Central Banking
Your assets are safe, Geithner tells China
Timothy Geithner, US treasury secretary, sought to reassure the US's largest foreign creditor regarding its investments in dollar-denominated government debt.
Can Sack fill Dudley's shoes?
Brian Sack will takes on a very different job from that of his predecessors at the NY Fed writes Claire Jones
Uganda's Tumusiime-Mutebile: more aid needed
Multilateral institutions could assist African economies by providing balance of payments support as well as structural adjustment loans for countries dependent on primary commodity exports, said Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the governor of the Bank of…
CDS auctions improve settlement efficiency
Credit default swap (CDS) auctions have the potential to enhance the efficiency of settlement, new research from the New York Federal Reserve reveals.
Bank of Sierra Leone - Annual Report 2008
Sierra Leone's economy remained virtually unaffected by the international economic crisis in 2008 and continued to show robust growth, notes the country's central bank in the latest Annual Report.
Labour models with best fit
Labour models with wage stickiness and right-to-manage bargaining or with firm-specific labour deliver the best fit, a new paper from the European Central Bank posits.
Dallas's Fisher: do not politicise regional Feds
Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Federal Reserve called on US lawmakers not to "politicise" the central bank by taking a role in selecting the presidents of district banks.
Bank may extend support operations
Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England said on 28 May that the Bank might give permanent form to some of the programmes it created specially during the financial crisis.
Cen banks must take long-term view - Buba's Weber
The president of the Bundesbank, Axel Weber, said central banks should consider whole economic cycles, rather than simply shorter-term "snapshots", when they are setting monetary policy.
Bulgarian governor wins second term
Ivan Iskrov has been granted a second stint as governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), after two-thirds of lawmakers voted in favour of his reappointment.
Bank of Canada - Spring Review
The Spring issue of the Bank of Canada Review considers changes to the country's inflation-targeting framework.
Japan's Shirakawa sees mild recovery ahead
Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the Bank of Japan, was guardedly optimistic in his outlook for the economy.
Norway's Qvigstad: banks need more capital
Banks need more capital to improve access to funding and to be more robust, said Jan Qvigstad, the deputy governor at the Norges Bank.
Debt discharge no guarantee for a clean start
Debt discharges fail to generate a fresh start as intended by the law, new research from the Federal Reserve Board posits.
Ukraine's central bank faces auditors
Accusations of mismanagement and corruption at the National Bank of Ukraine are to be investigated by international auditors, according to an official at the central bank.
SARB cuts in face of recession
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has cut interest rates by 100 basis points to 7.5% as Africa's leading economy enters it first recession in over a decade.
Further cuts possible in Czech interest rates
Miroslav Singer, the vice-governor of the Czech National Bank, has dropped strong hints that further interest-rates cut will be on the cards if the economic situation demands it.
Philippines cuts to 17-year low
The Central Bank of the Philippines has cut its main policy rates by 25 basis points, taking the overnight borrowing rate to new lows of 4.25%.
EU to implement De Larosiere group's proposal
The European Commission has proposed a raft of ambitious reforms to the region's supervisory framework, building on guidelines set out in the recent De Larosiere report.
Policy time horizon must be extended: Shirakawa
The time horizon for rate decisions must be extended as a result of the financial crisis, Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the Bank of Japan, has warned.
Tussle over Gono intensifies
Political wrangling over Gideon Gono's position as the head of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe intensified on Tuesday after Morgan Tsvangirai, the prime minister, called for the governor to be removed from office.
Gulf economies building new arsenal: DIFC's Saidi
The economies of the Gulf have been hit hard by the global financial crisis, but Nasser Saidi, chief economist of the Dubai International Financial Centre, has seen a number of positives emerging from the ashes.
Policy rates should fall to -5%: SF Fed's Rudebush
The federal funds target would have to fall to -5% for the benchmark rate to be in line with the central bank's Taylor rule, a senior San Francisco Fed official has said.
Macedonia's Goshev: stable exchange rate key goal
The National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia will continue its policy of focusing on the stability of the denar, said Petar Goshev, the governor of the central bank.