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Britain begins to offload state banks
Dunfermline sold and supermarket rumoured to be interested in Northern Rock
Fed's Yellen: rates may stay low for years
Janet Yellen, the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve and a respected senior US policymaker, has given a bleak assessment of the US economy’s prospects
Fed's Bullard: bailouts could prompt independence backlash
Regional president warns Fed actions could impact independence
Mexico's Ortiz - crisis shows how far we've come
Ability to cope with turmoil is a sign of success of monetary-policy reform, says Bank of Mexico governor
Bank names special resolution czar
Bank of England's chief cashier to head unit
FSA's Turner moots role for ring-fencing
The head of Britain's banking regulator suggests separating overseas operations ay be necessary for cross-border banks
New Zealand publishes liquidity guidelines
Reserve Bank releases prudential rules
Eurozone inflation negative for the first time
Euro-area inflation has headed below zero
ECB board member speaks on financial crisis role
José Manuel González-Páramo gives a keynote speech at RiskEurope on the role of central banks in a financial crisis.
Welcome to CentralBanking.com
A short video from Nick Carver and Claire Jones welcoming the Central Banking community to their new website
Ireland's John Hurley to step down
Ireland’s central bank governor, John Hurley, will step down in September
Putin calls on central bank to lend directly
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s prime minister, has called on the central bank to lend to regional banks
HKMA signs agreement on renminbi settlement
The HKMA and People’s Bank of China laid the foundations for a renminbi settlement scheme to be based in the territory
BIS: banks must shrink and simplify
Basel calls for smaller, simpler and safer banks
Stability role will turn up political heat – Ortiz
Enhanced stability mandate likely to be accompanied by more political scrutiny, says Bank for International Settlements chairman and governor of the Bank of Mexico
Bernanke responds to claims of Merrill cover-up
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Thursday claimed that the central bank had acted "with the highest integrity" in discussions with Bank of America over its takeover of Merrill Lynch, a now defunct investment bank.
Fed declares victory on deflation risks
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday signalled that it no longer believes a serious threat of deflation exists.