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Rosengren outlines exit options from ‘essential' unconventional monetary policy
Exit options could include using reverse repos to put a ‘floor' on short-term interest rates, or to raise the interest rate the Fed pays on excess reserves
Kuroda says 'premature' end of QE damaged BoJ credibility
Haruhiko Kuroda says the ‘somewhat premature’ ending of quantitative easing in 2006 made it hard for BoJ to gain credibility as a ‘deflation fighter’
Caruana defends role of interest rates in ‘leaning against' financial cycles
Interest rate rises have a role to play in discouraging excessive borrowing, BIS managing director Jaime Caruana tells National Bank of Bulgaria conference
BoE's Sharp: new shocks around the corner 'perfectly conceivable'
Richard Sharp says UK financial system's openness means unpredictable external events can have 'profound effect' on financial stability
BoJ’s Sato warns ECB about deflation risk
Bank of Japan policy board member says markets’ short- and medium-term inflation expectations have ‘started to decline somewhat’ in the eurozone
Caruana says ‘naïve' to be seduced by simple rules
Financial markets will continue to innovate to get around financial regulations - meaning regulators must also keep innovating, says BIS's Jaime Caruana
Mersch fears policy-makers are in last-chance saloon
European voters have given policy-makers the mandate to build a better eurozone, but their patience could run out, ECB executive board member says
Malaysian deputy promotes Islamic finance as means of channelling funds to SMEs
Muhammad bin Ibrahim tells African policy-makers to ‘start where it matters most’ and promote Islamic financial products that assist low income groups and SMEs
Fed's Lacker highlights 'critical, misconstrued' distinction between monetary and credit policy
Action constitutes monetary policy if quantity of liabilities is altered and credit policy if portfolio composition changes without affecting liabilities, Richmond Fed head says
FOMC's Esther George wants rate lift-off ‘shortly' after end to taper
Kansas City Fed chief says banks are responding to low rates ‘as we should expect' and notes an all-time high of $600 billion of leveraged US loans were issued last year
Fed's Lockhart 'comfortable' with rate liftoff next year
Atlanta Fed president also says weak governance was behind large number of bank failures in southeastern US following financial crisis
BoJ’s Shirai forecasts inflation dip
Sayuri Shirai believes annual CPI inflation will only reach the 2% target at the end of 2016 – making the forecasts more cautious than the BoJ’s baseline
Mark Carney criticises 'radical belief' in capitalism
BoE governor says 'lost sense of moderation' has eroded social capital, but that central bank's financial reform efforts is a start towards more inclusive capitalism
Targeting financial stability would compromise central bank independence, Lagarde says
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde says adding a financial stability objective to central bank mandates would be incompatible with their continued independence
Menon: Monetary policy can't fill ‘all the cracks'
MAS managing director says monetary policy cannot ensure financial stability alone, as vulnerabilities tend to concentrate in specific sectors
Jamaica governor expects IMF money in June
Brian Wynter says country is performing well under EFF programme; notes 'continued favourable outlook' for inflation but 'elevated' expectations mean stance remains 'conservative'
SSM results could come out early if severe weaknesses are found
Sabine Lautenschläger said today the results of the ECB's assessment of eurozone banks' health could be released early in the case of ‘severe weaknesses'
'Normal environment' still far off, says Flug
Israeli governor says country's modern central bank law 'internalises global crisis lessons' and includes support for financial stability in mandate
Romania governor backs banking union as ‘substitute' for fiscal union
National Bank of Romania governor is prepared to take his country into the single currency despite the lack of a fiscal union without which monetary union 'cannot function properly'
Yellen hails Bernanke's courage in university speech
Fed chair Janet Yellen tells New York University graduating class her predecessor was brave to take ‘unprecedented' actions to fight the financial crisis
MMA governor: Maldives has 'unprecedented opportunity' to put economy in order
Azeema Adam says the Maldives Monetary Authority is reviewing regulations in a bid to unburden country's financial sector
Islamic investors must expand out of real estate, says Bahraini central banker
Abdul Rahman Al Baker says it is critical for Islamic financial institutions to better understand clients' needs
Central bank holdings of Australian dollars may be levelling off, says RBA's Debelle
RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle says the majority of sovereign asset managers diversified into Australian dollars by 2012, so overseas holdings of sovereign debt may soon plateau
Coeuré calls for further progress to single capital market
ECB board member Benoît Cœuré tells International Capital Market Association that price convergence alone will not signal the end of eurozone capital market fragmentation