Central Banking
SARB promotes deputy to run exchange control
South Africa Reserve Bank names new head of Exchange Control Department
Many ways lead to inflation targeting
International Monetary Fund compares country experiences with the introduction and implementation of inflation targeting
Japanese more aware of BoJ stability role
Bank of Japan publishes the results of the Opinion Survey on the General Public's Views and Behavior
Fed enhancing large institutions’ oversight: Tarullo
Federal Reserve’s Daniel Tarullo says supervision of large institutions to get a new boost
Goodhart calls for negative deposit rate
Former member of Monetary Policy Committee Charles Goodhart wants Bank of England to follow Riksbank’s lead in cutting deposit rate below zero
More than a fifth of jobs not advertised
Philadelphia Federal Reserve studies vacancies, hires, and vacancy yields in the US job market
Interest rate corridor for Pakistan
State Bank of Pakistan to change its policy rate structure
New York Fed releases engagements diary
New York Federal Reserve details official events and speeches to promote “greater understanding”
Indonesia cuts again
Bank Indonesia cuts for ninth month in a row but bullish on outlook for second half of the year
BoE publishes semi-annual FX survey
Bank of England finds traditional UK foreign-exchange turnover fell by almost a fifth
Bank of Estonia – Annual Report 2008
Bank of Estonia’s Andres Lipstok says adopting euro would increase foreign investors’ confidence in the domestic economy
High excess reserves levels not a Fed policy feedback
New York Federal Reserve says level of excess reserves say nothing about Fed’s policies’ impact
Malaysia’s Mohd Razif on strengthening Islamic finance
Bank Negara Malaysia’s Mohd Razif bin Abd Kadir says new Shariah-compliant commodity sales house will strengthen Malysia’s role in Islamic finance
Central-bank gold sales plunge
Official sector sells 73% less gold in six months to June than in the first half of 2008
UAE to establish official interbank rate
Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates plans benchmark money-market rate to have greater control over borrowing costs
FDIC’s Bair pans single regulator model
Obama administration’s plans for single banking supervisor would fit uneasily with the structure of the US banks
Romania cuts by 50 basis points
National Bank of Romania lowers policy rate to the lowest level in more than a year to ease recession impact
Japanese wages plunge in June
Record fall in pay adds to fears of deflationary spiral in world's second-largest economy
SF Fed economist cautions on early warning systems
San Francisco Federal Reserve’s Mark Spiegel says suggested indicators would not have predicted crunch
Monetary and fiscal policies must link: RBI head
Reserve Bank of India’s Duvvuri Subbarao says monetary and fiscal policies must be coordinated in the future
Sao Tome signs euro-anchor deal
Island agrees loan deal with Portugal to anchor dobra to the euro
Egyptian rate cut fuels equities boom
Rate cut spurs rise in share prices
Fed rate setters impact US Treasury market
New York Federal Reserve assesses the microstructure if the US Treasury securities market
Extreme weather conditions key challenge in Caribbean
International Monetary Fund investigates the role of climatic and external shocks in the Caribbean