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Chile holds rates at 5.75%
The Central Bank of Chile's rate-setting board voted on Tuesday to keep its monetary policy interest rate at 5.75% despite CPI inflation of more than 6%.
Estonia dismisses currency claims
The Bank of Estonia on Monday denied rumours that it was set to devalue the kroon, which is pegged to the euro.
China's Zhou acts as inflation hits 11-year high
Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China, has responded to a surge in inflation by pledging to curb price rises and excess liquidity.
Fed to offer more insight into decision making
The Federal Reserve is to give the public more insight into how the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decides on monetary policy.
We're half-way to normal, says UK's King
Presenting the Bank of England's Inflation Report for November, Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank, said that key indicators of stress in financial markets had recovered partly from the levels reached in August and September but that the situation was…
Scrap agencies' role in Basel: ex-UK rate-setter
Basel II needs to go back to the drawing board before it is even out of the blocks because of rating agencies' influence in the framework, says Willem Buiter, a former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, now a professor at the…
Cyprus holds rates in spite of inflation fears
The Central Bank of Cyprus's rate-setting board voted on Monday to keep its overnight deposit rate at 4.5% despite rising inflation.
ECB to look to global economy on rate decisions
Global factors will increasingly influence European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy decisions, Philippe Moutot, the director of monetary policy at the central bank, said on Tuesday.
SWFs more likely to diversify than central banks
Sovereign wealth funds are much more aggressive in diversifying foreign exchange assets than central banks, says Mansoor Mohi-uddin, the managing director of foreign exchange strategy at UBS, a leading investment bank.
Bank of Japan sticks to rate hold strategy
The Bank of Japan's rate-setting board decided to hold its benchmark overnight call rate at 0.5% for the ninth month in a row on Tuesday.
Riksbank unanimous on rate verdict
The minutes of the October 29 meeting of the Riksbank's rate-setting board reveal the six-strong panel unanimously backed the decision to hike rates by 25 basis points to 4%.
Strong capital base counters illiquidity: Landau
A strong capital base in the financial system is likely to limit future liquidity shocks, says Jean-Pierre Landau, a deputy governor at Banque de France.
Model predicting instability in development
Charles Goodhart, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, and Dimitrios Tsomocos, a lecturer in financial economics at Oxford University's Said Business School, are working on a model aimed at alleviating financial fragility.
Czech National Bank - Annual Report 2006
The Czech economy grew by more than 6% in 2006 as aggregate demand superseded foreign trade as the main driver of economic growth.
Stability needs reliable systems: BoE's Jenkinson
The resilience of wholesale payment, clearing and settlement systems to both operational and financial shocks remains a key requirement of financial and monetary stability, says Nigel Jenkinson, the executive director responsible for financial stability…
China must be more responsible on yuan: Trichet
It is essential that China assumes the global responsibilities that accompany its growing economic clout, says Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB).
Regulators need to better enforce securities laws
The effectiveness of securities market legislation is limited by regulators' lack of ability to effectively enforce compliance, research published by the International Monetary Fund finds.
ECCB - Annual Report 2006/ 2007
Inflation decelerated to 2.8% in 2006, from a spike of 3.5% the previous year, after global oil prices fell in the second half of the year.
UK business group backs SWF rules
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the United Kingdom's largest business association, has said that sovereign wealth funds should be subject to the same code of self regulation that is being proposed for private equity firms.
We will survive US snub: Iran's Mazaheri
Tahmasb Mazaheri, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran, has said the country's banks can weather the impact of United States-imposed sanctions. Mazaheri's comments come as Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, said she would back more sanctions on the…
Another Aussie hike likely as inflation climbs
The Reserve Bank of Australia could well raise rates again after the latest edition of the central bank's monetary policy statement revealed inflation was set to reach 3.25% in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Central banks criticised for communication failure
The world's most powerful central banks were inconsistent in their communication and lacked coordination during the summer's market turmoil, Richard Portes, one of the authors of an influential report on international financial stability, said on Monday.
European central bank response wins plaudits
The reaction of European central banks to the credit crisis gained International Monetary Fund (IMF) approval on Monday.
Small business success vital for US: Mishkin
The health of the United States economy is partly reliant on small businesses still having access to credit on competitive terms, according to Frederic Mishkin, a governor at the Federal Reserve.