Bank of Spain
Spain’s Frob shakes up management ahead of bailouts
Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring (Frob) selects new general manager from Spanish government among other senior appointments; first €30 billion of bailout funds to be handled by the Frob
Bank of Spain names new director-general
Francisco Javier Priego becomes director-general; remains head of the central bank’s legal department
EC staff to ‘step up’ work on Spanish banks assessment
Olli Rehn calls for staff to speed up assessment of Spanish banking sector; downgrade rumours swirl after official government request for financial assistance from the Eurogroup
Bank of Spain deputy governor resigns
Francisco Javier Aríztegui resigns as Bank of Spain deputy governor; Fernando Restoy Lozano named as replacement
New Bank of Spain governor named
Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordoñez’s successor is chosen; will assume the top role at the central bank on June 11
Outgoing governor criticises Spanish government’s fiscal position
Miguel Fernández Ordóñez, outgoing governor of the Bank of Spain, criticises government’s fiscal position; speculation begins over successor
Bank of Spain plays down bank nationalisation talk
Spanish central bank says customers and depositors of Banco Financiero y de Ahorros have "no cause for concern" as the possible use of public funds to stabilise the firm is discussed
Spain's Ordóñez renews call for government action
Bank of Spain governor urges government to stick to target of reducing budget deficit to 5.3% in 2012; highlights work done on banking reform
Bank of Spain governor warns against complacency
Miguel Fernández Ordóñez outlines progress made in reforming Spanish banking sector; stresses there is more to be done, and that European interventions have merely bought time to push changes through
Spain’s Ordóñez remembers former governor
Governor of the Bank of Spain delivers opening remarks at conference held in memory of Luis Ángel Rojo, former governor of the central bank, who passed away last year
ECB approves collateral eligibility criteria of seven Eurosystem central banks
European Central Bank leaves interest rates unchanged but confirms plans to relax collateral criteria for credit claims at seven Eurosystem central banks, including Banque de France
Capital shortfalls explain sharp fall in bank lending, says Bank of Spain paper
Bank of Spain study finds evidence that supply-side factors are restraining loan growth to non-financial private sector in Spain
Bank of Spain paper identifies no regulatory bias in telecoms market
Bank of Spain study finds no evidence of a bias towards rural consumers in US residential local telephone market
Spain’s Ordóñez discusses developments in preventing future crises
Governor of the Bank of Spain, Miguel Fernández Ordóñez discusses global and European reform initiatives and Spain’s efforts to implement them
Mortgage securitisation fuelled housing bubble: Bank of Spain paper
Bank of Spain study says increased mortgage securitisation in Spain had strong impact on new borrowers' access to credit during recent housing boom
Precautionary price stickiness: Bank of Spain paper
Bank of Spain working paper uses two models to assess price setting
Spain learns from the past; working paper
Analysis of monetary system in the 1800s shows contraction in the money supply had a milder effect on the economy than expected
Spain’s Ordóñez emphasises need for labour market reforms
Bank of Spain governor Miguel Fernández Ordóñez says most pressing task for Spain lies in its labour market
IMF urges further Spanish reforms
IMF mission to Spain says authorities have implemented strong fiscal and structural reforms to aid recovery, but plans need to be strengthened
Spain’s Ordóñez on how to reap benefits from stress tests
Bank of Spain governor Miguel Fernández Ordóñez says stress tests helped increase transparency in banking sector
Markets wobble as Spanish downgrade, eurozone fears bite
Moody’s one notch Spanish downgrade exacerbates investor jitters a day before European Council meets to discuss EFSF, ESM, bailout renegotiations
€100 billion of caja loans could go bad: Bank of Spain
Bank of Spain releases details of savings banks’ exposures to real estate sector, levels of provisions; says reforms have addressed slew of underlying problems
Spanish banks’ ECB reliance drops
Spanish banks’ borrowing from European Central Bank declines just over 20% compared to December
Spain should consider regulatory overhaul: FSB peer review
Financial Stability Board peer review calls for Spanish authorities to consider new regulatory structure once market turmoil has subsided; separate review of Italy also published