Central Banks
Executives face pay cut at Bank of Japan
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said last Tuesday that it will cut annual pay for its executives for fiscal 2003 by 2.9% from the previous year, Kyodo News reported. The decision follows a cut by the same margin in fiscal 2003 pay for special government…
Sierra Leone appoints a new deputy governor
Mohamed Sanpha Fofanah has been appointed the new deputy governor of the central bank of Sierra Leone, PANA News said. He replaces Melvin Tucker who was described in an official statement, the report said, as "the encyclopaedia of the central bank".
New RBZ governor speaks of challenges ahead
Gideon Gono was appointed governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe last week. Gono, a prominent banker, was appointed by President Mugabe and follows the announcement of a planned overhaul of the central bank. After accepting the job Gono spoke of it as…
Ex -cb chief runs for presidency of Mauritania
Ahmed Ould Daddah, the brother of Mauritania's first president, Mouktar Ould Daddah, who died last month, is a veteran politician and head of the opposition Union of Democratic Forces-New Era. The 70-year old is also a former governor of the central bank…
Bank of Ghana - Annual Report 2002
The Bank of Ghana has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2002. In the foreword to the Annual Report governor Paul Acquah said 2002 was an important one in the history of Bank of Ghana. The Bank of Ghana Act was signed into law in January 2002…
Moskow: No reason to change accommodative stance
Michael Moskow, the Chicago Fed president, said on Monday US jobs growth was encouraging and it was important to continue the relaxed monetary stance the FOMC currently holds, to provide some "insurance" against an unwelcome bout of disinflation, Reuters…
Dallas Fed McTeer says US payrolls jump good news
In response to audience questions after a speech given on Monday 10 November Dallas Fed chief Robert McTeer said he thought the Bank of England and RBA's recent decisions to increase interest rates should be given the benefit of the doubt and assume they…
IMF's Koehler says now not time for EU deficit cap
IMF chief Horst Koehler told an Austrian daily, according to Reuters, that it was not the right time to force eurozone countries to stick to the 3 percent deficit limit. He added that he did not favour letting countries that have been too loose with…
Tumpel-Gugerell: Institutions in Financial System
In the speech 'The Role of Institutions in the Financial System' given on 11 November Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell of the ECB said an integrated European supervisory framework enhances the ability to react quickly, effectively and more transparently to any…
Brazil c bank chief - IMF deal 'insurance'
Brazil's central bank president, Henrique Meirelles, has said the new IMF loan deal would give Brazil cheap insurance against international market volatility. But officials said they did not intend to draw on a $14 billion loan package from the IMF…
Zimbabwe clamps down on illegal FX
Police in Zimbabwe are stopping motorists with road blocks as part of a crackdown on illegal foreign currency trade, Reuters reports. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has also set up a unit to probe the flow of local bank-notes to neighbouring countries…
BOK chief brushes off inflation worry
Bank of Korea governor Park Seung said Monday 10 November at the BIS meeting in Bangkok, according to the Korea Herald, "It's true that Korea's foreign-exchange holdings have grown considerably this year, putting upward pressure on the money supply".
Russian government wants 'mega-regulator'
The Russian government has called for proposals to be put forward about setting up a mega-regulator for financial markets, Gateway to Russia reports. The mega-regulator should divide regulatory and supervisory functions on the market, the report said.
Caruana on contemporary issues in credit risk
In the speech 'Contemporary issues in credit risk' given on 27 October Jaime Caruana of the Bank of Spain said adopting a more risk-sensitive treatment of credit risk will require significant work by all of us. What we learn about the factors driving…
Confidence, inflation targets improved says Reddy
Reserve Bank of India governor YV Reddy said on 10 November that the brighter outlook for the global economy increased confidence that India would hit its growth and inflation targets, Reuters reported.
Belgian demotion scandalises ECB insiders
CentralBankNet Special Feature: the sudden replacement of former Belgian central bank vice governor Marcia De Wachter by a political insider close to the new Belgian government has scandalised the top echelons of the Eurosystem. CentralBanknet reports on…
RBA Statement on Monetary Policy, November 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia released its November 2003 Statement on Monetary Policy on 10 November. The RBA said it expects inflation to fall in the short term as the higher $A flows through to import prices, but then sees it picking it up again to…
IMF's Koehler to visit Eastern Europe this week
IMF Managing Director Horst Kohler will visit Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and Tajikistan this week. The trip includes a speech at the International Conference on the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Introduction of the Tenge -…
Meirelles: Brazil interest rates will keep falling
Bank of Brazil president Henrique Meirelles said Friday, according to AE Brazil, that low inflation could mean interest rates will continue to fall from the current 19%. Speaking ahead of a sovereign debt conference at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank,…
Zeti sees Malaysia keeping ringgit peg
Speaking at the closing session of Morgan Stanley's Asia Pacific summit, the chief of Malaysia's Bank Negara, Zeti Akhtar Aziz, said rising asset prices and consumer debt are not a problem in Malaysia. He also said Malaysia won't review its ringgit peg,…