International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Finance sector balance sheets vital for monetary policy transmission, IMF paper shows
Balance sheet effects are comparable in magnitude to the traditional interest rate channel in transmitting monetary policy, say IMF researchers
IMF figures show advanced economies loading up on Australian dollars
Stock of foreign exchange reserves continues upward trajectory, with Australian currency finding favour in advanced economies, and the Canadian dollar in vogue in emerging nations
IMF plans overhaul of assistance to central banks and governments
Policy paper lays out plans for ‘single strategy’ combining technical assistance and training; pilot programme for new Capability Assessment Program aims to improve monetary and fiscal policy
IMF research quantifies distributional damage from fiscal consolidation
Working paper suggests efforts to cut budget deficits in advanced economies have raised inequality, cut the wage income share of GDP and pushed up long-term unemployment
ESRB issues macro-pru advice, as IMF warns over possible conflicts
European Systemic Risk Board recommends five ‘intermediate objectives' for macro-prudential policies in the EU; IMF paper warns of potential conflicts with micro-prudential measures
IMF paper weighs effect of shifting bank funding in eastern Europe
Researchers from the International Monetary Fund find banks rebalancing their funding sources away from foreign loans; warns global regulation may make this process too rapid
IMF’s Zhu examines impact of changing global relationships on Asian economies
Min Zhu, an IMF deputy managing director, discusses the move towards a global supply chain and the challenges it presents to the development of the Asian financial markets
Bank of Russia easing could 'jeopardise' inflation anchor
IMF releases Article IV consultation with Russia; encourages central bank to focus on inflation objectives and warns rate cuts would jeopardise ability to hit target range this year and next
IMF expects Fed to hold QE steady until 2014
IMF releases Article IV consultation with United States; praises impact of Federal Reserve's asset purchases but criticises ‘excessively rapid and ill-designed' deficit reduction
IMF paper explores link between low interest rates and bank risk-taking
Working paper finds banks take more risks in low short-term interest rate environment; more so if they are well capitalised
Lagarde says QE risks are real, but bubbles are not forming yet
IMF managing director says accommodative policy should remain in place in advanced economies, but clear articulation of an exit strategy will be needed to avoid a repeat of 1994's ‘brutal exit'
IMF paper says direct eurozone spillovers limited to US and UK banks
Working paper analyses effects of eurozone crisis at bank level; finds direct impact limited to UK and US though other regions could be susceptible to knock-on effects
Fischer gives high marks to Bernanke and Draghi
Outgoing Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer believes the world owes a great debt to Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and praises ECB president Mario Draghi; says Israel can live with side effects of QE
Bank of Israel’s outgoing chief, Stanley Fischer, on the challenges of central banking
Stanley Fischer believes his work as governor of the Bank of Israel is done. He tells Chris Jeffery about the reform process in Israel as well as the challenges facing the world economy and the IMF
Policy-maker prudence can't help early warning efficacy, IMF paper finds
Working paper finds parametric early-warning systems are preferable to non-parametric; greater prudence lets policy-makers call more crisis episodes correctly, but at the cost of more false alarms
IMF prescribes faster eurozone progress for both Spain and Germany
IMF teams report progress being made in both Spain and Germany, though sluggish progress on banking union could stop both economies from bouncing back more quickly
IMF gives its verdict on Abenomics
Article IV statement gives ringing endorsement to QQE in Japan; says ‘spillovers' may have adverse near-term effect on neighbours, but will be offset by benefits of economic strength in Japan
New IMF paper finds fiscal consolidation boosts poor country growth in medium term
New VAR methodology leads researchers to conclude that fiscal consolidation hurts low-income countries less, and for a shorter period
IMF paper proposes ‘more ambitious’ benchmark design
Working paper calls current benchmark designs ‘a legacy from history’; proposes own design to better represent actual wholesale funding costs
IMF paper dissects 'remarkably stable’ US inflation
Working paper examines factors behind favourable inflation performance in the US following the Great Recession, identifying three main causes
IMF warns China on rapid growth of social financing
Article IV consultation urges China to tighten prudential standards to rein in fast credit growth and rebalance economy away from investment; growth forecast trimmed again
IMF researcher argues bank competition policy should take aim at TBTF
Developments in advanced economy bank sectors over the last 20 years mean competition policy should concentrate less on increasing competition and more on reducing too-big-to-fail
IMF paper refines measurement of monetary policy transmission
Working paper breaks monetary policy into endogenous and exogenous changes, finding this is an important distinction for explaining variations in policy transmission across banks
IMF says forward guidance could reinvigorate UK monetary policy
IMF statement on UK economy suggests Bank of England provide assurances that rates will stay low until economic recovery 'reaches full momentum', to combat diminishing impact of monetary policy