Reserves
Uganda's Opiokello on risk management
In the speech 'Business continuity and risk management regional workshop in Uganda' given on 5 February David Opiokello of the Bank of Uganda said regional efforts towards a common monetary and political union of the countries in the region continue.
Central banks can't break gold link
According to this article published by Miningmx this week, gold holdings by central banks have declined to their lowest level in 60 years.
Bernanke says Chinese $ holdings not problem
China`s accumulation of United States debt is not a problem for the US or for the Federal Reserve monetary policy, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in a letter dated 16 March but released on Monday 27 March.
Zhou says China to stop accumulating reserves
China will stop increasing its huge foreign exchange reserves, People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan said in an interview published Tuesday 20 March.
China's Wen says investment won't affect dollar
China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao, tried to reassure the world about the country's financial goals Friday 16 March, saying the planned company to invest some of the $1 trillion in reserves won't affect dollar-denominated assets.
Brazil plans to attract China's foreign reserves
The Brazilian government plans to tell the Chinese authorities that it is interested in attracting a share of China's foreign reserves, Brazilian financial newspaper, Valor Economico reported Wednesday 14 March.
China's giant new investment agency
According to this article from BusinessWeek Online, published Tuesday 13 March, China's soon-to-be state investment arm will be a major asset-management entity globally.
Report says China to continue buying US Treasuries
China will continue to purchase US Treasuries after the new foreign exchange investment agency begins operations, The Standard reported Monday 12 March, citing central bank vice governor Wu Xiaoling.
China announces reserve fund plan
China's finance minister announced Friday 9 March the country is creating an investment company to make more profitable use of its $1 trillion in foreign currency reserves.
PBOC's Wu says room for reserve requirement hikes
China has more room to raise the level of reserves that commercial lenders are forced to store with the central bank, a senior People's Bank of China (PBOC) official said Thursday 8 March.
Venezuela speeding reserve diversification
Venezuela will speed up plans to pare holdings of dollars in its international reserves to reduce the nation's dependence on the world's most widely held currency, central bank president Gaston Parra said on TV Wednesday 7 March.
BOK running out of reserves
According to this article published by The Korea Times on Monday 26 February, the Bank of Korea is finding it increasingly difficult to boost its reserves as its losses grow.
New China investment chief to be named
China is set to name a new head of the investment arm of the central bank, as it prepares to open a new agency to help manage the country's foreign currency reserves of more than $1 trillion, Reuters reported from Shanghai on Monday 26 February.
Rising risks spur reserve diversification
Central banks are engaging in more active diversification strategies in response to rising risks, a survey of reserve managers published Monday 26 February showed.
Russia reiterates reserve diversification idea
The Russian central bank remains interested in further diversification of the currency structure of its gold and forex exchange reserves, its first deputy chairman said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday 21 February.
Brazil will add reserves while liquidity high
Brazil's policy of increasing foreign reserves should continue as long as global imbalances support a steady flow of dollars into the country, central bank director Paulo Vieira da Cunha told analysts in New York.
PBOC raises bank reserve requirement again
The People's Bank of China said Friday 16 February it has raised bank reserve requirements, with effect from 25 February.
China finance official may head reserves body
China's vice-minister of finance is seen taking charge of the new body planned to manage part of China's massive foreign exchange reserves, the Financial Times reported Wednesday 14 February.
IMF's de Rato says G7 open minded on gold sales
International Monetary Fund managing director Rodrigo Rato said the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations were "open-minded" about allowing the Fund to sell part of its gold reserves.
China's new reserve strategy
Hui Feng goes behind the scenes in Bijing to report on the new guidelines governing the management of the world's first trillion dollar pile of official reserves
When larger reserves may not really be good
According to this article from the New Straits Times, published Friday 9 February, questions the idea that foreign exchange reserves are a key indicator of macroeconomic strength.
BOK chief says reserves may go to overseas stocks
South Korea is considering investing part of its foreign reserves in overseas blue-chip stocks in an attempt to increase investment returns, Yonhap news agency cited the Bank of Korea chief as saying Thursday 8 February.
China factors will be key in 2007 gold market
According to this article from Interfax-China, published Friday 2 February, Chinese factors are likely to have an increasing influence on the gold price this year with the possibility that the People's Bank of China will increase gold reserves.