financial reforms should target incentives of financial intermediaries’ management
Bank of Canada - Summer Review
Bank of Canada publishes the latest issue of its economic review
India’s Mohan: regulation to tackle procyclicality of banks funding
Reserve Bank of India deputy governor, Rakesh Mohan, says reliance on short-term wholesale market funding increased the sensitivity of banks' balance sheets and cost of funds
Counterparty risk still large
International Monetary Fund assesses counterparty risk in the United States stemming from exposures to over-the-counter derivatives payables
Bank risk affects monetary policy channels
European Central Bank says bank risk plays an important role in determining banks’ loan supply and in sheltering it from the effects of monetary policy changes
Kenya to step up supervision: Ndung’u
Central Bank of Kenya’s Njuguna Ndung’u on strengheting supervisory tools
Germany's Weber calls for strong ESRB presence
Central banks should have a strong presence in the executive committee of the proposed European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), said Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank.
Central banks right for stability role
One regulatory organisation in each country should be responsible for overseeing the stability of the overall financial system and that organisation should be the central bank, new research argues.
EU central bankers to pick stability board head
The head of the European Central Bank (ECB) will no longer automatically become the head of the proposed European Systemic Risk Board following objections from the United Kingdom, and several central and eastern European countries.
Ireland's Hurley covets stability role
John Hurley, the governor of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland, said that he would strongly support full integration and coordination within the Irish central bank of responsibilities for both financial stability and micro…
Bank paper unveils new systemic-risk model
A paper published by the Bank of England on Monday has revealed a systemic-risk monitor that accounts for the relationship between liquidity risk and financial stability.
Risk deficiencies common to all
The financial crisis and ensuing recession have revealed deficiencies in risk management in both systemically-important financial firms and community banks, Daniel Tarullo, a governor at the Federal Reserve, has said.
Chaps can cope with payments outages
If a financial institution is unable to make - but able to receive - payments, Chaps, the UK's large-value payment system, will ensure that settlement banks stop making payments to the institution, reducing systemic risk, new research from the Bank of…
Fed's governance structure should be revisited
The conventional model of central bank independence may need to be revisited given the unprecedented expansion of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, new research from the International Monetary Fund notes.
Plosser joins district criticism of Fed
Charles Plosser, the president of the Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, added his voice to a growing chorus of discontent from regional banks over the policies of the Washington-based Federal Reserve Board.
Bank may extend support operations
Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England said on 28 May that the Bank might give permanent form to some of the programmes it created specially during the financial crisis.
EU to implement De Larosiere group's proposal
The European Commission has proposed a raft of ambitious reforms to the region's supervisory framework, building on guidelines set out in the recent De Larosiere report.
SARB's Mboweni: flight to quality ironic
Tito Mboweni, the governor of the South African Reserve Bank, said it was ironic that capital was now flowing back to the United States, the source of the current crisis.
Bernanke defines macroprudential approach
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Thursday detailed how a macroprudential approach to regulation would look.
Systemic rules a key challenge: Fed's Rosengren
Some of the most challenging issues on the regulatory agenda surround the role and powers of the institutions charged with systemic regulation, Eric Rosengren, the president of the Boston Federal Reserve, has said.
Research puts a price on systemic threat
Research from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) estimates that the cost of insuring against steep losses at major American banks had increased to up to $250 billion as of July 2008.
A new method for evaluating risk aversion
Researchers from the European Central Bank have uncovered a new method of extracting time-varying risk aversion from asset prices.