Payments

Hoenig moots Fed for bigger payments role

Central Banking | 26 May 2009

A lack of competition, concerns over integrity and the existence of externalities in the payments sector justify a greater role for the Federal Reserve in the industry, Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Kansas City Fed, has said.

Topics: United States, Federal Reserve, Fed, Kansas City, City, Hoenig

Financial Stability

SARB's Mboweni: flight to quality ironic

Central Banking | 26 May 2009

Topics: International, Risk, Financial crisis, United States, South Africa

Financial Stability

Foreclosure policy should focus on unemployed

Central Banking | 26 May 2009

Topics: United States, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Financial Stability

Unified regulatory architecture needed in the US

Central Banking | 26 May 2009

Topics: FSA, United States, Federal Reserve, hedge funds, Private equity, credit default swaps, CDS

Financial Stability

Kohn defends Fed lending against "fiscal" charges

Central Banking | 26 May 2009

Topics: United States, Federal Reserve, Fed

Financial Stability

Markets fear US ratings downgrade: Pimco's Gross

Central Banking | 22 May 2009

Topics: United States, Ratings, Ratings agencies, AAA

Economics

Fed's Rosengren bets on slow recovery

Central Banking | 22 May 2009

Topics: United States, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Recession, Eric Rosengren

Economics

Fed wants to stay silent on borrower details

Central Banking | 21 May 2009

Topics: United States, Federal Reserve

Financial Stability

Greenspan: we're still on the edge

Central Banking | 21 May 2009

Topics: United States, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan

Financial Stability

UK placed on negative watch on debt fears

Central Banking | 21 May 2009

Topics: United States, United Kingdom