Economics
Communications research key: Fed’s Kohn
Fed vice chairman reviews development of monetary policy literature, pointing out successes and areas where further work is needed
Spain must step carefully on the road to recovery
Bank of Spain’s Miguel Fernandez Ordonez says domestic economy and financial sector face challenges ahead
Cautious MAS maintains zero appreciation policy
The Monetary Authority of Singapore pledges to maintain its policy of zero appreciation [of the Singapore dollar’s nominal exchange rate] as confidence in global rebound wanes
Nobel prize for pioneers of economics governance
Swedish Academy of Sciences shuns orthodoxy to award 2009 prize for work on institutions not markets
Bernanke sets out tightening strategy
Fed Chairman outlines measures that can be taken to ease inflationary pressure
Bank of Canada: Business Outlook Survey
Canadian central bank’s autumn survey reveals that while conditions are improving, confidence remains fragile
Mutual guarantee institutions aids credit access
Bank for International Settlements finds that membership of mutual guarantee institutions help small and medium enterprises to obtain bank funding
Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Annual Report 08/09
Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand says the country dealt with the crisis fairly well, but risks remain
Summers says crisis won’t hit potential growth
White House adviser Larry Summers says he expects growth to fully recover, optimism contrasts with eurozone outlook
Monitoring can prevent crisis
International Monetary Fund looks at role of uncertainty in contagion during a financial crisis
Fed’s Lacker: economics key for financial education
Richmond Federal Reserve’s Jeffrey Lacker says financial education programs should include economics
Asian central banks propping up dollar: reports
Central banks buying dollars to prevent local currencies from appreciating against greenback
Tips are good inflation hedge
Boston Federal Reserve says Tips hedge well against inflation risk
China’s consumption key for crisis exit
International Monetary Fund says global recovery needs China and Japan to strengthen domestic consumption
The geography of return predictability
Central Bank of Cyprus investigates whether local stock returns vary with local business cycles in a predictable manner
Officials must prepare for higher US saving: Geithner
Acknowledgment needed that American savings rates will be higher post crisis, US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner warns
CNB’s Singer blasts media portrayal of CEE
Czech National Bank’s Singer rails at blanket assessments of central and eastern Europe
ECB’s Tumpel-Gugerell calls for structural reforms
European Central Bank's Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell says structural reforms needed to emerge from the crisis
Bank economist to head Nomura’s European team
Peter Westaway leaves the Bank of England, joins investment bank as chief economist for Europe
World Bank – Annual Report 2009
World Bank outlines post-crisis support measures
Watch out for inflows: India’s Subbarao
Reserve Bank of India’s Duvvuri Subbarao says emerging markets should think about how to respond to post-crisis hot money inflows
Traders’ inventories affect market liquidity
Philadelphia Federal Reserve investigates how holdings of mortgages will affect traders’ propensity to buy and sell further
Czechs don’t need to import monetary policy – Tuma
Czech National Bank’s Zdenek Tuma says euro adoption is a purely political not economic decision
How to drive debt long-termism in emerging markets
World Bank’s studies the extent of emerging-markets’ domestic demand for long-term debt instruments