Interview
Social role of banks must change: UK's McFall
John McFall, the head of Britain's influential Treasury Committee, on why finance-industry pay must be curbed, some of the country's biggest banks nationalised and lessons can be learned from abroad
What Washington needs to do next: Ex-Fed's Posen
Adam Posen, a deputy director at the Peterson Institute, a research body, and a former economist at the New York Fed, tells CentralBanking.com why the US administration must be bold, coherent and forceful in dealing with the toxic assets which litter…
Interview: Raghuram Rajan
Claire Jones spoke to the former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund about the policy response to the crisis, particularly the role of the Fund
Interview: Joseph Yam
In this interview the chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority discusses the global policy response to crisis, Hong Kong’s relationship with China and the reserve management in Asia. Malan Rietveld spoke to Joseph Yam
Interview: Masaaki Shirakawa
The governor of the Bank of Japan speaks to Robert Pringle about the lessons from Toyko’s fight against deflation to policymakers around the world today
Interview: Stanley Fischer
Stanley Fischer, the governor of the Bank of Israel, tells CentralBanking.com about his work at the central bank, the impact of the crisis on central banking and why the International Monetary Fund is the right organisation to facilitate the reform of…
Plan must pass to stem panic: ex-Fed's Posen
The Treasury's plan to buy distressed assets was poorly presented to politicians and US taxpayers. But it will likely work and should be passed, says Adam Posen, a Peterson Institute deputy director
Developments a mixed bag for Bank: Goodhart
The growth outlook has deteriorated, but there is room for optimism for the Bank of England in other areas, says Charles Goodhart, a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee
World Bank's Cirasino says focus is on retail payments
Central banks must shift their focus to improving retail payments, says the head of the payment systems development group at the World Bank
Interview: Otmar Issing
The architect of the ECB’s monetary policy framework talks to Robert Pringle about his new book and the challenges central bankers face at the moment
Interview: Zeti Akhtar Aziz
The governor of Bank Negara Malaysia tells Claire Jones, the editor of Central Bank News, why the country’s banking sector has survived the credit crunch
NZ's Bollard wary of calls for cyclical policy
Alan Bollard, the governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, discusses the threat of recession, the central bank's new liquidity rules, and dealing with the procyclicality of credit cycles
India's Reddy champions growth for all
Economic growth should only be an objective of the Reserve Bank of India if wealth creation is inclusive, says Y.V. Reddy, the governor of the central bank
How Asia's banks rode out the credit crisis
Zeti Akhtar Aziz, the governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, explains why Asia's banks have emerged unscathed from almost a year of financial tumult
Slovakia faces up to inflation threat
Ivan Sramko, the governor of the National Bank of Slovakia, details how the authorities are tackling the threat of inflation in the run up to euro accession and beyond
Colombia's communication challenge
Jose Dario Uribe, the governor of the Banco de la Republica, is well aware of the dangers of letting above-target inflation influence long-term price expectations. But it is trickier convincing others
Bank Indonesia braced for rising prices
Analysts should not doubt the central bank's inflation-fighting credentials, says Budi Mulya, a deputy governor at Bank Indonesia.
Know your surfer - the key to success in websites
Understanding how people use your website is the key to improving it, says Timo Laurmaa, the head of the Bank for International Settlements' web communications team
Profile: Randall Kroszner
Malan Rietveld talks to the Fed’s leading man on regulation and asks him about the links between his academic work and policymaking
Interview: Robert Shiller
Robert Shiller, one of the leading authorities on the American housing market and the structured products built around it, talks to Malan Rietveld about the causes of the current crisis and the policy response
Interview: Charles Goodhart
Claire Jones spoke with former Bank of England policymaker about co-ordinated liquidity interventions and move towards aggressive policy easing by Fed
Central Banking in the USA
Michael Woodford talks to Malan Rietveld about how the Federal Reserve makes monetary policy
Interview: Michael Woodford
The Columbia University monetary economist talks to Malan Rietveld about central banking in the United States