Central Banks
Canada's banknotes getting mangled in old machines
A document quoted by the Canadian Press on Monday 6 November says that the Bank of Canada's currency counting machines need replacing to stop tatty bills getting stuck in the machines.
Qatar rules out reserve policy shift
Qatar central bank governor HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud al-Thani said Sunday 5 November that the Qatar has no plans to change its policy on foreign exchange reserves.
State TV reports China's reserves top 1trn USD
China's foreign exchange reserves have topped the 1.0 trillion US dollar level, state television CCTV said on Monday 6 November.
How India manages its vast banknote circulation
Prabir Biswas explains how the Reserve Bank of India has stepped up risk management in the provision and distribution of cash
Bernanke sets out his stall
David Hale analyses the decisions Ben Bernanke has made and dilemmas he faces, as he begins to build his brand of monetary policy
Interview: Jean-Pierre Roth
The chairman of the Swiss National Bank discusses the central banks profits, monetary policy and independence as it approaches its 100th year
Singapore notes
A round-up of talking points from this year's meetings of the IMF and World Bank
The new geography of international finance
Marc Uzan examines the implications of the shift on the IMF's voting rights
Ian Macfarlane - a proud record
Stephen Bell spoke with the former governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia whose decade in charge cemented inflation targeting
Why monetary policies have not been too loose
A further global tightening of monetary policy in an attempt to manage asset-price volatility would be misguided, writes Bill Allen
Barbados sails on
A variety of policy instruments are needed for the central bank to meet the challenges of a small open economy, writes Bernard Codrington of the Central Bank of Barbados
Central banks and the challenge of development
Graham Bannock reviews a recent collection of essays examining the role central banks can play in developing economies
How payment systems affect monetary policy
Payment systems provide the means for making monetary policy. Plans for reforms in one must consider effects on the other, writes Stefan W. Schmitz
SARB's Mboweni on monetary policy decision making
In the speech 'Monetary policy decision making in an uncertain international economic environment' given on 2 November Tito Mboweni of the SARB said sustained lower international oil prices will help to contain inflation in South Africa, but this should…