Financial Stability
Bernanke revisits idea of toxic asset purchases
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Tuesday mooted several ways in which American authorities could remove toxic assets from banks' balance sheets. He also said that more capital injections and guarantees may be required to ensure…
Ex-MPC members offer solutions to crunch
A financial stability committee, a derivatives exchange and a pan-EU regulator were among the ideas suggested to stave off future credit crises by an influential group of British-based economists on Tuesday.
Paper charts changes in US retail payments
The Kansas City Federal Reserve has published research covering changes to the American retail payments system, which is now is in the midst of a transformation.
Number of forged euro notes hits record high
The number of counterfeit euro banknotes seized soared by 13% in the second half of 2008, the European Central Bank (ECB) said on Monday.
The cure's the real challenge, not the disease
The greatest challenge for the American economy is not just the recession but how we choose to address it, Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve, has said.
Banks and liquidity: a theoretical view
A model analysing the interbank market and liquidity crises indicates that banks need to be more liquid.
Gulf states strong - Bahrain's Al-Majar
The Gulf states are in a strong position to withstand the financial crisis, said Rasheed Al-Majar, the governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain.
Ireland's Hurley to stay on after term ends
The governor of Ireland's central bank, John Hurley, has agreed to stay on beyond the official end of his first seven-year term in March.
Eichengreen: ideology slowed response to crisis
Ideology delayed US officials in taking necessary steps after the credit crisis erupted, says Barry Eichengreen, a financial historian based at the University of California, Berkeley, in a new paper.
BoE - Credit Conditions Survey
UK lenders report rise in default rates and losses on lending to households and private non-financial corporations, says the Bank of England's Credit Conditions Survey for the last quarter of 2008.
How individuals remit funds internationally
A research briefing from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City describes means by which individuals make international remittances.
Tanzania looks into new notes
The Bank of Tanzania is looking into printing new banknotes barely five years after the previous series was introduced.
Denmark - Financial Stability Report
Denmark must implement a scheme of temporary capital injections to sound, well-managed banking institutions, says the latest Financial Stability Report from the National Bank of Denmark.
Bernstein: €9bn needed to save Danish banks
Nils Bernstein, the governor of the Danish central bank called on the public sector to provide Dkr70 billion (€9 billion) capital to the banking sector.
Principles for sound stress testing
A new consultative paper from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision presents sound principles for the governance, design and implementation of stress testing programmes at banks.
Euro adds to Slovakia's New Year celebrations
Slovakia became the 16th country to join the Eurosystem on New Year's Day, an achievement few predicted would happen so soon after it joined the European Union less than five years ago.
Heller on how crisis will impact payments and settlements
Nick Carver spoke with the new head of the secretariat of the Committee of Payment and Settlement Systems about the impact of the credit crisis on market infrastructure and how central banks will respond
ECB warns of "downbeat attitude" on SEPA
The European Central Bank has published its sixth progress report on the implementation of the Single Euro Payments Area.
UAE creates swap lines for local banks
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to provide currency-swap facilities for the UAE dirham and the US dollar to local banks in a bid to inject more liquidity into the country's banking system.
Crisis calls for revision of LOLR role: economists
Central banks must broaden their remit as lenders of last resort in the wake of the crisis, two economists who advise central banks have said.
Bubbles becoming ever-more frequent: BoJ head
Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the Bank of Japan, has noted that asset-price bubbles are becoming more and more frequent.
Some lessons on liquidity
The price a bank pays for liquidity depends upon the liquidity positions of its rivals as well as its own, research from the Bundesbank finds.
Bank of Canada - Financial System Review Dec '08
The latest Financial System Review from the Bank of Canada focuses on five key sources of risk to the strength and stability of the Canadian financial system.
Paulson wants more cash as Tarp bails out Detroit
Hank Paulson, the US treasury secretary, has called for Congress to hand over the remainder of the $700 billion in taxpayer funds allocated to the Troubled Asset Relief Plan (Tarp). Paulson's pleas followed news that George W. Bush, the US president,…