Communication
The inflation targeting debate: a case study in FOMC deliberation
Discussions among Federal Open Market Committee members in the mid1990s highlight two important lessons for central bankers, Marvin Goodfriend shows
Interview: Agustín Carstens
The governor of the Bank of Mexico tells Claire Jones about how the central bank is improving its capacity to safeguard financial stability
SNB appoints new media spokesman
Swiss National Bank names broadsheet economics deputy editor Walter Meier as new media spokesman; Meier to start in early 2011
Politics is hampering national wealth management
Poor communication and differing incentives between politicians and national wealth managers are undermining performance, argues Gary Smith.
Norges Bank takes reputation poll
Norwegian central bank publishes outcome of its first ever reputation survey; poll finds central bank is doing well in public eyes, but could be more open
Surveying inflation credibility
Jannie Rossouw, Vishnu Padayachee and Fanie Joubert compare the methodologies of inflation credibility surveys conducted in New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden
Policy forecasts: a new frontier in communication
Jakob de Haan weighs up the pros and cons for central banks considering publishing interest rate paths
Kim opens new chapter for Bank of Korea
Recently appointed governor of the Bank of Korea sets out future strategy for bank and country
FT Fed watcher to head NY Fed communications
Financial Times’s Krishna Guha to succeed Calvin Mitchell as executive vice president for communications
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
NY Fed communications head joins Thomson Reuters
New York Federal Reserve’s executive vice president for communications departs for information company
Norways’s Qvigstad on the art of communication
Norges Bank’s Jan Qvigstad outlines criteria for good central bank communication
Nigeria liberalises FX regime, looks to spur liquidity
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s new governor displays intent to move rapidly to fix the financial sector
Kenya launches new, improved website
Kenyan central bank enhances web presence
The state of the art of inflation targeting
The Bank of England's Centre for Central Banking Studies has published a new handbook showing the key features of the inflation-targeting frameworks in each of the 26 inflation - targeting central banks around the world.
Norges Bank to tweet rate decisions
Norges Bank has begun using twitter, the social networking site, to communicate rate decisions.
Inflation-targeting central banks communicate more
Central banks operating under inflation-targeting frameworks tend to provide more information than entities operating under other frameworks, a new paper from the Bank for International Settlements reveals.
St Louis Federal Reserve - Annual Report 2008
The current financial crisis has highlighted that certain activities are best performed by the public sector, said James Bullard, the president of the St Louis Federal Reserve, in the central bank's latest Annual Report.
Interview: Zdeneˇk Tu°ma
Martina Horáková speaks to the Czech governor about the crisis, calls for cross-border supervision and the process for adopting the euro
PBOC - China Payment System Development Report
Payment services tended to be diversified and increasingly market-oriented in 2007, notes the latest China Payment System Development Report from the People's Bank of China.
Fed planning communication enhancements: reports
The Federal Reserve looks set to bow to political pressure and disclose more details of its various attempts to tackle the crisis, which have led to the central bank's balance sheet more than doubling in size.
Long-run forecasts a good anti-deflation tool
The Federal Open Market Committee's new long-run inflation forecast reduces the chance of a deflationary spiral, a new paper form the San Francisco Federal Reserve posits.
SEC to revamp whistleblower procedures
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the US stock-market regulator, has announced a sweeping review of the way it handles whistleblower complaints and tip-offs.
Fed gloomy on 2009, more bullish on 2010 and 2011
The Federal Reserve has reduced its forecast for economic growth this year, but has upgraded its projection for 2010 and 2011.