Credit easing
Fed: safety net is too big
Richmond Federal Reserve research flags dramatic expansion of safety net
Nigeria slashes deposit rate to ease lending
Central Bank of Nigeria knocks 100 bps off deposit rate and extends quantitative easing programme to promote lending to the real sector
Brazil jacks reserve ratio up by 200 bps
Central Bank of Brazil lifts reserve requirement ratio back to pre-crisis level, move is expected to withdraw more than 70% of liquidity provided during crisis
Fed reiterates plans for February exit
Federal Open Market Committee and governors expect to exit most crisis-fighting facilities early next year; committee keeps “extended period” pledge
Biggest exit barriers political: Buiter
Willem Buiter says main obstacles to exiting unconventional policies
SNB steps towards exit
Swiss National Bank announces end to credit easing
King says credit easing not for central banks
Bank of England governor counters calls to target specific markets and industries through quantitative easing, says this is the responsibility of governments
Central banks must guard independence – IMF
International Monetary Fund says the risk of losses from unconventional policies can pose challenges to financial independence
Bank says Asset Purchase Facility works
Bank of England confident Asset Purchase Facility (APF) helps corporate bond market
Japan extends special measures to 2010
Bank of Japan says credit easing and dollar liquidity provision will last until at least the end of this year
Policy time horizon must be extended: Shirakawa
The time horizon for rate decisions must be extended as a result of the financial crisis, Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the Bank of Japan, has warned.
Canada's Carney stresses policy flexibility
The Bank of Canada retains considerable monetary-policy flexibility despite rates being near the zero bound, said Mark Carney, the governor of the central bank.
ECB steps up recession fight
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced a raft of measures, including outright purchases of corporate debt, to embolden its response to the eurozone recession.
Bank begins £150 billion money-supply boost
The Bank of England on Thursday said it would boost the money supply by up to £150 billion ($211 billion) in a bid to revive the health of Britain's ailing economy. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee also cut rates to a fresh all-time low of 0.5%.
Canada lowers again, may boost money supply
The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark rate to a record low of 0.5% on Tuesday, saying that recent data had revealed a worse-than-expected slowdown. The central bank also said that it could raise the money supply through quantitative or credit easing.
Japan gov't panel starts debate on BOJ policy
JAPAN - The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy has started talks on the direction of monetary policy, set by the Bank of Japan, as a way of stemming deflation, and will likely issue a set of proposals in September calling for further credit easing.