Financial Stability

RBA's Lowe on financial cycles

Proposals for banks to accumulate capital buffers in the good times might help smooth out the swings in the credit cycle, said Philip Lowe, an assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Asia's reserves lower borrowing costs

Asian economies benefit from reduced spreads on their privately-held external debt because of their large holdings of foreign-exchange reserves, according to new research from the International Monetary Fund.

Serbia's Jelasic: more e-payments competition

The National Bank of Serbia wants to strengthen competition in payment transactions by supporting non-bank institutions, such as mobile operators, said Radovan Jelasic, the governor of the central bank.

Bagehot revisited

The credit crisis has underlined the limited effectiveness of central banks’ lender-of-last-resort function, argues Bruce White

Light in Gaza

Jihad Alwazir, the governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority, tells Claire Jones how the central bank is reforming the state’s banking sector and why the institution needs to be a “jack of all trades”

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