Financial Stability
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
Will Dr. Gloom and Dr. Doom’s Next Domino Fall?
The current plight of Latvia and its Baltic neighbours is far different from Argentina’s in the early part of this decade
Svensson: aim inflation expectations above target
Lars Svensson, one of the defenders of inflation targeting, says above-target inflation needed to spur employment
Italy’s Draghi: industry must be supported
Bank of Italy’s Mario Draghi says labour and firms key in fighting Italy’s recession
Payments end-users bemoan lack of Sepa dialogue
Payment Systems End User Committee (EUC) labels consultation on the Single Euro Payments Area insufficient
British PM slams plans to soup up Bank role
Gordon Brown labels Conservative Party proposals to disband FSA and hand supervision to the Bank of England “wrong”
HK, Singapore, Malaysia to devise deposit-insurance exit
Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Bank Negara Malaysia and Monetary Authority of Singapore set up group to work on deposit-insurance exit strategy.