Axel Weber
Weidmann takes over as Bundesbank chief
Jens Weidmann takes over as head of the Deutsche Bundesbank; signals support for rate “normalisation”
Former Obama adviser Romer urges Fed to consider price-level targeting
Former chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers Christina Romer says adoption of price-level targets at Federal Reserve would aid communication with public over policy
Buba’s Weber on central banks' stability mandate
Bundesbank president Axel Weber says central banks will continue to play prominent role in new regulatory and supervisory framework
Buba’s Weber says negative growth effects of Basel III unfounded
Bundesbank president Axel Weber says higher Basel III capital requirements will have positive long-term implications on growth
Liikanen gets nod for second term at Bank of Finland
Finnish President Tarja Halonen reappoints Bank of Finland governor Erkki Liikanen for second term; Liikanen seen as still in race for European Central Bank presidency
Buba’s Weber to return to academia
Bundesbank president Axel Weber to teach at University of Chicago in June following departure from central bank
Wellink throws hat into ring as ECB race continues
Netherlands Bank president Nout Wellink signals interest in top European Central Bank role; stresses anti-inflation stance, opposition to E-bonds
A compromise candidate for the ECB?
Commentators divided on the viability of a compromise candidate for the European Central Bank presidency
Central banks should consider price-level targeting: CentralBanking.com poll
Fifty-three percent of voters in CentralBanking.com poll think central banks should mull switch to price-level targeting framework
Merkel names Weber’s successor
German chancellor Angela Merkel nominates economic adviser Jens Weidmann to replace Axel Weber as president of Bundesbank; picks BaFin director Sabine Lautenschläger-Peiter as new vice-president
Draghi strikes familiar chord on eurozone’s future
Bank of Italy governor Mario Draghi stresses importance of fiscal discipline, says monetary union is sound
Bond purchase frictions convinced Weber to drop out of ECB race
Bundesbank's Axel Weber says divergent views on ECB’s bond purchases meant he was no longer an acceptable candidate to succeed Trichet; stresses he was right to stick to his guns
Weber to quit Buba in April
Bundesbank confirms president will step down in coming months; term was due to end in 2012
Weber does not plan on second term: Bundesbank source
Bundesbank president Axel Weber set to quit central bank in spring 2012 at the latest
Buba’s Weber says EU agreement on fiscal sanctions lacks ambition
Bundesbank president Axel Weber says reforms of Stability and Growth Pact lack ambition and leave too much room for political discretion
ESRB elects sub-committee heads
European Systemic Risk Board elects Poland’s Marek Belka, Italy’s Mario Draghi, Cyprus’ Athanasios Orphanides, Germany’s Axel Weber, to steering committee
Italy’s Draghi: eurozone governments must step up
Bank of Italy governor Mario Draghi looks to eurozone governments to tackle fundamental issues; stresses ECB will not dabble in fiscal arena, echoing president Jean-Claude Trichet
ECB repos, not bond purchases best fix for debt woes: Deutsche Bank note
Deutsche Bank paper moots the use of targeted long-term repurchases to shore up peripheral bond markets, rather than more outright purchases
ECB bucks market expectation with silence on further bond purchases
European Central Bank extends liquidity operations but does not commit to more bond purchases; move comes against market anticipation, dividing analysts
I’m sticking to my guns: Buba’s Weber
Bundesbank president Axel Weber says future career prospects will not change his outspoken nature
Buba’s Weber rebuffs criticism of German surplus
Bundesbank president Axel Weber dismisses argument that eurozone’s surplus countries should boost demand to aid deficit-laden neighbours; condemns “misleading” comparison to China
Weber, Blankfein praise Basel III leverage cap
Bundesbank president Axel Weber and Goldman Sachs chairman Lloyd Blankfein laud Basel III’s inclusion of leverage ratio, as opposition mounts
Too big to fail solution essential, says Weber
Bundesbank president Axel Weber says financial system will be unsafe unless too big to fail problem is solved
Extend 'systemic importance' to countries: Brazil's Meirelles
Central Bank of Brazil governor Henrique Meirelles calls for concept of systemic importance to be extended to countries; panellists broach challenges posed by central counterparties