Central Banking Journal
Fed comes under renewed fire as governance structure challenged
Is now a good time to review the Fed's governance structure?
Can inflation derivatives help the ECB hit its inflation target?
The ECB could reinforce its pursuit of price stability by using inflation derivatives
Nobel economist Sims on fiscal stimulus, Eurozone loss sharing and role of central banks
Urges fiscal policymakers to creat inflation; sceptical about secular stagnation
BIS’s Shin on international co-operation, inflation targeting and integrating finance into economics
Interview with Bank for International Settlements head of research Hyun Song Shin
Managing financial stability, monetary systems and the economic order
Policy-makers should address challenges presented by economic and monetary system feedback loops
The Fed’s impact on emerging market sovereign wealth investors
With central bank reserves dropping, will tighter US policy will make matters better or worse?
Book notes: The Great Divide, by Joseph E Stiglitz
This book argues that deregulation was an important cause of the recent banking crisis
Book notes: Efficiently Inefficient: How Smart Money Invests and Market Prices are Determined, by Lasse Heje Pedersen
A condensed picture of hedge funds’ operations and strategies
Book notes: The Lion Wakes: A Modern History of HSBC, by Richard Roberts and David Kynaston
A weighty tome, commissioned by HSBC to commemorate its 150th anniversary
Book notes: Money and Trade Wars in Interwar Europe, by Alessandro Roselli
A book that should be compulsory reading for all those who are interested in the current crisis in the euro area
Questions of credibility in the Eurozone and China
Greek debt talks and Chinese intervention raise concerns about the role of central banks
Greek lessons for central banks acting as lenders of last resort
Former CNB deputy asks if the eurozone's LoLR system is fit for purpose?
Radical rethink of central banking is still possible
Poloz's call for central banks to be 'reinvented' is a timely reminder
Jacques de Larosière on the international monetary system and the euro
Christopher Jeffery speaks to former IMF managing director Jacques de Larosière
Andrew Sheng: The new politics of central banking
Policy actions by leading central banks have left them politicised
Former IMF chief weighs up benefits and costs of QE
Quantitative easing is having a profound effect on markets and banking
Five problems with floating rate exchange regimes
Euro's 25% fall against the US dollar highlights dangers of floating currencies
Shadow banking risks ebbing in China
The risks shadow banking poses to China's financial system are overstated
Devising effective data strategies to help inform policy decisions
Report offers potential for powerful data sharing but more needs to be done
Central banks face weight of expectations in sub-Saharan Africa
The art of central banking has changed dramatically in frontier markets
Central bank liquidity surge is not without historical precedent
Huge central bank liquidity rise is not without historical precedent
Assessing the value of financial stability reports
A look at the various approaches central banks take in producing FSRs
Book notes: Monetary policy and financial repression in Britain 1951–1959, by William A Allen
A fascinating account of British monetary policy in the 1950s
Book notes: Smart Money, by Andrew Palmer
A bold author who takes the side of financial wizards in the post-2008 world