Opinion/Governance

Thatcher's stance on the ECB deserves re-appraisal

Central Banking | 09 Apr 2013

Former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher feared an independent ECB ‘accountable to no one, least of all national parliaments'. Her concerns seem even more relevant today

Topics: ECB, European Central Bank, Independence, United Kingdom

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher

BoJ changes represent the death knell for central bank independence

Central Banking | 12 Mar 2013 secure

Topics: Bank of Japan, Federal Reserve, Independence, monetary policy, Inflation

Central bank independence: more myth than reality?

Central Banking | 27 Feb 2013 secure

Topics: Federal Reserve, Independence, James Bullard, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis

Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Changing of the guard at the Bank of England

Central Banking | 27 Nov 2012 secure

Topics: Mark Carney, Bank of England, Mervyn King

The puzzle of monetary policy

Central Banking Journal | 24 Aug 2012 secure

Topics: Inflation targeting, ECB, BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: The next governor of the Bank

Central Banking | 24 Jul 2012 secure

Topics: Mervyn King, Adair Turner, Mark Carney, Bank of England, Paul Tucker

Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Under pressure from Hollande and Obama

Central Banking | 10 May 2012 secure

Topics: Mario Draghi, ECB, Fed, Bank of Japan

Goodbye to independence

Central Banking Journal | 22 Aug 2011

Topics: New Zealand, Sweden, Macroprudential, Bretton Woods

Frank’s FOMC attack offers further evidence of the politicisation of Fed policy

Central Banking | 11 May 2011 secure

Topics: Federal Reserve, Barney Frank, US Congress, Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan, Dodd-Frank Act

Déjà vu and monetary policy: Lockhart’s recent comments

Central Banking | 23 Mar 2011 secure

Topics: Dennis Lockhart, Federal Reserve

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