Central Banks
Yeritsyan rejoins Armenian central bank in reshuffle
Armenian economy minister Nerses Yeritsyan returns to central bank as vice-chairman; former vice-chairman Vache Gabrielyan becomes finance minister
RBA’s Edey elected head of influential OECD committee
Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Malcolm Edey selected as chair of financial markets committee
Ukraine’s Stelmakh bows out
National Bank of Ukraine governor Volodymyr Stelmakh tenders resignation over a year past expiry of term; first deputy governor Serhii Arbuzov named his replacement
Fiat money, central banking and the Bank of Amsterdam: Atlanta Fed research
Atlanta Federal Reserve paper uses Bank of Amsterdam example to explore effects of fiat money on central bank functions
BoE: Agents’ summary of business conditions (December 2010)
Bank survey shows strong export growth, rise in manufacturing and services activity; weak housing market, tough credit conditions for small firms
Spain’s Aríztegui on savings banks mergers
Bank of Spain deputy governor Javier Aríztegui discusses institutional protection schemes
Bank minutes: inflation may hit 4% in spring
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee warns inflation could reach 4% in spring; says pace and extent of subsequent fall highly uncertain
RBA minutes: rates on hold as global downside risks rise
Minutes of Reserve Bank of Australia rate-setting meeting relay concern over deteriorating situation in Europe; more positive on US, China
Fund completes gold sales
IMF completes sale of 403 tonnes of gold, drawing 15 month process to an end; ease of effort linked to central banks' demand for the metal
Netherlands' Berndsen to build unified model of financial infrastructure
Netherlands Bank's head of oversight Ron Berndsen to construct complete financial infrastructure model as part of professorial appointment
Number of central bankers on the rise
Central banks increase staff, reversing decade-long downsizing trend
Fiji's Reddy resigns
Reserve Bank of Fiji governor Sada Reddy resigns from his post for unspecified reasons; deputy Barry Whiteside to serve as interim governor
RBA names new assistant governor for currency
Reserve Bank of Australia promotes Michele Bullock to assistant governor for currency; Bullock steps in following transfer of Bob Rankin to central bank's London office
Imbalances could treble in next two decades: Bank's Haldane
Bank of England executive director Andy Haldane charts course of global imbalances, pointing to trends likely to widen them
Former Czech governor Tůma joins KPMG
Ex-Czech National Bank governor Zdeněk Tůma joins consulting and auditing firm; tells local media he is keeping an eye on Prague administration
Fed extends temporary dollar swap lines
Dollar swap lines reopened with five central banks in May will remain in operation until August 2011, seven months past original date of expiry
Semi-structural models and inflation forecasting: Bank of Canada paper
Bank of Canada study finds semi-structural models best traditional New Keynesian Phillips Curve, bivariate vector autoregression models at inflation forecasting
Pakistan's Kardar on domestic inflation dynamics
State Bank of Pakistan governor Shahid Kardar explains burgeoning price growth; cites government spending on subsidies as a factor