Central Banking
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
Nigeria holds, outlook remains uncertain
Healthy growth at home dependent on global conditions
UK lends IMF SDR9.92 billion
Provision part of EU commitment made at April G20 meeting
Shirakawa stresses importance of co-operation
Bank of Japan's Masaaki Shirakawa emphasises unity
Modelling the labour market
Research published by the Bank of England reviews recent approaches to modelling the labour market and their implications for inflation dynamics
SNB takes a historical view
Swiss National Bank examines data from past 102 years in new paper
Recovery from recession analysed
International Monetary Fund research posits speed of recovery from recession can be influenced by stimulus
Nigeria pledge on bank failures
Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria's new central bank governor, announces new measures to prevent commercial bank failure
Outlook positive for Lucky Country
Australia's CB governor positive on economy going into 2010
Mixed outlook for Kiwis
Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor admits recovery has "an awful long way to go"
Depressed UAE in economic boost
Federation announces 1% cut on commercial bank interest rate facility
On the effects of FX settlement on liquidity
Research investigates impact of transactions carried out by large cross-border banks
After Japan’s “Big Bang”
San Francisco Federal Reserve research looks at post-Big Bang bond markets
SNB's Jordan: no need for policy move just yet
Swiss National Bank's Thomas Jordan says danger of deflation still not completely averted