
Christopher Jeffery
Editor-in-chief, Central Banking Publications
Christopher Jeffery is Editor-in-chief of Central Banking Publications, which includes the Central Banking Journal, CentralBanking.com and Central Banking On Air. He has a global role and is responsible for all of Central Banking's editorial content and teams. He has more than 20 years of journalistic experience covering asset management, banking, central banking, derivatives, economics, finance, fintech, public policy and risk management. Now based in London, Chris has previously lived in both the Americas and Asia. Recent interviews include those with Ahmed Alkholifey, Agustín Carstens, Mark Carney, Stanley Fisher, Stefan Ingves, Stephen Poloz, Raghuram Rajan, Robert Schiller, Christopher Sims, Ignazio Visco and Zhou Xiaochuan. Chris is Co-founder of the Central Banking Benchmarking Service and Founder of the Central Banking Awards. Chris was previously Editor of Asia Risk and Deputy Editor of Risk.net.
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Articles by Christopher Jeffery
Diversifying reserves carries major risks, warns Taiwan governor
Perng Fai-nan points to the records of SWFs as a warning about diversification risks
Banks ‘still groping toward’ macro-pru transparency – Eichengreen
Transparency levels getting better, but New Zealand and Argentina could make improvements
Eichengreen supports calls for FOMC to hold more press conferences
Consistency of form around Fed monetary policy meetings “makes sense”
John Williams on the neutral rate of interest and mandate change
Fed president says fall in rate means central banks should work together to review their mandates
Fed’s Williams floats co-ordinated shift from 2% targets
Mandates could change in unison to avoid QE world
Indonesia considers new riskier tranche for reserves – Budianto
Head of reserves says political risks are more worrying than portfolio flows
Brexit drives a wedge between BoE and markets
Market view of future UK rates appears out of line with Monetary Policy Committee
Bullard raises concerns about east coast dominance of the Fed
St Louis Fed president not worried about major shake-up of board
St Louis’s Bullard on the future of the Fed and its monetary policy record
President James Bullard says Fed monetary policy was a “factor” that fuelled crisis
Are central banks allowing markets to get a bad name?
Asian offshore derivatives trading dispute raises questions about the role of markets
Indonesian banks will switch to reserves averaging in July
Latest move in Bank Indonesia’s major overhaul of monetary policy transmission
Indonesian deputy Perry on revolutionising monetary and financial policy
Perry Warjiyo explains central bank’s radical overhaul of monetary policy operations, market deepening and financial inclusion in Indonesia
Tackling the ‘human agency’ problem
Central banks are readying themselves to face down assault by populists
Kohn worried about weight of expectations on Federal Reserve
US not as well placed as UK to tackle another crisis, says former Fed vice-chair
Former Fed vice-chair Kohn on populism, top central bankers
Donald Kohn speaks about why he has few policy regrets
Croatia’s Vujčić on tackling NPLs and home-host supervision
Governor Boris Vujčić explains why dealing firmly with NPLs via ‘provisioning clock’ does not choke growth
Ukraine’s Gontareva on one of the toughest jobs in central banking
NBU governor transformed central bank while engaging in wartime deficit funding and overhauling banking sector
Basel action needed before ‘regulatory cycle’ turns
Failure to reach a deal raises the risk of more entrenched protectionist positions
Don Kohn: ‘Rancorous’ political climate enhances need for ‘non-partisan expertise’
Lifetime achievement winner says central banks face major challenge to improve standing and performance
Lars Rohde on negative rates, pegs, productivity and resolution
Danish governor talks to Christopher Jeffery about currency pegs, negative rates and too-big-to-fail
Rohde criticises Italy's calls for BRRD special treatment
BRRD is a “game-changer”, but shift from risk-based rules will create “corner solutions”
African central banks have cut euro exposures, says Uganda’s Kavuma
Combination of negative interest rates and falling reserves hit euro holdings
Rohde expects US fiscal expansion but fears for global trade
National Bank of Denmark governor says interest rates expectations have risen
Ignazio Visco on Italian banks and why the ECB should not be made a ‘scapegoat’ for EMU fatigue
Italian governor speaks out about NPLs, bail-ins and the breakdown of trust in the euro area