Central Banks
Kuroda sees little difference between major central banks
BoJ governor says they are all concerned with both unemployment and inflation
Pakistan completes shift to new policy rate
New target rate aims to improve policy transmission
Bank of Botswana laments productivity ‘constraint’
Central bank calls for more efficient public service provision
Mester wants new models to get to grips with policy nexus
Cleveland Fed president recognises need for ‘complex’ models
IMF finds renminbi ‘no longer undervalued'
Fund declares Chinese currency to be fairly valued ahead of SDR basket review
IMF staff tell BoJ to 'stand ready' to ease further
BoJ encouraged to prepare for more easing and improve communication
Collateral impact from eurozone QE still unclear, says Euroclear’s Evenepoel
It could take months before full effects are felt
National Bank of Slovakia hails significant new responsibilities in 2014
Year saw staff expand to cope with financial stability role
Riksbank deputy debates inflation target change
Cecilia Skingsley weighs up case for both lowering and increasing target
Mario Draghi urges reform to ‘unleash’ eurozone potential
ECB president highlights importance of credibility and type of structural reforms
BoE’s Weale warns MPC may have underestimated oil price impact
Use of a t distribution might yield better results, MPC member says
EBA prepares to toughen European payments regulation
Authority names supervisors that have failed to comply with guidelines
New Zealand central bank facing 'paradox of transparency'
RBNZ-commissioned survey finds trade-off between transparency and certainty
Euroclear and Clearstream granted time to agree joint road map
Icma ERC continues to push for plans to improve Bridge settlement times
Bank of Finland launches second website with fresh design
New design focuses on simple and clean presentation of text and graphs
NYSE offers exchange-calculated bitcoin index, with more to come
NYXBT will initially be based off data from Coinbase Exchange.
ECB looks for ‘quick wins’ to put momentum behind CMU
Early successes would help drive later progress, report suggests
Balance sheet policies may not be enough to lift expectations, Dutch research finds
Working paper analyses the impact of credit and quantitative easing policies
ECB research finds Greenspan's Fed responded aggressively to uncertainty
Suggests Fed took faster, stronger action amid high uncertainty
Central Bank of Bahrain director plots route to ‘vast’ Islamic financial market
Abdul Rahman Al Baker warns of obstacles to further growth
Guatemalan central bank president backed by colleagues after arrest
Julio Suarez is arrested but central bank offers support
Noyer says ECB ‘ready to go further’
Banque de France governor says monetary policy is doing its job
Bank of Korea paper investigates link between liquidity and commodity prices
Financial crisis may have altered relationship