Central Banks
How do financial markets price new information?
European Central Bank research paper investigates the reception of public signals in financial market
Payments between healthy and unhealthy banks
Bank of England research investigates how settlement banks in CHAPS, the UK's large-value payment system, deal with operational risk
Sanusi’s crackdown should be applauded
Central Bank of Nigeria governor Lamido Sanusi’s rescue of five undercapitalised Nigerian banks was the right move, argues Razia Khan, the head of research for Africa at Standard Chartered, a bank
Nigerian governor under parliamentary fire
Governor Sanusi taken to task for bank bailout
Post-downturn, Fed's Plosser wants pacy hikes
Philadelphia Fed head says raising rates fast will be key
ECB holds rates at 1%, ups growth and price estimates
European Central Bank expects economy to grow by 0.2% next year, inflation to rise by 1.2%
New Japan government pledges to let central bank alone
No interference in Bank of Japan's monetary policy
Nigeria holds, outlook remains uncertain
Healthy growth at home dependent on global conditions
UK lends IMF SDR9.92 billion
Provision part of EU commitment made at April G20 meeting
Building a more resilient financial system
The short-term focus that dominated policy, regulation, accounting and governance prior to the crisis has to be changed, argues Jacques de Larosière
From triumph to the brink of despair
Robert Pringle looks at the last two decades, as viewed through the pages of Central Banking
Shirakawa stresses importance of co-operation
Bank of Japan's Masaaki Shirakawa emphasises unity
Recovery from recession analysed
International Monetary Fund research posits speed of recovery from recession can be influenced by stimulus
Improving institutional governance in central banks
John Mendzela urges central banks to be leaders, not laggards, in implementing robust governance principles
Ratings agencies: regulate or downgrade?
Ludˇek Niedermayer worries that regulating ratings agencies will simply increase their influence and create the wrong incentives
Nigeria pledge on bank failures
Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria's new central bank governor, announces new measures to prevent commercial bank failure
Outlook positive for Lucky Country
Australia's CB governor positive on economy going into 2010
Depressed UAE in economic boost
Federation announces 1% cut on commercial bank interest rate facility
On the effects of FX settlement on liquidity
Research investigates impact of transactions carried out by large cross-border banks