Central Banking Journal
When private shares meet public interest
Jannie Rossouw and Adèle Breytenbach look at a unique group of central banks: the eight that are privately owned.
The gathering storm
Solving the financial crisis increasingly looks beyond the reach of monetary and financial policies, writes Ludek Niedermayer. Worse could follow in 2012 for central bank balance sheets, he warns.
Held in reserve
Gary Smith says it is time for central banks to define what they want from reserves and reserve managers.
Hong Kong: where next?
Can the symbiotic relationship between Hong Kong and the renminbi continue? Chen Chao looks at the potential for growth – and competition.
Beijing’s second thought
Hui Feng examines the political calculus behind increasing international flows of China’s currency.
Tracking China’s currency
Ren Kangyu looks at how China’s currency has extended its reach beyond the mainland in the short space of seven years.
The G-20 and the dollar: what’s new?
Reform of the international monetary system is overdue but the pace of change is too slow, says Ousmène Jacques Mandeng.
The end of a monetary phenomenon
A gold-backed currency is the only viable alternative to failing fiat money, argues Kevin Dowd.
In gold we trust
Judy Shelton makes the case for the US government to issue bullion-backed bonds.
The case for a real SDR currency board
An enhanced special drawing right, backed by a basket of goods, would provide the global currency the global economy craves, argues Warren Coats.
Interview: Alan Bollard
The governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand discusses the fallout from the financial crisis with Blair Baker.
Towards a global monetary policy
US monetary policy must change as the dollar’s dominance wanes, writes Allan H. Meltzer
Interview: Robert Mundell
The Nobel laureate explains what is needed to save Europe’s single currency and calls for greater global coordination of monetary policies, in conversation with Robert Pringle
The fractured global monetary system
Robert Pringle reflects on the 40th anniversary of Bretton Woods
Would Spain be better off out of the euro?
Domingo Cavallo compares the economic performances of the UK and Spain during the crisis to see if being ‘out’ is better than being ‘in’
Conflicts of interest in central banking
The crisis has highlighted how interests can diverge in the monetary policy-making bodies of federal central banks, writes Daniel Gros
History in the making
Robert Aliber is inspired by Allan Meltzer’s monumental history of the Federal Reserve to look again at US monetary policy in the latter half of the 20th century
Interview: Jaime Caruana
Jaime Caruana, the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, talks to Catherine Snowdon about the institution’s role in responding to the financial crisis
A two-pillar strategy for macroprudential policy
Dirk Schoenmaker and Peter Wierts propose a way to formulate financial stability policy to tackle cyclical and structural risks
Central banking in an era of QE
The reserve currency centres must urgently restore fiscal and monetary discipline. If not, then inflation and the flight into gold will continue, warns Andrew Sheng
Nigeria banking gets back on its feet
Deputy governor Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu explains how the Central Bank of Nigeria has restructured the country’s banking sector and regulatory architecture since the financial crisis