Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
Bini Smaghi defends ECB policy to dump rating agencies
ECB board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi attacks rating agencies for role in Greek debt crisis
Shirakawa slams inflation-targeting 'fixation'
Bank of Japan governor blames single-minded use of inflation targets for the growth of credit bubbles, says price levels alone do not show health of the economy
Don't raise rates too late, ECB's Bini Smaghi warns
ECB board member Bini Smaghi offers recommendations to policymakers on strategy towards tightening policy
Bini Smaghi: monetary policy should not be burdened with additional objectives
Lorenzo Smaghi says lax policy may have contributed to the crisis, but inflation targeting should remain core objective
Slaves of defunct economists
European Central Bank’s Lorenzo Bini Smaghi revisits Keynes
ECB’s Bini Smaghi demands capital uptake
European Central Bank’s Lorenzo Bini Smaghi “insists” banks use profits to raise capital rather than wages; line echoes position of the Bank of England
ECB plans regulatory training for EU candidates
ECB says it will partner the European Commission and international organisations to strengthen supervision in countries seeking entry to the EU
Recapitalise, don’t remunerate – ECB’s Bini Smaghi
European Central Bank’s Lorenzo Bini Smaghi says banks should prepare to meet stronger demand for credit when economy improves
DSK: to counter carry trade EMEs must act
Managing director of the International Monetary Fund places onus on emerging economies; advocates capital controls as part of toolkit to counteract dollar carry trade
ECB’s Bini Smaghi urges emerging Asia to hike rates
European Central Bank executive board member calls on region to recognise that it should be the first to tighten policy
Restoring normality to the financial system
John Nugée identifies six key areas that central banks need to consider in attempting to establish the new normal
Crisis underlines democracy’s flaws: ECB’s Bini Smaghi
Short-termism inherent in democratic government led to the lax supervisory regimes that paved way for banks’ excesses, says ECB board member
Risk role presents new challenge: ECB’s Bini Smaghi
European Central Bank’s Lorenzo Bini Smaghi notes issuing risk warnings will mark a departure in central banks’ usual practice of targeting the middle ground
Financial stability must come second to inflation: ECB’s Bini Smaghi
European Central Bank’s Lorenzo Bini Smaghi says exit strategy must focus on price stability
ECB steps up recession fight
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced a raft of measures, including outright purchases of corporate debt, to embolden its response to the eurozone recession.
ECB's Bini Smaghi: credit easing won't work for us
Unconventional policy measures that would best suit the euro area are likely to differ in terms of scope and depth from those in the United States or other advanced economies, said Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a member of the European Central Bank's (ECB)…
Trichet says shush on possible new tools
Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), has said that the Governing Council's omerta on interest rates a week before meetings must be extended to include possible additional tools that may be announced next Thursday.
ECB's Bini Smaghi: central banks' teamwork unique
The level of trust and cooperation within the central-banking community has increased significantly during the crisis, said Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a member of the European Central Bank's executive board.
ECB's Bini Smaghi: go easy with easing
It is unsound to ease monetary policy too much too soon, even when insuring against the worst-case deflationary scenario, said Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a member of the European Central Bank's executive board.
Orphanides comments highlight ECB divide
Comments by the governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus on Wednesday underlined the split between members of the European Central Bank's (ECB) Governing Council on whether eurozone interest rates should fall to zero.
ECB officials signal reluctance to cut to zero
Two senior officials at the European Central Bank (ECB) have indicated that the Frankfurt-based institution remains reluctant to follow the Federal Reserve's lead in cutting rates to near zero.
Euro prices, jobs plunge, paving way for big cut
The chances of the European Central Bank's Governing Council making their biggest-ever cut next week rose on Friday after inflation plummeted to just above the central bank's target and unemployment rose.