Reserves

Renminbi could be adopted into SDR by 2015, says CentralBanking.com panellist

Central Banking | 23 Apr 2012 |

Reserves

Video: Bank of Mexico’s Duclaud says new rules will hit sterilisation costs

Central Banking | 20 Apr 2012 |

Javier Duclaud explains Mexico’s problems in 2008, why the country has increased reserves by $70 billion and how Dodd-Frank and Basel III are causing sterilisation problems for central banks

Monetary Policy

QE is ‘decisively working’ say CBP panellists

Central Banking | 20 Mar 2012 |

Central Banking On Air event focuses on impact of quantitative easing; panellists agree emergency monetary policy steps have been effective but question whether the Fed has ‘over-committed’ itself

Payments

BoE looking 'carefully' at banknote substrate choices

Central Banking | 01 Mar 2012 |

Chris Salmon, chief cashier at the Bank of England, says the possibility of polymer or hybrid substrate banknotes is being looked at by the central bank; no decision made yet

Reserves

Video: National Bank of Angola’s David Carvalho on reserves allocations to Brics

Central Banking | 12 Dec 2011 |

Angolan central bank looks to invest in Brazilian, Chinese and African debt as it reassesses its reserves guidelines in light of the eurozone debt crisis and persistently low US Treasury yields

Financial Stability

CB.com panel discusses changes in reserve management functions

Central Banking | 07 Dec 2011 |

CentralBanking.com poses the question: What do central banks want from reserves and reserve managers? Panellists discuss how the financial crisis has altered the role of reserve managers

Monetary Policy

ECB credibility is damaged, say CBP panellists

Central Banking | 29 Nov 2011 |

Fourth Central Banking ON AIR webinar sees heated discussion over the future of the eurozone; ECB has suffered damaged credibility but independence is unscathed, say panellists

Regulation

Video: New York Fed’s Marc Saidenberg denies US go-slow on Basel II implementation

Central Banking | 14 Nov 2011 |

New York Fed senior vice-president Marc Saidenberg says US is introducing Basel II at a similar pace to international peers and is also committed to timely implementation of Basel III

Financial Stability

Video: Banks can arbitrage central bank liquidity provision

Central Banking | 11 Oct 2011 |

A conflict between new liquidity regulations under Basel III and existing central bank operations leaves a gap that banks may be able to exploit, warns financial stability expert

Financial Stability

IMF modelling work on liquidity risk points to capital hike, says Jobst

Central Banking | 10 Oct 2011 |

Recent analysis by the International Monetary Fund indicates that banks in the US need to raise capital to cover systemic liquidity risk threats