Financial Stability
Payments between healthy and unhealthy banks
Bank of England research investigates how settlement banks in CHAPS, the UK's large-value payment system, deal with operational risk
Sanusi’s crackdown should be applauded
Central Bank of Nigeria governor Lamido Sanusi’s rescue of five undercapitalised Nigerian banks was the right move, argues Razia Khan, the head of research for Africa at Standard Chartered, a bank
Nigerian governor under parliamentary fire
Governor Sanusi taken to task for bank bailout
UK lends IMF SDR9.92 billion
Provision part of EU commitment made at April G20 meeting
Building a more resilient financial system
The short-term focus that dominated policy, regulation, accounting and governance prior to the crisis has to be changed, argues Jacques de Larosière
From triumph to the brink of despair
Robert Pringle looks at the last two decades, as viewed through the pages of Central Banking
Shirakawa stresses importance of co-operation
Bank of Japan's Masaaki Shirakawa emphasises unity
Recovery from recession analysed
International Monetary Fund research posits speed of recovery from recession can be influenced by stimulus
Nigeria pledge on bank failures
Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria's new central bank governor, announces new measures to prevent commercial bank failure
On the effects of FX settlement on liquidity
Research investigates impact of transactions carried out by large cross-border banks
Housing conditions holding up in West Virginia
Richmond Federal Reserve report shows market in West Virginia has largely remained stronger than those in the rest of the US
Reserve Bank of India – Annual Report 2008-2009
Reserve Bank of India’s latest Annual Report says monetary policy should look at asset bubbles and leverage
Early warning models doomed to fail
San Francisco Federal Reserve research is sceptical about the effectiveness of early warning systems in predicting the timing of crises
Malaysia’s Zeti: bond market key to keeping savings
Bank Negara Malaysia’s Zeti Akhtar Aziz says a robust Asian debt market is crucial for investments to remain region
Asian finance to grow despite turmoil
Hong Kong Monetary Authority says Asia’s financial systems will expand despite the impact of the global crisis
Bernanke victim of identity fraud
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s bank account hit by fraudsters after his wife’s purse is nabbed
IMF says yes to second Latvia loan
International Monetary Fund gives Latvia a second pay-out under the economic programme set up in December
T&T’s Williams – financial education in schools needed
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago’s Ewart Williams says financial education should be the school curriculum
Zeti: Islamic finance passed the crisis test
Bank Negara Malaysia’s Zeti Akhtar Aziz says the strength of Islamic finance was tested during the global financial crisis
Fed wants delay on release of loan details
Federal Reserve says naming loan recipients would hinder its ability to manage current and future crises
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
RBA upholds interchange fee freeze
Reserve Bank of Australia keeps interchange fees regulate, saying industry has not sufficient progressed in increasing the competition
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