Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Bheenick wards off pressure to intervene in foreign currency markets
Bank of Mauritius governor Rundheersing Bheenick says central bank will not intervene in markets to artificially depreciate rupee
Phasing in Basel III rules eases economic costs: IMF paper
Fund study shows that implementing higher capital and liquidity requirements over a lengthy period of time can help reduce the macroeconomic costs of enforcing such rules
Cash has a future: Sweden’s Nyberg
Riksbank deputy governor Lars Nyberg predicts cash will continue to be used for payment despite decline in usage
Indonesia issues tough sanctions for Citibank
Bank Indonesia bans Citi from opening branches for a year
Bernanke sheds light on new macroprudential approach
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke touches on benefits of new macroprudential approach in the United States under the Dodd-Frank Act
Jamaica top of the (volleyball) league
Bank of Jamaica triumphs in one day volleyball rally
China set to sign currency swap with Mongolia
Bank of Mongolia to sign currency swap agreement with People’s Bank of China; deal will mark Beijing’s tenth such deal in less than three years
Israel acts to avoid housing crisis
Israel introduces rules limiting amount of mortgage that can be linked to variable rate
Dallas Fed’s Fisher urges policymakers to focus on underlying inflation
Dallas Federal Reserve president Richard Fisher says policymakers should pay greater attention to underlying rather than headline inflation
Iceland minutes shows dissent from MPC member
Central Bank of Iceland Monetary Policy Committee minutes says one dissenter voted to raise rates by 25 basis points amid growing inflationary pressures
Mersch on Basel III liquidity proposals
Central Bank of Luxembourg governor Yves Mersch says Basel III bank liquidity proposals will prevent build-up in liquidity risk
ECB’s Tumpel-Gugerell on cost of ex-post crisis measures
European Central Bank executive board member Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell says large costs to clean up asset-price bubbles should lend support to more preemptive policies
Estonia ousts deputy governors
Supervisory board rejects re-election of current deputy governors, new candidates already named
Trichet signals no change in June as ECB holds
Rates likely to remain on hold until third quarter
Bank of England keep rates at record low
Bank holds for fourteenth month in a row
Kenya’s Ndung’u on financial sector deepening
Central Bank of Kenya governor Njuguna Ndung’u outlines measures to promote Kenya’s financial services sector
Denmark’s Bernstein: rate hike may dampen growth
National Bank of Denmark governor Nils Bernstein says rate hike will not trigger an economic reversal but may have dampening effect on economy
Sarb’s Mminele on policymaking in volatile markets
South African Reserve Bank deputy governor Daniel Mminele discusses challenges for policymakers in uncertain financial markets
Mexico buys 93 tonnes of gold
Bank of Mexico raises gold holdings by more than 93 tonnes in March; follows trend of other emerging market central banks
ADB discusses stability, inflation and the dollar at AGM
Annual general meeting of the Asian Development Bank touches on core issues for the region; stability, inflation and reforming the international monetary system
Russia finds a third of banks could not survive another crisis
Stress test results show 321 banks would fall below capital minimum in another financial crisis; licences would be revoked
Bernanke heeds unemployment effects on housing market
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says high unemployment rates were increasingly forcing households to fall behind on mortgage payments
Draghi calls for EU law to govern bail-in powers
Financial Stability Board chairman Mario Draghi says measures to enable bondholders to receive haircuts before the collapse of a financial institution should be placed in European Union legislation
SNB turns profit in first quarter following steep loss in 2010
First quarter profits likely to come as relief after criticism that greeted $20.7 billion loss in 2010