Subprime
Crisis has spared India: deputy Mohan
India has by-and-large been spared of the consequences of the fallout from the US subprime crisis, Rakesh Mohan, a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of India, said.
Philadelphia Fed offers virtual help to homeowners
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve has launched an online resource centre in a bid to help prevent foreclosures and lessen their negative influence on neighbourhoods.
Fed's Kroszner dismisses decoupling
The recent turmoil has served to reaffirm the adage that when the US sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold, a senior Federal Reserve official has argued.
Ex-BoE's Buiter attacks Fed at Jackson Hole
Willem Buiter, a founding member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, has panned the Federal Reserve's response to the financial turmoil.
Integration raises solvency risks
More financial integration and innovation increases the risk of market and liquidity stress resulting in insolvency, a new paper from the International Monetary Fund finds.
Tough times ahead for US borrowers: Fed poll
Lending standards have tightened and are set to become more stringent still, the Fed's latest lending survey shows.
New Jersey fifth in mortgage foreclosures
New Jersey ranks fifth among states for the proportion of subprime mortgages in foreclosure, finds a new article from the New York Federal Reserve.
Yellen on Fed's response to subprime crisis
Janet Yellen, the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve, has underlined the central bank's commitment to addressing the mortgage and foreclosure crisis.
Fed tightens lending standards
The Federal Reserve on Monday approved a series of measures which it hopes will protect consumers against the sort of misleading lending practices considered partly responsible for the subprime crisis.
San Francisco Fed - Annual Report 2007
The San Francisco Federal Reserve in 2007 launched an initiative to help homeowners in hard-hit communities to avoid foreclosure, the institution states in its latest Annual Report.
Lower loan costs to stem foreclosures: Boston Fed
Making mortgage payments temporarily affordable for Americans with negative housing equity is the best way to prevent foreclosure, research published by the Boston Fed finds.
Boston Fed's subprime facts
The Boston Federal Reserve's research into subprime mortgages has so far uncovered seven facts relating to the crisis.
Limiting foreclosures essential: Bernanke
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has called on both the public and private sector to do everything they can to limit preventable mortgage foreclosures.
Basel Committee announces reform plans
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is set to revise elements of its Basel II framework as part of a raft of measures aimed at enhancing stability in the wake of the subprime turmoil.
Crisis worst shock since Great Depression: IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that the US subprime fallout has precipitated the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression and that there is a 25% chance that it will cause a full-blown global recession.
Greenspan hits back
Alan Greenspan, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve, has said that the blame for the subprime crisis lies with the investment community rather than himself, as has often been argued.
Fed's new mortgage lenders regulations - Kroszner
New lending regulations proposed by the Federal Reserve will apply to independent mortgage companies and mortgage brokers as well as banks, said Randall Kroszner, a member of the board of governors.
Fed's new subprime and alt-A maps
The Federal Reserve System will publish maps updated monthly to illustrate the state of subprime and alt-A mortgage loans across the United States.
Kansas City's subprime loan record
Subprime borrowers in the 10th district are having difficulties with payment delinquencies running above the national average, according to a recent report by the Federal Reserve of Kansas City.
Financial markets in Japan
This new report from the Bank of Japan looks at how financial markets in the country coped with the market turmoil triggered by the subprime woes in the second half of 2007.
BoJ sets out risk management guidelines
The market instability triggered by the US subprime mortgage problem reaffirms the importance of investors accurately recognising and appropriately managing risk, research published by the Bank of Japan states.
Latin America to escape worst of subprime hit
Latin America is likely to emerge from the current bout of global market turmoil relatively unscathed, said Anoop Singh, the director of the Western Hemisphere Department at the International Monetary Fund.
Rating agencies at core of lawmakers' grievances
An influential group of British members of parliament has slammed the big ratings agencies for their role in the subprime crisis.
Fed's Fisher warns on inflation expectations
Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Federal Reserve, has said that the Fed must be careful to avoid "stirring the embers of inflation".