United States
Fed better prepared than us for financial crisis: ECB paper
European Central Bank study shows stronger emphasis towards output allowed the Fed to react faster than Frankfurt to financial crisis
Fed survey shows growing appetite for risk in OTC markets
Inaugural Federal Reserve survey on financing of over-the-counter derivatives shows growing demand in risky assets
Fed’s Duke announces steps to improve data needs on SME lending
Federal Reserve governor Elizabeth Duke says data improvements will help Fed understand how lending requirements for small business
Bank of Canada: Chinese shocks have global bearing
Bank of Canada study shows China’s monetary policy is less effective at weathering shocks and country must be incorporated in global models
Atlanta Fed: Annual Report (2009)
Atlanta Federal Reserve Annual Report shows southeastern states hit hardest during financial crisis after boom in community banking
Four risks to growth: Atlanta Fed’s Lockhart
Atlanta Federal Reserve president Dennis Lockhart counts Gulf of Mexico oil spill and commercial real estate sector risks among imminent threats to growth
Cleveland Fed: Fed’s abandonment of FX controls justified
Cleveland Federal Reserve study says Fed was right to stop intervening in foreign exchange markets as it helped stabilise prices in long term
Greek debt crisis sparks widening of almost all global CDS spreads
Cost of protecting against a Greek default up 190% in three months to mid-June as CDS spreads widened for 93% of sovereign debt on back of sovereign debt crisis in Europe
Foreign holdings of US Treasuries rise as supply for agency securities runs dry
Fed data show official-sector holdings of US agency securities fell after 12 straight weeks of gains
St Louis Fed: FOMC largely ignored Phillips curve framework
A St Louis Federal Reserve study on Fed transcripts shows the FOMC was split on whether to use the Philips curve in monetary policy decisions
San Francisco Fed: jobs growth policies only temporarily effective
San Francisco Fed study shows recent government policies designed to stimulate employment failed to have any long-lasting effects
Central banks’ holdings of US agency debt rise on dollar demand
Fed data show official-sector holdings of US agency securities rose for a 12th straight week; auction for seven-year US Treasury bills displayed growing demand for dollar denominated assets
Philly Fed: freedom of databases may improve market oversight
Philadelphia Federal Reserve study on macro-micro databases shows that had information been made readily available, the crisis may have been less pronounced
Bernanke supports greater macroprudential focus in regulation
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says reform must focus on macroprudential financial regulation in line with Squam Lake report
China bubble unlikely to derail recovery: St Louis Fed's Bullard
St Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard says concerns over bubble in China are over exaggerated
CentralBanking.com panel: ECB’s response to Greek crisis too slow
Mike Williams, Paul Mortimer-Lee, and Phil Davis say the ECB should have moved more swiftly to tackle the fiscal problems in Greece
Top economists call for central banks to oversee financial stability
Leading thinkers including former Federal Reserve Board governor Frederic Mishkin say central banks should watch financial stability; set of crisis prevention proposals include limits on bankers’ pay
St Louis Federal Reserve: African Americans have endured economic disadvantage
A St Louis Federal Reserve study compares the economic progress of African Americans against white Americans and finds significant differences in access to labour markets
New York Fed - Annual Report (2009)
New York Federal Reserve Bank remitted almost $24 billion to the US Treasury in 2009
US must clarify degree of Basel III implementation: Bini Smaghi
ECB executive board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi says US needs to clarify its implementation of Basel III proposals
Wellink says Basel III to be phased in gradually in bid to soothe fears
Basel Committee chairman Nout Wellink says proposals on new regulations on banking will be introduced in an orderly manner; unrepentant on costs to growth
Foreign holdings of US Treasuries slide after two weeks of gains
Data show holdings of US Treasuries by foreign central banks with accounts at the Federal Reserve declined this week, cancelling out two week of gains
Bernanke: US should not rely on safe haven status of dollar
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said country should take measures to cut deficit despite unique role in global currency markets
NY Fed’s Sack on central banks’ role as liquidity providers
New York Fed markets chief Brian Sack says provision of liquidity to markets essential, but unconventional programs must be reviewed