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Sukuk financing key for Malaysian economy – Zamani
Bank Negara Malaysia’s Zamani Ghani says Islamic finance is the main source of financing for Malaysian businesses
HKMA’s Chan: Asian Crisis lessons were forgotten
Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Norman Chan on drawing lessons from financial crisis
Non-energy diversification key: Trinidad and Tobago’s Williams
Trinidadian central bank governor Ewart Williams says the non-energy private sector needs care and development to ensure future growth
Malawi’s reserves insufficient and volatile: Ligoya
Reserve Bank of Malawi’s Perks Ligoya says export diversification needed to generate stable foreign-exchange income
Services inflation must fall: Bank’s Sentance
BoE rate-setter Andrew Sentance says spike in goods inflation is increasing pressure for services inflation to be controlled
Keep the Fed away from politics: Dallas’s Fisher
Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher says allowing Congress to audit the Fed would be comparable to the governance crises of Weimar Germany and pre-Péron Argentina
Schapiro seeks tighter reins on hedge-funds
US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Mary Schapiro eyes more stringent controls for hedge funds and credit rating agencies
Croatia to take caution in 2010: Rohatinski
Croatian National Bank’s Željko Rohatinski expects growth lull, shift in spending attitudes
BuBa’s Fabritius: monetary policy can’t stop bubbles
Bundesbank’s Hans Fabritius says monetary policy has limited capability to target asset bubbles
Mauritius’s Googoolye on macro supervision
Bank of Mauritius’s Yandraduth Googoolye says that the country’s revenue authority will share tax data with the central bank to aid policymaking
Bank’s Tucker on shadow banking
Paul Tucker, a deputy governor at the Bank of England, set out his thoughts on the regulatory agenda for financial markets that replicate the features of core commercial banks
Uganda’s Tumusiime-Mutebile on media relationships
Bank of Uganda’s Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile says effective communication with the public is crucial for central bank’s work
Two challenges for policy in the near future
Donald Kohn, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, set out his views on the Fed’s exit and the potential to include asset prices and financial stability questions in monetary policy.
Recapitalise, don’t remunerate – ECB’s Bini Smaghi
European Central Bank’s Lorenzo Bini Smaghi says banks should prepare to meet stronger demand for credit when economy improves
Fed’s Duke is optimistic for 2010
Elizabeth Duke, a governor of the Federal Reserve Board, says she is optimistic that the volume of bank loans will increase this year
How risk management will evolve: RBI’s Thorat
Usha Thorat, a deputy governor of the Indian central bank, says business models and an intuitive approach to risk are key to banks’ success post-crisis
Swiss govt must defend free trade – SNB’s Roth
Swiss National Bank’s Jean-Pierre Roth says weak growth, unemployment, public finance and inflation key future challenges
RBI's Mohanty bemoans inflation measures
Reserve Bank of India's Deepak Mohanty wants robust primary measure of inflation
Israel’s Hizkiyahu on financial regulation architecture
Bank of Israel’s Rony Hizkiyahu says move from sectorial to functional regulation key
Atlanta’s Lockhart: don’t politicise the Fed
Atlanta Federal Reserve’s Dennis Lockhart says Fed must have the capacity to make unpopular decisions
Kenya moves to automated treasury trading – Ndung’u
Kenyan governor Njuguna Ndung’u says automated trading system is an important development for treasury bonds
Sri Lanka’s Cabraal: bond market deepening in focus
Ajith Cabraal, the governor of the Sri Lankan central bank, outlines the 2010 roadmap for the country’s capital markets
Canada's Wolf on housing sector
David Wolf, an adviser at the Bank of Canada, says housing is disproportionately important in the country
Systemic risk ebbing away: ECB's Papademos
ECB vice-president says financial system support measures have worked