Central Banks
Exchange rate depreciation is of limited benefit to small, open economies, says Barbados governor
DeLisle Worrell highlights differences between big and small open economies
IMF paper finds QE cut real US Treasury yields by 140bp between 2008-12
Long-term real yields affected primarily through reduction in bond premium
Coen appointed new Basel Committee secretary-general
William Coen will succeed Wayne Byres in June
Bank Indonesia sets sights on regional inflation
Central bank and government pen MoU to signal ‘strong commitment’ to regional price stability
Bulgarian National Bank selling 64 tonnes of scrap coins
Winning bidder must undertake not to recreate Bulgarian currency
Riksbank deputy leads defence against Svensson critique
Former board member Lars Svensson criticises ‘counterproductive' policy
People: RBI executive director retires; top law award for Zambian deputy
Gopalakrishna will head research body after retiring from central bank
Bar should be lowered for early warnings on currency crises, says IMF economist
Early warning systems should identify more crises, paper says
Predictive text: Bank of Lithuania prepares to announce euro adoption by SMS
Bank of Lithuania will signal euro adoption by texting the whole country
New governor aims to restore trust in Bank of Korea
Korea governor will seek new ‘social consensus' on central bank role
Central Banking will return on April 22
Central Banking to resume service on April 22
Finland's 'deep structural crisis' must be addressed, Liikanen warns
Finnish policy-makers need to act on internal problems, governor warns
Bonnici says Malta's economy weathering European storm
Maltese economy had good year in 2013, annual report shows
ECB launches programme to prepare Balkan central banks for EU
Yves Mersch inaugurates Balkan co-operation programme in Tirana
Buba's Dombret says ECB agrees there are limited risks of deflation
Eurozone's low inflation will pass, says Bundesbank board member
Kyrgyz governor steps down after three years
Zina Asankojoeva leaves due to 'family circumstances'
Fed paper challenges New Keynesian orthodoxy
Central bank models may produce paradoxes, paper warns
South African banks fined $12m over lax money laundering controls
Four major banks pay a total of $12 million and promise ‘remedial action'