International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Financial crises hit imports hardest: IMF research
Fund study shows financial crises are associated with large and persistent losses in imports while exports are not adversely affected
IMF paper investigates drivers of extreme commodity price movements
Fund research looks to wine and crude oil prices to uncover the causes of volatility
IMF takes final step in changing SDR basket
Fund sets exchange rate for SDR; continues to peg unit of account to yen, dollar, euro and sterling
Fund completes gold sales
IMF completes sale of 403 tonnes of gold, drawing 15 month process to an end; ease of effort linked to central banks' demand for the metal
Capital flows drive financial imbalances: IMF study
Fund paper says capital inflows are main factor behind financial imbalances, with effects worsened by insufficient oversight
Tributes pour in for euro architect Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Central bankers, private sector officials laud the contributions of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who died on Saturday
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
Strauss-Kahn: global growth can reduce poverty in low-income countries
IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn says cooperation between countries from advanced and emerging economies can help reduce poverty in low-income countries
IMF: global stock markets sensitive to US monetary policy shocks
Fund study finds strong relationship between global stock prices and US monetary policy
Fitch kicks three more notches off Ireland
Irish sovereign debt downgraded to BBB+ by ratings agency Fitch
IMF: EME bond spreads respond to fundamentals, financial stress
Fund study says emerging market bond spreads are sensitive to financial volatility in short run but macroeconomic fundamentals in long run
ECB's Constâncio heralds dawn of Seoul consensus
European Central Bank’s Vítor Constâncio says state intervention during banking crisis marked end of Washington consensus; vice president heralds dawn of Seoul consensus
Zimbabwe to axe 74% of staff: reports
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono says central bank will axe 1,600 jobs as part of measure to downsize institution, according to leading media
Countercyclical measures key to stemming Indian inflows: Strauss-Kahn
IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn says adoption of countercyclical macroprudential measures eased capital inflows to India
IMF paper: Dutch disease weakens growth
Fund study finds evidence that overvaluation and volatility of the real exchange rate reduces growth
IMF: inflation targeting reduces dollarisation
Fund study says inflation targeting framework strengthens monetary policy channel in countries with high levels of dollarisation
Markets, analysts unconvinced by Irish bailout
Officials welcome deal but euro, continental bourses drop in response to €85 billion rescue package for Ireland
Europe reveals new stability mechanism
Eurozone finance ministers outline European Stability Mechanism designed to offer financial assistance to troubled single currency states
IMF: unequal income distribution raises leverage
Fund study shows high income households’ greater bargaining power induces high leverage and financial crises
IMF: financial innovation has spillover effects on public information
Fund study shows financial innovation reduces incentive to collect private information and increases likelihood of liquidity shocks
Ireland’s Honohan calls for greater disclosure of residential mortgages
Central Bank of Ireland governor Patrick Honohan says greater disclosure on residential mortgages loans will help drive confidence in markets
Data and the crisis: gaps, initiatives and challenges
The crisis has highlighted a number of holes in financial data. Much has already done to plug them, writes Alfredo Leone.
Ireland’s regulator moots new capital facility for banks
Central Bank of Ireland head of financial regulation Matthew Elderfield says creation of standby contingent capital facility for banks from European Union and IMF bailout money will help ease markets
Irish bailout fails to restore faith in PIIGS debt
CDS spreads on peripheral eurozone debt widen despite €90 billion in aid