Central Bank of Brazil (BCB)
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
Zhou, Meirelles attack QE2
Central Bank of Brazil president Henrique Meirelles and People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan bash Federal Reserve’s latest stimulus programme
Homogeneous regulations could contribute to risk, says former Brazil central bank chief
Arminio Fraga warns about the use of globally standardised methodologies for regulatory capital, as well as the dangers of multiple central counterparties
Meirelles flags travails of financial reform
Central Bank of Brazil governor Henrique Meirelles says reform must be unified; Chinese, Indian ambassadors note shortcomings of G20
Extend 'systemic importance' to countries: Brazil's Meirelles
Central Bank of Brazil governor Henrique Meirelles calls for concept of systemic importance to be extended to countries; panellists broach challenges posed by central counterparties
Why Brazil’s economy survived shaky markets
Central Bank of Brazil Financial Stability Report says external shocks did not hamper economic recovery in Brazil owing to sound macro fundamentals
Ex-Brazil deputy to head hedge fund’s Latin American office
Former Central Bank of Brazil deputy governor Mário Mesquita will head Latin American office of UK hedge fund Brevan Howard
Central Bank of Brazil - Inflation Report (June 2010)
Central Bank of Brazil says rising domestic demand will continue to drive inflation above target in 2010
Central Bank of Brazil: inflation tax risked hyperinflation
Brazilian central bank study shows the country risked weak hyperinflation in the past due to high income tax elasticity
Brazilian opposition candidate threatens central bank’s independence
Opposition party presidential candidate José Serra says rate-setting will be a political process under his leadership; latest poll puts Serra on level footing with governing party candidate
Rate round-up: Brazil hikes, most hold, Russia cuts
Brazil raises policy rate to 9.5%, Russia cuts to 8.25%; United States, Poland and New Zealand hold
Meirelles will stay as governor until year end
Brazilian central bank governor Henrique Meirelles stays put, hopes of the vice-presidency dashed by party politics
Brazil’s Meirelles in political limbo
Brazil governor Henrique Meirelles has until Friday to decide if he will remain at the central bank, political ambitions rocked by Lula, party leaders; head of financial stability likely successor
Brazil’s Meirelles faces renewed tax fraud allegations
Brazilian central bank chief Henrique Meirelles could be investigated for the second time on tax crimes after attorney-general’s office asks Supreme Court for a probe, Meirelles unfazed
Brazil jacks reserve ratio up by 200 bps
Central Bank of Brazil lifts reserve requirement ratio back to pre-crisis level, move is expected to withdraw more than 70% of liquidity provided during crisis
Rate decisions this week
Majority of central banks to vote this week hold rates constant though dissent voiced in the US and South Africa; Philippines and India tighten, Hungary loosens