Central Banks
Interview: Masaaki Shirakawa
The governor of the Bank of Japan speaks to Robert Pringle about the lessons from Toyko’s fight against deflation to policymakers around the world today
Obama builds formidable team
Malan Rietveld looks at the new economic brains trust in America and the challenges it will face.
A chronology of the crisis
A month-by-month account of the greatest banking crisis since the Great Depression
Obama builds formidable team
Malan Rietveld looks at the new economic brains trust in America and the challenges it will face
Rate cuts won't work properly: BoJ's Shirakawa
Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the Bank of Japan, has indicated that monetary policy's role in alleviating current conditions is likely to be limited.
Crisis traverses financial system: HKMA's Yam
The boundaries of the global credit crunch go beyond the markets, with the falls in house prices sparking significant slumps in aggregate demand, said Joseph Yam, the chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
Hungary continues reversal of drastic hike
The National Bank of Hungary took another step towards reversing its 300 basis-point October hike on Monday, cutting its key rate by a half point.
World Bank governance head to step down
Daniel Kaufmann, the director of global programmes and governance at the World Bank, is to take up a post at the Brookings Institution, a Washington, DC-based think tank.
Openness and clarity - Sweden's Rosenberg reflects
Openness and clarity are of central importance to policy effectiveness, said Irma Rosenberg, the first deputy governor of the Riksbank.
Banknote Watch SA launched
A new organisation, called Banknote Watch SA, has been launch in South Africa to prevent cash-related crime in the run-up to the FIFA 2010 World Cup in the country.
Fed's Plosser on crisis measures
Charles Plosser, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, discusses the Fed's dramatic departures from textbook central banking during the crisis.
BI surprises with quarter-point cut
Bank Indonesia surprised markets on Thursday with a 25-basis-point cut in its bank rate that boosted local markets.
Bank cuts to historic low
The Bank of England cut interest rates to their lowest level since 1951 on Thursday and stressed that further steps would be needed to prevent a deep recession.
Bumper day for cuts, three slash by record margin
The European Central Bank (ECB), the Riksbank and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand backed the biggest rate cuts in their history on Thursday, highlighting the pace at which the threat of a global depression has risen.
Uganda's finance sector strong - Mutebile
Uganda's financial system is robust, healthy and its exposure to the crisis-related credit is very limited, said Emmanuel Mutebile, the governor of the Bank of Uganda.
Don't forget inflation - Richmond's Lacker
Federal Reserves monetary policy needs to remain consistent and not allow inflation to accelerate over the business cycle, said Jeffrey Lacker, the president of the Richmond Federal Reserve.
Chile's rate meeting - minutes
Central Bank of Chile's board members decided unanimously to keep the policy rate unchanged at 8.25% for a second month on expectations that slowing global economic growth may put the brakes on domestic inflation, the minutes of the November meeting show.
Thailand slashes rates on "significant change"
The Bank of Thailand made its biggest-ever rate cut on Wednesday, sparked by what it termed a significant change in the economic environment.
Ex-NY Fed's Corrigan to head new Goldman wing?
Gerald Corrigan, a former head of the New York Federal Reserve, could be about to take the helm at Goldman Sachs's new bank holding company.
Ex-Bank director to lead offshore review
Michael Foot, a former executive director for supervision at the Bank of England, is to head a review of British offshore financial centres.
Zero rates the only way out: ex-MPC members
Central bankers and global regulators must throw out the rule book on moral hazard, and act rapidly and decisively to fix the global financial meltdown, former members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee have said.