Central Banking
Buba's Weber on market transparency
Transparency-enhancing regulation is needed to restore confidence among market participants, said Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank.
US monetary policy self absorbed - Dallas Fed
Monetary policy in the United States is too self absorbed, said Richard Fisher, the governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in the first Annual Report of the central bank's Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute.
Cash holding on the rise
Notes and coins in circulation were on average 1.1% higher than December, new data from the Bank of England show.
What to look for in Tarp II
Tim Geithner, the US Secretary of the Treasury, has delayed unveiling the plans for the next steps in administration's financial bailout programme until Tuesday. Here is a summary of the new steps that could be announced tomorrow.
Embattled Oddsson goes on the offensive
David Oddsson, the under-fire chairman of the board of governors at the Central Bank of Iceland, hit back at a letter sent last week by the prime minister calling for him to resign.
Fed still has weapons - Yellen
Janet Yellen, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, says the Fed still has weapons left in its arsenal to address a "severely depressed" economy.
Swedish seigniorage hits five-year high
The Riksbank has offered to pay SEK5.9 billion ($737m) of its profits to the national treasury for the financial year 2008, Sweden's central bank said on Monday.
Strauss-Kahn: Fund needs more resources
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) needs more resources to address current global challenges, said Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the Fund.
Take fast and broad actions - Norges's Gjedrem
Prompt and extensive write-downs of bad assets and recapitalisation of banks limited the downturn in Nordic economies in mid-1990s, said Svein Gjedrem, the governor of the Norges Bank.
Asian crisis's impact on money demand
The Asian crisis impacted money demand in Chilean economy, posits a new paper from the country's central bank.
FSA: economy and financial system risk related
The latest Financial Risk Outlook by the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) in Britain analyses how macroeconomic and financial system risks have become more closely interconnected.
Old Lady to begin buying commercial paper mid-Feb
The Bank of England's commercial paper facility will become operational on 19 February, the Bank said on Friday.
Ferguson, Feldstein join Volcker recovery panel
Martin Feldstein, a Harvard professor; Roger Ferguson, a former vice chairman at the Federal Reserve, and William Donaldson, a former SEC chairman, will join the economic recovery panel headed by Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Fed.
Demand for eurozone loans shrinks
Demand for loans from both businesses and households across the euro area fell sharply in the fourth quarter, the European Central Bank's (ECB) latest credit conditions survey indicated.
Goodyear in after bad year at Temasek
Chip Goodyear, a former chief executive at BHP Billiton, a mining company, is to replace Ho Ching, the wife of Singapore's prime minister, as chief executive of Temasek, the city state's sovereign wealth fund.
Peru cuts for first time in more than three years
The Central Bank of Peru cut its key interest rate a quarter point to 6.25% on Thursday. It is the central bank's first cut since July 2005.
IMF surveillance improved
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) country surveillance improvements are effective, posits a new paper from the Bank of Canada.
Italy investigates retail payments trends
The Bank of Italy is surveying the outsourcing of technological services associated with the provision of electronic retail payment services.
ECB: corporate credit weakening
Corporate credit is significantly weakening, said Jean-Claude Trichet and Lucas Papademos, the president and the vice president of the European Central Bank (ECB).
Central Bank of Brazil - Annual Report 2005
Brazil's export sector had an excellent year in 2005, notes the Annual Report from the country's central bank.
Bank cuts to 1%, economy in severe downturn
The Bank of England chopped 50 basis points off bank rate on Thursday and stepped up the rhetoric on the scale of the crisis, saying that the global economy was now "in the throes of a severe and synchronised downturn".
Tarp assets too dear
The head of a watchdog charged with overseeing the use of funds allocated to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (Tarp) said on Thursday that the Treasury was overpaying for its investments in banks.
SARB's easing cycle accelerates
The South African Reserve Bank cut its key rate by 100 basis points on Thursday following a 50 basis-point cut in January.
Growth fears outweigh depreciation threat for CNB
The Czech National Bank (CNB) has cut its key interest rate to 1.75%, the lowest level in more than three years, in an attempt to stave off recession despite concerns about koruna's weakening.