Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
St Louis Fed’s Bullard discusses importance of revised data in policy-making
St Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard says large revisions to key economic estimates can pose challenges to policymakers
RBA’s Debelle expresses concern over bank funding pressures
Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Guy Debelle outlines differences in bank funding pressures in Europe and Australia
Eurobonds not the solution for sovereign debt crisis: ECB’s Stark
European Central Bank executive board member Jürgen Stark says reforms to eurozone fiscal governance should come before introduction of common bond
FDIC appoints new director of division of finance
Craig Jarvill has temporary role as director of the division of finance made permanent
Bank’s King adamant inflation will fall
Bank of England governor Mervyn King maintains inflation will drop towards target after Office for National Statistics reports largest rise in annual CPI since September 2008
Basel Committee assesses progress towards new capital rules
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision monitors progress of member countries in adopting proposals for higher bank capital buffers
IMF's Min opens latest Technical Assistance Centre
International Monetary Fund deputy managing director Min Zhu inaugurates new technical assistance centre in Mauritius
RBNZ’s Bollard discusses earthquake contingency plans
Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Alan Bollard outlines emergency measures adopted by central bank in preparation for future natural disasters
G-4 liquidity caused surge in captal inflows: IMF paper
IMF study attributes recent increase in capital inflows towards emerging markets to highly accommodative monetary policies in G-4 countries
Household debts significantly under-reported in surveys: NY Fed paper
New York Federal Reserve study finds substantial gap in credit card debt reporting between consumer surveys and official credit reports
Belarus given guidance to restore 'stability and prosperity'
International Monetary Fund tells Belarus to reduce inflation and raise interest rates; central bank sells off surplus office items
India adds two more members to board of directors
YH Malegam and MV Rajeev Gowda appointed as directors; announcement follows the seven new members added last month
Colleagues rate Trichet’s performance as chief as ‘good’
Trade union asks ECB staff how outgoing president handled European crisis; questions regarding internal management produce interesting results
Egypt banishes bankers from board of directors
New central bank law means bank employees cannot serve on the board; number of members of the board of directors will be reduced
G-20 endorses final G-Sifi rules
Finance ministers and central bankers offer support to G-Sifi rules; want to see framework expanded to all banks deemed too big to fail regardless of global reach
Luxembourg launches new central securities depository
Central Bank of Luxembourg prepares for adoption of Target2-Securities with launch of new central securities depository LuxCSD
Lithuanian central bank assists in counterfeit banknote investigation
Bank of Lithuania says it will help police in investigation to uncover source of recent rise in counterfeit banknotes
IMF paper identifies new approach to forecasting recessions
Fund study says forecasts for recessions can be improved by adopting formal methods to select data
National Bank of Poland paper forecasts inflation using survey data
National Bank of Poland study says consumer sentiment can be effectively eliminated from inflation expectations in survey data
BIS’s Caruana urges eurozone to attack root of sovereign debt problem
Bank for International Settlements general manager Jaime Caruana says bolstering banks’ capital buffers not sufficient to regain risk-free status
High teenage unemployment due to crowding-out effect: Fed paper
Federal Reserve study says high rates of teenage unemployment due to increased competition for low‐skilled jobs
IMF paper assesses supervisory burden of regulatory overhaul
Fund study says US Volcker rule and UK retail ring-fencing proposals must be complemented with supervision of bank activities
Euro area must stand ready to bail out banks, says Liikanen
Bank of Finland governor Erkki Liikanen says euro area governments must be prepared to inject capital into banks if they are unable to raise their funds in market
UK monetary policy not constrained by inflation targeting: BoE paper
Bank of England study co-written by external MPC member Adam Posen says Bank of England has been no less flexible than Federal Reserve under inflation targeting framework