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Suicide attack rocks Afghan central bank
Governor says central bank will not be cowed and is working to return to business as usual
Brazil names new head of foreign affairs
Central Bank of Brazil appoints Carlos Araujo to lead international affairs as current head Maria Celina Arraes returns to UN post
RBA chalks up half century
Australia's central bank turns fifty
Slovakia ex-chief made OECD ambassador
Ivan Šramko, the ex-governor of the National Bank of Slovakia, named ambassador to OECD days after leaving central bank
Slovakia appoints new governor
Jozef Makúch, an executive director at the Slovak central bank, gets the top job after Ivan Šramko refuses a second term
Brazil’s Meirelles joins BIS board
Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil replaces outgoing chairman and former Mexico governor, Guillermo Ortiz
Redrado reinstated
Argentine central bank governor is back at work after a federal judge rules presidential decree unconstitutional
Argentina’s Redrado clings to position
Buenos Aires wants former governor Mario Blejer to take over following governor’s questioning of plan to raid reserves
Bakani named new Papua New Guinea governor
Bank of Papua New Guinea’s Loi Bakani succeeds Sir Wilson Kamit
Politician seen as likely replacement for Buba’s Fabritius
Reported move raises fears Bundesbank becoming increasingly politicised
Israel’s Fischer asked to serve second term – reports
Stanley Fischer reportedly asked by Israel’s prime minister to serve a second term at the Bank of Israel
Senator who proposed Fed overhaul to retire
Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd, who produced a sweeping bill that seeks to limit Fed power, announces that he will not seek re-election
Chief Republican votes against Bernanke
Leading Republican on Senate Banking Committee Richard Shelby says Fed abused trust and confidence
Economists judge Carstens worthy successor
Carstens up to the job of heading the Bank of Mexico but concern exists over his replacement as finance minister
Denmark gets new assistant governor
Head of economics at National Bank of Denmark promoted
Carstens likely to replace Ortiz as BIS chair
Guillermo Ortiz will step down as chairman of the Bank for International Settlements’ board if he leaves the Bank of Mexico
Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson dies at 94
Paul Samuelson, a key figure in the development of economics, passes away at home in Massachusetts on Sunday
Ecuador chief and general manager quit
Upheaval at the top of the Central Bank of Ecuador sees Carlos Vallejo and Karina Sáenz depart; cabinet minister Diego Borja is named new governor
Ireland creates senior posts
Central Bank & Financial Services Authority of Ireland announces new roles as part of regulatory shift
Former Jamaican governor attacks PM
Recently resigned governor Derick Latibeaudiere says PM has shown a lack of respect
Mexican finance minister nominated to head central bank
Guillermo Ortiz set to step down after 12 years at the helm of the Bank of Mexico
Bank of Greece governor to reduce salary by a fifth
Greek governor George Provopoulos will cut his wage as a symbolic gesture against the country’s burgeoning debt problem
NY Fed communications head joins Thomson Reuters
New York Federal Reserve’s executive vice president for communications departs for information company
Ex-MPC’s Buiter to head Citi economics team
Former Bank of England policymaker and frequent bank-basher Willem Buiter named as Citigroup’s chief economist