Central Banks
Chile raises rate
The Central Bank of Chile decided on Thursday to raise its interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.75%.
China raises rates again
The People's Bank of China decided on Friday to raise rates for the fifth time since March in order to curb rising inflation.
Bank of England injects £4.4 billion extra
The Bank of England loaned £4.4 billion ($8.9 billion) more than the forecast reserves target on Thursday after promising to do so last week if overnight lending rates remained high.
Bank of Finland lines up academic for board
Seppo Honkapohja, a professor of macroeconomics at the University of Cambridge, is set to join the board of the Bank of Finland for a five-year term beginning January 2008.
New Zealand holds rates
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand decided to keep its benchmark official cash rate (OCR) at 8.25% on Thursday.
SNB adjusts three-month inter-bank target
The Swiss National Bank said on Thursday that it was increasing its three-month Libor (London inter-bank offered rate) by 25 basis points to 2.75% in an effort to calm the Swiss franc money market.
Links between ownership, market structure and risk
The relationship in developing countries between banks' risk of failure, market structure, their ownership, and screening and bankruptcy costs is investigated in an International Monetary Fund paper published on Wednesday.
India's Reddy discusses monetary policy
Y.V. Reddy, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, said that the central bank's monetary policy would alter if turmoil in the financial markets threatened the country's economic stability.
King refuses to aid markets
Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, said on Wednesday that he believed providing additional liquidity against a wider range of collateral and over longer periods "sows the seeds of a future financial crisis".
Qatar to keep riyal pegged to dollar
Abdullah al-Thani, the governor of the Qatar Central Bank, said that the riyal would remain pegged to the US dollar on Tuesday.
ECB carries out three-month tender
The European Central Bank injected €75 billion into the money markets on Wednesday as part of a three-month refinancing operation.
Opacity led to turmoil - Canada's Dodge
David Dodge, the governor of the Bank of Canada, believes a lack of transparency is partly to blame for the recent turmoil in the financial markets.
New payment system working well - Fiji's Narube
Savenaca Narube, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, announced that the country's new payment system was now up and running.
The effect of expansion on EU inflation rules
The Bank of Estonia has published a paper that examines the impact of the expansion of the EU on the Maastricht inflation criterion.
Japan safe from subprime threat
The Bank of Japan said on Tuesday that the country's financial institutions were unlikely to be drastically affected by the subprime crisis in the US.
Australian inter-bank rates hit 11-year high
Australian three-month bank bill rates reached 7.08% on Tuesday, 58 points above the central bank's benchmark rate and their highest level since July 1996.
Chinese inflation reaches 6.5%
China's consumer price index rose 6.5% in August, prompting speculation that the People's Bank of China will be forced to raise rates again.
Rate signals and CB transparency
Interest rates should be added to the list of signals that central banks can reveal in order to be transparent, according to a paper published by the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Real economy under threat - Fed's Mishkin
Frederic Mishkin, a member of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, reiterated his view, expressed earlier this month at Jackson Hole, that the subprime crisis will drive down real economic growth.
Deadlock in the inter-bank markets
The continuing difficulties in the global inter-bank markets, which started on 9 August, have already given rise to a mountain of speculation about the possible causes and what central banks should do about the problem.
Subprime reaction mirrors past crises - Greenspan
Alan Greenspan, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve, has said that the reaction of bankers to the subprime crisis is identical to their behaviour during the 1987 crash and the near-collapse of the Long Term Capital Management hedge fund in 1998.
Iran to consider redenomination
The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran will look into the possibility of knocking three zeros off its rial currency.
Venezuela set to publicise new currency
The Venezuelan Central Bank will launch a nationwide campaign to familiarise consumers with its new notes and coins, which will come into circulation at the start of next year.