Feature/Financial Stability

Bagehot revisited

The credit crisis has underlined the limited effectiveness of central banks’ lender-of-last-resort function, argues Bruce White

Light in Gaza

Jihad Alwazir, the governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority, tells Claire Jones how the central bank is reforming the state’s banking sector and why the institution needs to be a “jack of all trades”

Credit crunch – phase two

The credit crisis that started in August last year has moved into a destabilising second phase, with equity markets and the real economy looking increasingly shaky. This section analyses central banks’ response to the long-running crisis

Risky business

Avinash Persaud argues that the crisis was largely caused by the risk-transfer models championed by the investment banks, credit rating agencies and regulators

The emerging Bernanke Fed

Central bankers earn their keep in times of crisis, and the recent credit turmoil has revealed much about how the emerging Bernanke Fed operates when it matters most, argues assistant editor Malan Rietveld

The numbers game

New legislation will have a profound impact on the compilation of official statistics in Britain. Jill Leyland considers the possible impact on the Bank of England

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