Financial Stability
Turkey would ease if outlook worsens
Central Bank of Turkey moots further monetary easing
Book says Fed “challenged essence of democracy”
Pulitzer Prizewinner says Bernanke had more authority to fix subprime mess than any other individual
Estonia to head straight for euro – Lipstok
Bank of Estonia’s Andres Lipstok says euro adoption is a key priority
Bank unveils commercial paper facility
Bank of England details Secured Commercial Paper Facility aimed at bolstering companies’ working-capital requirements
Bank says Asset Purchase Facility works
Bank of England confident Asset Purchase Facility (APF) helps corporate bond market
Bank stats show quantitative easing having little impact
Broad money measure targeted by Bank of England falls in June despite £125 billion-worth of quantitative easing
Fed’s Yellen sees growth comeback by year-end
Encouraging signs for economy but recovery will take time, says San Francisco Federal Reserve president
State-owned British banks to get a new boss
John Kingman steps down from the helm of UK Financial Investments on news that former Bank of England director will chair body
Fed to take early snapshot of consumer conditions
Federal Reserve launches investigation into how households are faring with de-leveraging
Thailand’s Nijathaworn on Asia’s Achilles heel
Bank of Thailand’s Bandid Nijathaworn says Asia needs to decouple
Decoupling theory holds, says Bank of England
Bank of England investigates decoupling theory
Fed a natural for systemic-risk role: Tarullo
Federal Reserve’s Daniel Tarullo says safeguarding systemic risk is a natural expansion of the central bank’s role
IMF’s surveillance reforms will deliver
Bank of Canada says International Monetary Fund’s surveillance reforms look promising
People’s Bank to “guide” lending
Chinese central bank's nuanced policy reflects desire for growth coupled with stability
New BI deputy calls on banks to play their part
Darmin Nasution, the new senior deputy governor at Bank Indonesia, hints strongly that banks should reduce interest rates to reflect central bank rate cuts
UK to return to rules-based approach?
Philip Davis, head of economics and finance at Brunel University, says in an OECD paper that UK might need a more rules-based approach to banking regulation
Nigeria to support electronic payments: Sanusi
Central Bank of Nigeria’s Lamido Sanusi on reforming the national payment system
Bankers warn against financial protectionism
IIF sees risk as a result of national governments’ efforts to restore confidence
US regulators stake their claim
Barack Obama’s plans give too much to the Federal Reserve say Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chiefs
Basel-based CPSS broadens membership
Central banks of Australia, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and South Korea to join the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS)
Tripartite governors first meeting
Governors of People’s Bank of China, Bank of Japan and Bank of Korea hold first annual summit
Past banking crises studies need reassessment
International Monetary Fund finds that many banking crises studies focused on wrong indicators
Italy’s recessions past and present
A comparative analysis of the country’s main recessions by the Bank of Italy
Emerging Asia already in recovery
Asian Development Bank sees strong recovery ahead for Asia’s emerging markets in 2010