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Fed finally set for full complement of governors

Governance | 29 Jul 2010 | secure

Senate Banking Committee okays Janet Yellen for Fed vice-chair; Peter Diamond and Sarah Raskin also approved for Fed board; first time six governors have served the Fed in more than four years

Topics: Bernanke, San Francisco, Obama, Chris Dodd

Fed finally set for full complement of governors
Policy produces dull but safe banks

Financial Stability

Policy produces dull but safe banks

In the second of a five-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted the nation’s global outlook

Central Banking | 28 Jul 2010 |secure

Crisis makes Tokyo more insular

Economics

Crisis makes Tokyo more insular

In the first of a five-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted the nation’s global outlook

Central Banking | 22 Jul 2010 |secure

Volcker should chair FSoc

Regulation

Volcker should chair FSoc

Aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act are welcome but crises will continue to be mismanaged, Robert Pringle writes.

Central Banking | 19 Jul 2010 |secure

Economics

The efficient markets hypothesis: dead and buried?

The efficient markets hypothesis has taken a bruising as a result of the crisis but it may have life in it yet, says Claire Jones

Central Banking | 16 Jul 2010 |secure

Gold should form an essential part of central banks’ liquidity portfolio

Reserves

Gold should form an essential part of central banks’ liquidity portfolio

The credit crisis has highlighted that in times of turmoil, gold is one of the few assets that remains liquid, says Natalie Dempster, director of government affairs at the World Gold Council

Central Banking | 08 Jul 2010 |secure

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