Broad money
The IMF’s $650bn SDR allocation and a future ‘digital SDR’
Focus is needed on widening SDR use in payments, to support a large allocation of ‘official’ IMF SDRs
It’s time to smash Iran’s endemic inflation
As Iran goes to the polls, high inflation is still plaguing the economy. Steve Hanke looks at solutions
Lifetime achievement: Charles Goodhart
LSE and BoE veteran has influenced central banking policy practices and frameworks all around the world
Why Bulgaria needs to deepen its currency board
Bulgaria’s currency board rules should be extended to transaction deposits at commercial banks
Chinese lending hits all-time high in January
Total social financing reached roughly 240% of China’s GDP at end of month
Lifetime achievement: Zhou Xiaochuan
Former PBoC governor stands out for his high levels of integrity, intellectual rigour and bold reforms
Book notes: Democratizing Money?, by Beat Weber
This is a timely book about ‘how money really works’
Money matters for macro fluctuations – Fed paper
Working paper says previous research by Schularick and Taylor may have been flawed
SNB governor condemns 'sovereign money initiative'
Thomas Jordan calls on voters to reject proposal for new credit system
China's policy transmission increasingly similar to advanced economies – BIS paper
Authors say monetary policy surprises have “sizeable” effects on interest rates in China
Book notes: Money in the Great Recession, by Tim Congdon
A stimulating collection of papers on the monetarist theory that had central bankers in late 2008 focused on boosting the quantity of broad money “the Great Recession would not have happened”
The optimal size for central bank balance sheets
Charles Goodhart examines role of monetary and fiscal agents
Central Bank of Egypt battles to contain devaluation impact
Inflation has rocketed since Egypt aligned official and black market exchange rates
Norway’s Nicolaisen: central banks must guard against e-money takeover
Private electronic money can bring drawbacks, especially in a crisis, Norges Bank deputy governor warns
State money and bank money: lifting the fog around QE
Steve Hanke calls on economists to pay more attention to the money supply
Sovereign money a ‘risky experiment’ says SNB’s Jordan
Sovereign money initiative looking to strip banks of ability to create money
IMF pushes Belarus to adopt new policy framework
Staff clash with national authorities over exchange rate
Thomas Jordan dismisses monetary reform proposals
SNB chair backs status quo one week before referendum on gold
IMF paper evaluates reserve adequacy in emerging markets
Working paper studies the determinants of reserve holdings in emerging markets and small islands; proposes measure of reserve adequacy
IMF paper measures the natural rate of interest
Fund study says the transformed money demand and observed output gap provides the best information about the natural interest rate
Bank of Portugal paper highlights variance in value of money
Bank of Portugal study challenges application of Bertrand competition in currency markets
QE helped boost broad money growth: BoE paper
Bank of England Q1 2011 Quarterly Bulletin says quantitative easing programme helped revive broad money growth during recession
ECB rejects temporary price pressures argument; signals tightening
European Central Bank’s hawkish Thursday announcement shows a different interpretation of commodity price pressures, second-round effects, to Bank of England and Fed
Beijing looks to further internationalise renminbi
People’s Bank of China says it must work to match growing demand for renminbi outside of mainland; sets out further steps including opening domestic market to international institutions