Articles by Claire Jones
CIC set to shift focus to emerging markets: academic
Academic with ties to Beijing's sovereign wealth fund says China to turn to Africa, Middle East and Asia
MAS reserve chief backs move into riskier assets
Monetary Authority of Singapore's Lee Chuan Teck says crisis had failed to dispel faith in diversification despite large mark-to-market losses
Former Bank MPC members play down negative GDP number
Willem Buiter and Charles Goodhart dismiss third-quarter growth statistic; push for moderate expansion of quantitative-easing programme
Eichengreen backs Fund as global lender of last resort
Berkeley economist Barry Eichengreen believes International Monetary Fund should in time take on the mantle of global lender of last resort
Interview with Barry Eichengreen
Berkeley economist Barry Eichengreen talks to CentralBanking.com on the IMF’s new role, reserve currencies and the future of economics as a science
Eichengreen sees dollar safe for now
The euro and the renminbi could both mount a strong challenge to the dollar’s status as the global reserve currency. But, as Berkeley economist Barry Eichengreen tells CentralBanking.com, must overcome some major obstacles before they can do so
Brazil capital control unlikely to slow real’s rise
Imposition halts currency’s appreciation but analysts sceptical move will help in longer term, investors jittery on Colombian peso
Georgia to transfer supervision back to central bank
National Bank of Georgia to regain control of banking regulation in December just a year and a half after setting up of separate supervisor
Nomura deputy says thanks for Lehman
Nomura's UK vice chair says he is “extraordinarily grateful” for biggest bankruptcy in history, says bankers not greedy, just playing by the rules
Tucker: “no clear idea” on too-big-to-fail fix
Bank of England's Paul Tucker acknowledges lack of clarity in solving too-big-to-fail problem
Strauss-Kahn cagey on reform details
International Monetary Fund managing director says “much too early” to discuss details of new plans for lender-of-last-resort role
Bankers play down moral hazard
Institute for International Finance says banks will not take advantage of too big to fail, says capital rules could hinder growth if too harsh
Strauss-Kahn covets lender-of-last-resort role
Dominique Strauss-Kahn says International Monetary Fund must become a global lender of last resort to temper emerging Asia's desire to hold reserves
Imbalances: this time it's different, says Blanchard
International Monetary Fund sees growth recovering to 3% next year but warns that without imbalances fix, long-run picture remains bleak
King cautious on recovery
Bank of England’s Mervyn King warns return to trend growth will be slow and protracted, much to be done on regulation
Gudmundsson on Iceland’s future
New governor Már Gudmundsson says cross-border banking in Iceland should largely be banned until system is made safer by euro membership
Gudmundsson on Iceland’s collapse and recovery
Már Gudmundsson, the governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, discusses the authority’s rebuilding efforts and whether euro membership is right for them
Bank will consider cutting interest on reserves
Mervyn King says Bank of England will “certainly” look into lowering remuneration on reserves held in central bank coffers
Ireland may break with past in selecting new governor
The crisis has hit Ireland hard. So hard that the finance minister may look outside the civil service for a successor to John Hurley
European central banks agree third gold deal
New agreement will "accommodate" planned International Monetary Fund gold sales
Goodhart calls for negative deposit rate
Former member of Monetary Policy Committee Charles Goodhart wants Bank of England to follow Riksbank’s lead in cutting deposit rate below zero
CentralBanking.com’s subscribers back Bernanke
More than 70% of voters in favour of Ben Bernanke being reappointed Fed chairman in 2010
Bernanke details Fed exit strategy
Reserve balances key, but Fed chairman fears political interest in fund recipients
Ex-SEC heads look to limit Fed’s powers
An investor group chaired by two former SEC chairmen says Fed should not be granted responsibility for systemic risk