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China FX regime suitable, says PBOC's Fan
People's Bank of China advisor Fan Gang said Tuesday 10 October China has few alternatives to the dollar in terms of its reserve holdings, despite the risk of losses if the greenback falls.
Russia reports arrest of Kozlov murder suspects
Special services in Moscow have unofficially confirmed reports that the killers of the first deputy chairman of Russia's central bank, Andrey Kozlov, have been arrested, BBC Monitoring Service reported Wednesday 11 October quoting a translation of a…
Fukui donates Murakami profit to charity
Bank of Japan governor Toshihiko Fukui said Wednesday 11 October he has donated to charity about 14 million yen returned so far by the Murakami Fund, whose founder has been indicted for alleged insider trading.
Official says Syria converts some reserves to euro
The governor of Syria's central bank was quoted by AP on Tuesday 10 October as saying that the bank had converted half of its foreign currency reserves from U.S. dollars to euros.
Interview with Bank of England's Paul Tucker
In a recent interview with The Banker magazine, Paul Tucker, executive director, markets, at the Bank of England reveals the three 'unknowable' things that would aid in the management of risk.
Interview with St Louis Fed's William Poole
In comments to the Financial Times published Tuesday 10 October St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President William Poole said the Fed could do "relatively little" and let the bond market stabilise the economy.
South Korea says has enough reserves if needed
South Korea has sufficient reserves to keep stability on the local currency market after North Korea said it tested a nuclear device on Monday 9 October, a senior central bank foreign exchange official told Reuters.
Yellen says Fed rate pause 'makes sense'
Holding interest rates steady "for a time" makes sense as monetary policymakers study data about the economy, the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve said Monday 9 October.
GCC dollar reserve shift unlikely
Oil-producing GCC countries, which hold most of their currency reserves in dollars, are unlikely to move away from the greenback, according to the IMF's director for the Middle East and Central Asia.
No softening of EU rules for euro bidders
European Union governments won't relax inflation criteria for countries seeking to adopt the euro, finance ministers said on Tuesday 10 October.
Zeti says inflation can be dealt with
Bank Negara Malaysia governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz said on Thursday 5 October that monetary policy will be reinforced by a stronger Malaysian currency.
Noyer says ECB rate rise was necessary for prices
Bank of France governor Christian Noyer speaking on French radio on Friday 6 October defended the European Central Bank's decision to raise interest rates, saying it was necessary to curb inflation.
Mexico's Ortiz says economy in good shape
Guillermo Ortiz, the governor of the Bank of Mexico, said on Thursday 5 October that Mexico's economy is better prepared than in the past to weather any U.S. slowdown as a growing number of consumers have access to credit.
EU draft statement calls for limited IMF reform
According to a draft statement, European Union countries are willing to cede only a ``limited'' share of power in the International Monetary Fund to fast-growing emerging economies.
Warsaw academic rumoured to be next NBP president
Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski already knows who will take over from Leszek Balcerowicz as the new president of the National Bank of Poland (NBP), the Rzeczpospolita daily reported on Sunday 8 October.
BoT governor to leave post for Cabinet seat
Pridiyathorn Devakula will leave his post as Bank of Thailand governor to serve as both deputy premier and finance minister in a new Cabinet due to be sworn Monday 9 October.
Columbia's Phelps gets Nobel economics prize
Edmund S. Phelps, a professor at Columbia University in New York, won the Nobel Prize in economic sciences on Monday 9 October.
Payment systems, monetary policy in Europe
The first of two articles published by the Financial Times on Friday 6 October looks at the issue of central bank "plumbing" which, it says, is creating a stink for the ECB. The second article concerns a letter sent by a group of monetarist economists to…
T2S is 'only solution': ECB's Tumpel-Gugerell
The European Central Bank sees its proposal on securities settlement, called TARGET2 Securities, as offering an "efficient organisation of central bank money", says Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, a member of the executive board, in an interview in the autumn…
ECB's Wellink says growth 'back on track'
European Central Bank governing council member Nout Wellink said on Thursday 5 October in Mexico that economic growth in the eurozone is "really coming back on track," but inflation risks remain on the upside.
BOJ's Muto says policy shift will be slow
Bank of Japan deputy governor Toshiro Muto said Thursday 5 October that the BoJ will conduct monetary policy changes "slowly" by closely monitoring the economic and financial climate.
Trichet says eurozone rates appropriate - for now
Speaking on French radio on Friday 6 October, European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB's decision to raise interest rates to 3.25 percent left them at an appropriate level and that the latest increase was aimed to head off…
Buba says no gold sales until Sep 07
Germany's central bank said Thursday 5 October it doesn't intend to sell gold reserves during the next 12 months except some sales for coinage.
Wrestling regulators
According to this comment piece from the Financial Times, published Wednesday 4 October, regulation should forward the public interest but different regulatory bodies sometimes clash in its defence.