Speech
Serbian director hints at possible easing in coming months
Head of National Bank of Serbia’s research department sees inflationary pressure easing and the Serbian economy returning to growth; says this may prompt cuts in the near future
Bullard revels in greater global certainty
St Louis Fed president says uncertainty is falling around the globe; should benefit growth in euro area, emerging markets and US
ECB’s Praet targets stronger ABS demand
Executive board member Peter Praet says the recovery of the market for asset-backed securities is essential for the provision of credit
Draghi tells Spanish parliament to keep struggling on
ECB chief meets with members of the Spanish parliament and says painful reform efforts are beginning to bear fruit
Richmond Fed's Lacker urges policy-makers to take away the safety net
Richmond Fed president says Federal Reserve may have been too generous with support during the financial crisis; ‘living wills’ could put fear of failure back into banks
Philadelphia Fed president wants forward guidance in ‘normal times’
Charles Plosser says helping the public understand how the Fed sets policy in normal times will make forward guidance at the zero lower bound more effective
Finnish deputy stresses support for SSM within ECB
Pentti Hakkarainen says lack of co-ordination between central banks and supervisors is the biggest lesson of the financial crisis
Small economies' central bankers must be ‘exceptionally smart to succeed', says CNB
Small economies are 'event-takers' says Czech executive director, often dependent on external conditions set by economic policies of advanced economies
Co-operation needed to avoid reduction in cross-border activity, says Canadian deputy
Timothy Lane says a reduction in cross-border activity only internalises the contagion risk; greater global co-operation needed to improve financial stability
RBI deputy wants to make banking a 'fundamental right'
Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty champions universal access to basic banking services; says banks’ cost structures are incompatible with the ideal
Bangladeshi governor hails central bank's "unorthodox developmental role"
Governor Rahman points to role of central bank in helping Bangladesh to meet millennium development goals
Dombret wary of conflicts between regulatory measures
Bundesbank executive board member Dombret urges the consistent and timely implementation of international regulation on a national level
ECB's Cœuré argues integrating SSM in ECB has benefits for monetary policy
Executive board member sees benefits to monetary policy in bringing supervisory mechanism into the ECB
FDIC director backs Haldane on leverage ratio
Jeremiah Norton follows Bank of England’s Andrew Haldane in criticising Basel III’s risk-weighted assets, and says a higher leverage ratio would be a simple, effective solution
NY Fed president calls for tri-party and money fund reform
William Dudley lays out a range of options to ‘make the basic structure of the wholesale funding market as sound as possible'
NZ governor wants ‘stand out’ policy
Graeme Wheeler says New Zealand’s economic growth is dependent on its ability to introduce internationally attractive policy
Jwala Rambarran laments Caribbean futility over public debt
The Trinidad and Tobago governor says the fiscal adjustments needed in Caribbean countries are not practicable; questions success of present international initiatives
Shirakawa warns US and Europe have more to learn from Japan's experience
BoJ governor gives his view on the role of central banks and monetary policy in a speech covering reactions to Lehman, the European debt crisis and the earthquake of 2011
Constâncio concerned about credibility in wake of SSM
ECB vice-president says problem in banking industry could damage the central bank’s reputation; denies any conflict of interest between monetary and supervisory functions
Latvia’s Rimsevics predicts solid year for the economy
Governor of the Bank of Latvia expects inflation to remain moderate and growth, while slower than 2012, to show one of the fastest rates in the European Union
NZ deputy wary of using risk weights to shackle house prices
Grant Spencer says other macro-prudential tools may be more appropriate to address the build-up of asset bubbles
Mauritian governor demands faster financial market expansion
Rundheersing Bheenick disappointed by slow bond market development; says central bank and others must increase efforts
Mervyn King makes final ‘regional' speech as BoE governor
King provides diagnosis, prescription and prognosis for the UK economy, and expresses fears over currency wars
Irish deputy lays out arguments for banking union and SSM
Gerlach says while monetary policy and bank supervisory bodies should be separate, siting them together can bring benefits