Central Banking
Watch demand-type shocks in move to peg
Czech National Bank economist says monetary policy should pay attention to demand-type shocks when moving to an fixed-exchange-rate-peg regime
Basel outlines plans to tighten bank regulation
Central bank governors and heads of supervision agree on raft of measures to rein in banks
Turkey can do without Fund’s loans – Yilmaz
Central Bank of Turkey’s Durmus Yilmaz says improving balance of payments means it may not need IMF loans in the future
PBOC’s Su in Taiwan for bill-financing talks
Su Ning, a deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), visits Taiwan to discuss the development of bill financing markets
Euroclear will add markets by T2S launch
Chief executive sees expansion before European Central Bank goes live with settlement service
New governor for Ireland
Dublin breaks with tradition of appointing within the civil service by giving role to highly regarded academic
ECB announces exit strategy
Trichet sets out cornerstones of retreat from extraordinary policy action
US Treasury outlines banking reforms
Treasury wants standards to be as uniform as possible across jurisdictions
Cautious policies still necessary: Strauss-Kahn
International Monetary Fund head stresses economic conditions remain rocky
A model for monetary policy analysis
San Francisco Federal Reserve finds labour market impacts policy's goals
How the Philippines is responding to the crisis
Central Bank of the Philippines' Amando Tentangco Jr describes policy response to crunch
How do financial markets price new information?
European Central Bank research paper investigates the reception of public signals in financial market
Payments between healthy and unhealthy banks
Bank of England research investigates how settlement banks in CHAPS, the UK's large-value payment system, deal with operational risk
Call for "binding" pay rules on banks
Brown, Sarkozy and Merkel say G20 must act on pay, speculation
Sanusi’s crackdown should be applauded
Central Bank of Nigeria governor Lamido Sanusi’s rescue of five undercapitalised Nigerian banks was the right move, argues Razia Khan, the head of research for Africa at Standard Chartered, a bank
Nigerian governor under parliamentary fire
Governor Sanusi taken to task for bank bailout
Post-downturn, Fed's Plosser wants pacy hikes
Philadelphia Fed head says raising rates fast will be key
ECB holds rates at 1%, ups growth and price estimates
European Central Bank expects economy to grow by 0.2% next year, inflation to rise by 1.2%
Responding to oil price shocks
San Francisco Federal Reserve research investigates how monetary authorities should react to oil price shocks
Ethics and values in the financial community
Reserve Bank of India's Duvurri Subbarao says no evidence bankers are inherently less ethical, just subjected to more temptation
How financial markets in Africa develop
International Monetary Fund research makes an empirical examination of the determinants of financial market in Africa, looking particularly at banking systems and stock markets
Productivity in Chinese provinces
Bank of Finland research goes in search of innovation-driven gains in Chinese provinces
New Japan government pledges to let central bank alone
No interference in Bank of Japan's monetary policy
Bleak new outlook from Eichengreen and O'Rourke
Respected economists still find few green shoots