Financial Stability

G20 predicts "modest" global slowdown

Central bank governors and finance ministers from the G20 economies said that the credit turmoil would likely have a "modest" effect on global growth, but added that it remained difficult to judge the eventual impact.

US subprime conditions set to worsen - Kroszner

Randall Kroszner, a governor of the Federal Reserve, warned on Friday that conditions in the US mortgage market had yet to reach rock bottom. Speaking in New York, Kroszner said that there were two reasons why he believed market conditions would worsen:…

Model predicting instability in development

Charles Goodhart, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, and Dimitrios Tsomocos, a lecturer in financial economics at Oxford University's Said Business School, are working on a model aimed at alleviating financial fragility.

We will survive US snub: Iran's Mazaheri

Tahmasb Mazaheri, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran, has said the country's banks can weather the impact of United States-imposed sanctions. Mazaheri's comments come as Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, said she would back more sanctions on the…

Stability needs reliable systems: BoE's Jenkinson

The resilience of wholesale payment, clearing and settlement systems to both operational and financial shocks remains a key requirement of financial and monetary stability, says Nigel Jenkinson, the executive director responsible for financial stability…

Global interdependence requires caution: Mboweni

The interdependence of the global financial system could mean that financial instability affects countries that are not directly involved in the actions that have led to the volatility, according to Tito Mboweni, the governor of the South African Reserve…

New payments model needed, says RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has suggested that a change in its regulatory regime, allowing migration to a new payments model featuring the use of mobile phones and pre-paid cards, could soon be under way.

Zeti on financial stability challenges

In this speech, Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, the governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, says that as the international and domestic financial landscape continues to transform, the quest to secure financial stability has become increasingly challenging.

Risky business

Avinash Persaud argues that the crisis was largely caused by the risk-transfer models championed by the investment banks, credit rating agencies and regulators

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