United States
Three essential questions for reforming finance
Barack Obama should appoint a commission to investigate what went wrong and guard against quick fixes, says Eugene White
Interview: Raghuram Rajan
Claire Jones spoke to the former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund about the policy response to the crisis, particularly the role of the Fund
Would-be investors scarred by banking crises
Systemic banking crises have a severe impact on behaviour, finds a new paper form the Chicago Federal Reserve.
Fed's Plosser on crisis measures
Charles Plosser, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, discusses the Fed's dramatic departures from textbook central banking during the crisis.
Bernanke urges action on mortgages
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has called for an acceleration of efforts to stem a rising tide of home foreclosures.
Watchdog raps TARP management
A congressional watchdog has found the US Treasury wanting on a number of issues related to management and oversight of the $700 billion bailout plan known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
Don't forget inflation - Richmond's Lacker
Federal Reserves monetary policy needs to remain consistent and not allow inflation to accelerate over the business cycle, said Jeffrey Lacker, the president of the Richmond Federal Reserve.
Ex-NY Fed's Corrigan to head new Goldman wing?
Gerald Corrigan, a former head of the New York Federal Reserve, could be about to take the helm at Goldman Sachs's new bank holding company.
FDIC surveys bank overdraft programmes
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has gathered data on the types, characteristics, and use of overdraft programmes operated by the1,171 banks supervised by the deposit insurance regulator.
Bernanke signals shift to quantitative easing
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has hinted that the central bank will turn increasingly to its armoury of quantitative easing tools with its stock of rate cuts almost spent.
Commodities have small impact on US inflation
The effects of crop and energy price movements on US inflation are smaller than commonly thought, finds a new paper from the New York Federal Reserve.
New York Fed starts search for Geithner successor
The New York Federal Reserve has set up a panel to search for a successor to Tim Geithner, the current president of the central bank who was last week announced as the new treasury secretary.
3 problems that could befall the president's men
President-elect Barack Obama has assembled an all-star economics team. But potential pitfalls remain despite the players' pedigree, Malan Rietveld, the assistant editor of Central Banking journal, notes.
Fed governor on small business credit
Small businesses face difficulties in accessing credit, while at the same time credit demand from small business has declined, said Randall Kroszner, the governor of the Federal Reserve responsible for supervision.
Monetary policy affects US current account
Loose monetary policy plays an important role in the United States current-account deficit, research from the European Central Bank finds.
Ex-Fed's Volcker to head economic recovery group
Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve, will head a new committee to foster growth and financial stability.
Fed looks to boost lending by financing loans
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday looked to bolster bank lending by pledging to lend up to $200 billion against highly-rated securities backed by new consumer and business loans.
Fed's Warsh mooted as Geithner's successor
Kevin Warsh, a governor of the Federal Reserve, has been tipped to succeed Tim Geithner at the helm of the New York Fed.
US authorities shore up Citi
Washington will invest $20 billion and insure up to $306 billion-worth of distressed assets in a bid to shore up confidence in Citi, the world's biggest bank.
Fed's Bullard sounds knell on rate moves
With the effective federal funds rate trailing the Fed's target by more than 60 basis points and interbank spreads for longer-term loans remaining well above pre-crisis levels, one of the regional Federal Reserve presidents has acknowledged further rate…
The US deficit and the weak dollar puzzle
A paper from the International Monetary Fund investigates how the US current account deficit could remain large despite the depreciation of the dollar.
FOMC members see US contraction next year
Almost a third of the members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) see the US economy shrinking in 2009, the rate-setting board's latest economic projections reveal.
Rules must match lenience of lending: Fed's Lacker
A critical policy challenge in the aftermath of the credit crisis will be to re-establish the boundaries of central bank lending, said Jeffrey Lacker, the president of the Richmond Federal Reserve.
Fed's Kohn unconvinced rates should burst bubbles
The Federal Reserve's vice-chair believes it is still wrong for monetary policy to aim at bursting asset price bubbles despite events since last summer.