Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Traders’ inventories affect market liquidity
Philadelphia Federal Reserve investigates how holdings of mortgages will affect traders’ propensity to buy and sell further
Banks and their profits will shrink: Buba’s Weber
Bundesbank president says industry will benefit from post-crisis blood-letting
World Bank unit launches $5 billion bad-debt fund
Debt and Asset Recovery Program (DARP) will debt and asset recovery in both middle income countries and in smaller, poorer developing countries
Czechs don’t need to import monetary policy – Tuma
Czech National Bank’s Zdenek Tuma says euro adoption is a purely political not economic decision
How to drive debt long-termism in emerging markets
World Bank’s studies the extent of emerging-markets’ domestic demand for long-term debt instruments
Much more to be achieved in regulation: Trichet
ECB President outlines the priorities for legislators
BoJ says institutions must manage risk better
BoJ’s September Financial System Report outlines the four key challenges faced by Japanese financial institutions
Bernanke calls for extended supervisory reach
Ben Bernanke’s five-point plan for regulatory reform includes call to share accountability for systemic risk with other regulators
Minneapolis Fed names macroeconomist as president
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis appoints academic Narayana Kocherlakota as its new president
UK Households face lending constraints – survey
The Bank of England’s quarterly survey shows lending to households has declined, but credit is increasingly available to the corporates
Fed will be ready for exit: Kohn
Donald Kohn, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, says the central bank will be fully prepared to tighten expansionary policy
Bank of Ghana appoints new governor
Economist and former deputy finance minister Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur takes over from Paul Acquah
Central Bank of Solomon Islands – Annual Report 2008
Central Bank of Solomon Islands sees subdued growth and further deterioration in the balance of payments ahead, according to its latest Annual Report
IMF’s new exchange-rate terms explained
International Monetary Fund explains revisions to its system for the classification of exchange rate arrangements
Dollar reserves dip
Latest Annual Report from the International Monetary Fund shows official sector shifting into euro, yen
Recovery underway, but risks remain – IMF
Global Financial Stability Report cuts financial loss projection
Fed outlines tougher cards regime
Federal Reserve proposes changes to Regulation Z to protect consumers
Bank’s Miles confident on quantitative easing
QE working and will end when circumstances dictate, says MPC member
Banks’ funding models to blame for the crunch
ECB Executive Board member Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell says funding switch weakened banks, complex instruments alone not the cause of the crisis
Banks bend rules in crises: IMF paper
Authors show that banks used discretion in classifying mortgage debt and in accounting for related losses and assets
House prices influence rate setting – Norway’s Gjedrem
Norges Bank’s Svein Gjedrem says equity and property prices influence monetary policy in Norway
India’s Chakrabarty wants better global governance
Reserve Bank of India’s Kamalesh Chakrabarty calls for a global governance system to reflect needs of emerging and developing countries
RBA’s Richards bemoans housing shortage
RBA’s head of economic analysis says undersupply could cause prices to rocket
We won’t shore up money markets indefinitely: Trichet
European Central Bank president says its too early to exit, but warns “exceptional measures” must be phased out