Central Bank of Brazil (BCB)
Poland moves to halt zloty decline
National Bank of Poland intervenes in foreign exchange markets for third consecutive week to curb depreciation of zloty; Central Bank of Brazil also acts to smooth flow of real against dollar
Brazil cuts benchmark rate in surprise move
Monetary Policy Committee drops benchmark interest rate from 12.5% to 12% in unexpected decision
Market discipline averted subprime chaos: Central Bank of Brazil paper
Central Bank of Brazil says subprime mortgage crisis did not cause serious problems in Brazil due to good regulation and transparency
Brazil ‘prepared’ for international challenges: Tombini
Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil says country is ‘prepared’ to face the challenges in the international arena; expects inflation downward trend to continue
Brazil holds first Financial Stability Committee meeting
First meeting held over a month later than planned; comes in same week governor addresses New York audience for the first time and discusses rising inflation
Risk & Return Brasil: Supervisors need to be more curious, says Donizeti
Authorities should put less faith in numbers and what they are told by banks, says top Brazilian supervisor
Brazil creates Finance Stability Committee
Central Bank of Brazil creates Financial Stability Committee to supervise financial industry and manage systemic risk
Brazil prepares for Basel III
Brazilian financial stability report announces major changes will be incorporated in the country’s legislation; bringing it into line with Basel III
Bank’s Haldane warns capital inflows may overwhelm emerging markets
Bank of England executive director for financial stability Andrew Haldane says rapid rate of investment in emerging markets could lead to financial instability
Ex-Brazil governor to head Olympic authority
Former Central Bank of Brazil chief Henrique Meirelles tasked with managing preparations for 2016 games, to be held in Rio
Central banks should consider price-level targeting: CentralBanking.com poll
Fifty-three percent of voters in CentralBanking.com poll think central banks should mull switch to price-level targeting framework
Brazil’s Tombini nominates two deputy governors
Central Bank of Brazil president Alexandre Tombini names two department heads to sit on rate-setting committee
Tombini’s inflation credentials strengthened by Brazil rate hike
Central Bank of Brazil lifts target rate by half a point to contain burgeoning price pressures; hike comes in first rate-setting meeting under charge of new governor Alexandre Tombini
BIS appoints Chile’s De Gregorio to chair regional consultation group
Central Bank of Chile governor De Gregorio succeeds former Central Bank of Brazil governor Henrique Meirelles as head of Bank for International Settlements Consultation Council for the Americas
IMF in bid to strengthen governance of cross-border capital flows
IMF executive directors support greater Fund role in surveillance of cross-border capital flows and creation of rules for capital account policies
Brazil steps up efforts to ease real gains
Central Bank of Brazil raises reserve requirements on domestic banks' foreign exchange position in bid to halt real appreciation
Brazil’s Tombini sets out inflation fighting credentials with calls for lower target
Central Bank of Brazil governor says country’s inflation target should be similar to those of other leading emerging market economies
Policy reform provided shelter from global storm: IMF paper
IMF research examines how monetary policy reform in Latin America enabled economies there to weather the global financial crisis
Brazil unveils first of new family of banknotes
Central Bank of Brazil releases second generation of R50 and R100 notes
Brazil raises reserve ratio to ease impact of capital inflows
Central Bank of Brazil lifts reserve requirement ratio in bid to stem inflationary pressures resulting from capital inflows
Tombini named new governor of Brazilian central bank
Central Bank of Brazil deputy governor Alexandre Tombini to replace current governor Henrique Meirelles
Meirelles to step down at the end of the year
Central Bank of Brazil governor Henrique Meirelles will leave central bank at end of year as President-elect Dilma Rousseff seeks change at central bank
QE2 criticisms “baffling”: King
Attacks on the Federal Open Market Committee’s latest round of asset purchases meet with scorn from Bank of England governor
Focus on trade rather than stimulus: business leaders to G20
International Chamber of Commerce honorary chair Victor Fung calls on G20 to focus on boosting international trade rather than monetary stimulus to raise growth; currency tensions expected to feature heavily at Seoul Summit