Governance
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
Fed appeals to withhold bailout names
Federal Reserve goes to a US appeals court to overturn ruling forcing it to reveal the institutions rescued to the tune of $2 trillion at the height of the financial crisis
Argentine president fires Redrado
Governor dismissed by presidential decree on Thursday evening following his refusal to hand over reserves
Philadelphia Fed Business Review
Review features articles on monetary policy implementation, banking design and the best way for central banks to transmit information
Korea holds amid concern over government influence
Bank of Korea leaves the cost of borrowing at 2% for 11th straight month; concern that presence of a minister at meetings will curtail independence
Argentina’s Redrado clings to position
Buenos Aires wants former governor Mario Blejer to take over following governor’s questioning of plan to raid reserves
Bakani named new Papua New Guinea governor
Bank of Papua New Guinea’s Loi Bakani succeeds Sir Wilson Kamit
Politician seen as likely replacement for Buba’s Fabritius
Reported move raises fears Bundesbank becoming increasingly politicised
Israel’s Fischer asked to serve second term – reports
Stanley Fischer reportedly asked by Israel’s prime minister to serve a second term at the Bank of Israel
Senator who proposed Fed overhaul to retire
Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd, who produced a sweeping bill that seeks to limit Fed power, announces that he will not seek re-election