Central Banks
Key questions for Marcus
Gill Marcus, governor-designate of the South African Reserve Bank, will have her work cut out in maintaining the central bank’s hard-won credibility
Yam on payment links beyond Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s leading central banker on extending the reach of the territory’s financial infrastructure
Mauritius’s Bheenick on local markets
Governor hails development of derivatives exchange
Chan named new HKMA chief
Favourite succeeds founding CEO at Hong Kong’s central bank
Frankfurt forces Rome gold backtrack
Government changes plans for a new tax on central bank gold sales
Singapore's central bank posts first ever loss
Global downturn hits MAS in year to March 2009
Eurosystem signs T2S MoU with settlement providers
Central banks and central securities depositories commit to work on T2S
End of the golden age of central banking?
Think tank says central banks face a new era of challenges
US's Barr: hedge fund advisers must register
US Treasury's Michael Barr on the Obama administration's proposed hedge fund legislation
Central Bank of Ireland – Annual Report 2008
Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland's John Hurley on Irish banks' balance sheets
Bagehot 's tenets needs to be revised
New York Federal Reserve investigates whether Bagehot’s 19th lender-of-last-resort doctrine still applies
Italy’s Visco : target global imbalances
Bank of Italy’s Ignazio Visco says that macroeconomic imbalances must be taken care of
Czechs unconvinced by EC regulatory revamp
Czech National Bank strongly criticises the European Commission’s proposal for financial supervision
Nobel Laureates, GS head sign Fed independence petition
Petition signatories now include three Nobel Laureates, Lloyd Blankfein and Laurence Meyer
Thailand’s Watanagase on financial inclusion
Bank of Thailand’s Tarisa Watanagase on improving financial inclusion
Prices increases of manufactured goods low
Reserve Bank of Australia looks at price movement
Italy to amend tax on gold on ECB opinion
Rome set to cut tax on gold after European Central Bank challenges levy
UAE’s Al Suwaidi: we could buy more Dubai debt
Governor Sultan bin Nasser Al Suwaidi indicates central bank may purchase more Dubai bonds after buying $10 billion-worth of debt from the emirate earlier this year
NZ placed on negative watch on growth fears
Fitch switches outlook from stable to negative on concerns over medium-term outlook
Ex-SEC heads look to limit Fed’s powers
An investor group chaired by two former SEC chairmen says Fed should not be granted responsibility for systemic risk
China’s reserves exceed $2 trillion
China’s foreign-exchange reserves reach a new record high