Articles by Christopher Jeffery
Carney defends Bank of England’s forward guidance
Bank of England governor defends use of state-contingent forward guidance despite bond market reaction; concern rises about mixed policy message
Getting to grips with monetary policy?
Getting to grips with monetary policy?
Central Bank of Peru’s Julio Velarde on the impact of Fed tapering
Interview: Julio Velarde
Nalm Asia 2013: Central banks should to look to ‘complexity science' to model economic systems
Central banks need to rethink their approaches to modelling financial markets if they want to deploy better predictive models in the future, according to speakers at Nalm Asia 2013
Nalm Asia 2013: Asia ‘not shaken' by QE exit talk, says the Philippines' Tuano-Amador
A combination of macroeconomic and macro-prudential tools should enable policy-makers in Asia to deal with large fund flows linked to an end of quantitative easing, says Philippines assistant governor
Central bank statistics departments facing multiple strains, says ECB’s Schubert
Meeting new monetary, micro-prudential and macro-prudential data requirements is a major burden for central bank statistics departments, says ECB statistics head Aurel Schubert
Chinese banks may face shadow finance credit crisis, say rating agencies
Strong links between the regulated and unregulated credit sectors in China due to the use of wealth management products and lending to shadow banks pose a systemic threat to Chinese banks
Carney's Bank of England should seek closer ties with ECB, says MEP Bowles
Sharon Bowles will raise issue of European co-operation at her first meeting with Mark Carney - saying it is even more of a priority now Paul Tucker is leaving
Bowles: Give ECB its ‘smoke and mirrors'
ECB's chief inquisitor says central banks must retain 'a certain amount of mystery' to keep fiat monetary systems going; interaction between ECB's monetary and supervisory arms will be 'difficult'
Fischer gives high marks to Bernanke and Draghi
Outgoing Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer believes the world owes a great debt to Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and praises ECB president Mario Draghi; says Israel can live with side effects of QE
Bank of Israel’s outgoing chief, Stanley Fischer, on the challenges of central banking
Stanley Fischer believes his work as governor of the Bank of Israel is done. He tells Chris Jeffery about the reform process in Israel as well as the challenges facing the world economy and the IMF
FDIC’s Thomas Hoenig on bank separation, safety nets and Basel III
Interview: Thomas Hoenig
Central Bank of Iceland’s Már Guðmundsson on crisis management and capital controls
Miracles and misconceptions
Resolving Europe’s banks
Resolving Europe’s banks
UK gears up to new era of prudential regulation
The UK will adopt ‘twin peaks’ supervision in April in a bid to restore integrity to its financial system. Chris Jeffery talks to the Bank of England’s Sarah Breeden about the challenges ahead
Calomiris unveils ‘Sword of Damocles’ CoCo to hold over CEOs
Columbia academic and ESRB committee member Charles Calomiris believes CoCos designed to force top bank executives to issue equity well before they are triggered would reduce systemic risk
Donald Kohn on the Fed and fixing the global financial system
Interview: Donald Kohn
Bank of Finland's Erkki Liikanen on bank separation in Europe
Interview: Erkki Liikanen
ECB in danger of being forged from fiscal fragility
Forged from fiscal fragility
Bank manager and shareholder personal liability rules debated at Giff 2012
Comments by Turkish deputy prime minister sparked debate at Giff about the use of personal liability as a method to ensure shareholders take their role seriously and moderate the actions of bankers
BoJ expands asset purchase programme
Japanese policy board votes to increase purchases of government bonds and treasury bills; Bank of Mauritius governor highlights risk to central bank reserves from further asset purchases
Giff 2012: Central bank action enables Europe to reverse fiscal austerity, says Turkish deputy prime minister
Central banks have created a ‘window of opportunity’ for governments in Europe and elsewhere to embark on fiscal expansion to spur short-term growth, says Turkish deputy prime minister
Giff 2012: Malaysia’s Zeti calls for a ‘bridging’ of economies to promote Islamic finance
Bank Negara Malaysia governor says Islamic finance has emerged from the financial crisis in a position of strength, but more co-ordination is needed to ensure the industry continues to flourish
A balancing act in Japan
A balancing act in Japan