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Sri Lanka holds despite record-high inflation
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka left rates unchanged at 10.5% for the fourth-straight month on Friday to support growth in spite of rampant inflation.
Mexico shocks markets with rate rise
The Bank of Mexico opted to unexpectedly raise rates a quarter point and revise its projections for inflation upwards.
Canada's Carney justifies surprise hold
The Bank of Canada decided to leave rates on hold earlier this month, rather than cutting as expected, after upside risks to the inflation outlook emerged.
BIS chief to leave early
Malcolm Knight, the general manager and chief executive of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), will step down in September, nine months before the end of his term.
Poll investigates banks' transparency
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors, a body set up to advise the European Commission on banking regulation, has surveyed the disclosures of 22 large banks.
Regional knowledge presents barriers to banks
Local banks tend to flourish because asymmetric information makes entry difficult for newcomers, research published by the Bank of Italy concludes.
Bank of Spain - Annual Report 2007
The greater flexibility achieved in the Spanish labour market in recent years has largely been the result of the galvanising effect exerted by immigrant workers, the Bank of Spain states in its latest Annual Report.
Regulators must adopt global outlook
The real challenge for the world's financial regulators lies in managing cross-border crises, new research published by the Riksbank states.
Libor misrepresents market rates, poll finds
The London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), a measure of interbank borrowing costs often used to gauge financial market stress, fails to reflect actual money-market rates for cash, traders say.
SNB opts to hold rates
The Swiss National Bank left its target range unchanged on Thursday, arguing that the global economic slowdown would dampen inflationary pressures in the medium term.
Chief economist to succeed Lomax as BoE deputy
Charles Bean, the chief economist at the Bank of England, will replace Rachel Lomax as deputy governor responsible for monetary policy when she steps down at the end of June.
SNB wants big banks to hold more capital
The Swiss National Bank has urged the country's regulator to impose more stringent capital requirements on UBS and Credit Suisse, the two biggest banks in Switzerland.
BoE's Gieve to leave following stability changes
Sir John Gieve, the Bank of England's deputy governor responsible for financial stability, will step down once changes to the Bank's financial stability role are in place.
IMF on how to insure against external shocks
A new International Monetary Fund paper finds the level of reserves required to self-insure against external shocks for two of the world's most vulnerable regions.
Canada reviews financial stability
Tensions in Canadian credit markets have been somewhat less severe than those in the United States, the latest Financial Stability Review from the Bank of Canada concludes.
Settlement risk in Asian FX markets "remains high
Research published by the Bank for International Settlements calls for more extensive use of intra-regional currencies after finding that settlement risk remains high in Asian foreign exchange markets.
HKMA uncovers securitisation trends
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority's latest Quarterly Bulletin includes a discussion of the results of a survey, which offers perspectives on the future of securitisation.
One rate hike enough: ECB's Bini Smaghi
The European Central Bank (ECB) looks increasingly likely to raise rates just once in the coming months, after Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a member of the institution's executive board, said a single 25 basis-point rate hike will suffice to bring inflation back…
Russia seeks greater gains for SWF
Senior Russian politicians have backed plans to create a government agency to enable its sovereign wealth fund to pursue a riskier investment strategy, according to media reports.
PMA sets up scholarship scheme
The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) will offer PhD scholarships to the state's brightest students in a bid to strengthen its research and monetary policy department.