Governance
Zimbabwe’s central bank ‘technically insolvent’: reports
Local media sources report that Zimbabwe’s central bank is bankrupt after high court judge orders that its property be attached to unpaid debts
Former Bank governor dies
Ex-Bank of England chief Lord Richardson passes away
Senior lawmaker calls for SARB nationalisation
African National Congress official says the South African Reserve Bank, one of the few privately-owned central banks, should be nationalised; comments seen as part of encroaching politicisation of policy
Fiji names two new executives
Reserve Bank of Fiji makes Lorraine Seeto advisor to the governor’s office and Esala Masitabua chief manager of financial institutions
NY Fed names new minder for AIG portfolio
Federal Reserve Bank of New York's new special investments management group will oversee its American International Group (AIG) and Maiden Lane III portfolios
SARB – an official history
The South African Reserve Bank publishes an account of its history, functions and institutional structure
Nigeria imposes limit on bank chiefs’ terms
Nigerian central bank says bank heads will have a maximum of ten years at the top, law to be backdated to 2000
Fed’s Dudley shoots down “audit” bill
William Dudley, president of the New York Fed, dismisses calls for greater scrutiny as threat to independence in policymaking
Fed retort: nothing to hide on AIG
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, invites the government to audit the central bank’s dealings with AIG; NY Fed submits 250,000 pages of evidence to Congress
Merger has begun confirms Irish CB
Ireland’s central bank says preparations for full integration with regulator have started as proposed legislation gathers steam
Suicide attack rocks Afghan central bank
Governor says central bank will not be cowed and is working to return to business as usual
King: G20 should head IMF
Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, says G20 leadership could lend the IMF the legitimacy it needs to curb economic imbalances
Brazil names new head of foreign affairs
Central Bank of Brazil appoints Carlos Araujo to lead international affairs as current head Maria Celina Arraes returns to UN post
RBA chalks up half century
Australia's central bank turns fifty
Slovakia ex-chief made OECD ambassador
Ivan Šramko, the ex-governor of the National Bank of Slovakia, named ambassador to OECD days after leaving central bank
Atlanta’s Lockhart: don’t politicise the Fed
Atlanta Federal Reserve’s Dennis Lockhart says Fed must have the capacity to make unpopular decisions
Congress forces NY Fed to reveal AIG record
Federal Reserve Bank of New York subpoenaed for records of communication with AIG
Slovakia appoints new governor
Jozef Makúch, an executive director at the Slovak central bank, gets the top job after Ivan Šramko refuses a second term
Fed posts record $46 billion profit
The Federal Reserve says it made a record profit in 2009; NY Fed is pressed to publish AIG records in spiralling political row
Brazil’s Meirelles joins BIS board
Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil replaces outgoing chairman and former Mexico governor, Guillermo Ortiz
Redrado reinstated
Argentine central bank governor is back at work after a federal judge rules presidential decree unconstitutional