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PBOC not considering wider yuan/dollar band
The People's Bank of China is not currently considering a widening of the trading band for the yuan against the dollar, the head of the bank's research department said Friday 8 December.
Zimbabwe's Gono says he is unpaid
In reply to a question to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono on the New Zimbabwe.com web chat on Wednesday 6 December, Gono revealed he has not been paid since taking up the post at the central bank.
PBOC sees risks if dollar slides
The People's Bank of China said in a report published Thursday 7 December that it is concerned over a possible slide in the US dollar if there is a widespread move to sell off dollar assets.
Al-Suwaidi on the extended importance of the euro
In the speech 'The extended importance of the euro' given on 17 November Sultan Bin Nasser Al-Suwaidi of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates said the Euro will definitely grow to dominate trade outside the Euro Area.
BoE's King cool on soaraway sterling
Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, seemed unperturbed by the recent surge in the value of the pound relative to the dollar.
China raises renminbi value
China has raised the value of the renminbi even as its central bankers rule out major reductions in the dollar share of the country's foreign exchange reserves.
Dallas Fed chief sees dollar staying top currency
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said on Friday 17 November he does not expect a global shock that would be big enough to remove the dollar's status as the world's top currency.
UAE has no plans to diversify into yen reserves
The governor of the United Arab Emirates central bank said Friday 17 November the UAE does not see the Japanese yen as an attractive currency to diversify into from its existing foreign exchange reserves.
Iran will not use dollar in trade
Iran plans to carry out transactions in currencies other than the dollar in retaliation for US anti-Iran banking policies, IRNA reported Tuesday 14 November.
Qatar rules out reserve policy shift
Qatar central bank governor HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud al-Thani said Sunday 5 November that the Qatar has no plans to change its policy on foreign exchange reserves.
State TV reports China's reserves top 1trn USD
China's foreign exchange reserves have topped the 1.0 trillion US dollar level, state television CCTV said on Monday 6 November.
PBOC advisor plays down dollar risk to reserves
A senior People's Bank of China advisor has tried to calm fears over risks posed to the country's huge stock of dollar reserves by a slide in the value of the US currency.
Syria says it will peg pound to SDR
Syria plans to remove the pound from its U.S. dollar peg and link it to the International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights (SDR) in the first half of 2007, the central bank governor told Reuters on Monday 30 October.
Thai central bank intervenes again on baht
Bank of Thailand (BOT) has again intervened in the foreign exchange market to slow the baht's sharp rise against the dollar, the bank's governor Tarisa Watanagase said Monday 30 October.
Greenspan notes increasing role of the euro
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said in a speech on Thursday 26 October that both private investors and central banks were moving away from the U.S. dollar in favour of the euro.
PBOC's Tang sees strong pressure on yuan
'In the process of foreign exchange regime reform, the local currency still faces strong appreciation pressure,' said Tang Xu, director of the research department within the People's Bank of China, in an English-language paper prepared for a conference.
France's Breton hopes for ECB rate pause
French finance minister Thierry Breton said in an interview published Wednesday 25 October he hopes for a halt to interest rate hikes by the European Central Bank next year.
Liikanen on Finland, the EMU and the euro
In the speech 'Finland, the EMU and the introduction of the euro' given on 20 October Erkki Liikanen of the Bank of Finland said many of the asymmetric shocks feared by the opponents to Finland's adoption of the euro have already been realised over this…
Bahrain says Gulf to keep dollar peg after union
A common currency for the GCC Gulf Arab states will at first be pegged to the US dollar although the peg may be reviewed later, Bahrain's central bank governor said Thursday 20 October.
Reserve diversification - Danger for the dollar
According to this article published Tuesday 17 October by Daily FX, Russia has reignited the hot topic of reserve diversification and this time it is to the benefit of the Yen.
BIS paper on the euro as a reserve currency
The BIS Working Paper "The euro as a reserve currency: a challenge to the pre-eminence of the US dollar?" investigates whether euro financial markets have developed sufficiently to facilitate the emergence of the euro as a reserve currency on par with…
MAS maintains policy on Singapore dollar
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is sticking to its policy of allowing slight, gradual appreciation of the Singapore dollar despite expectations of weakness in the economy, it said Tuesday 10 October.
China FX regime suitable, says PBOC's Fan
People's Bank of China advisor Fan Gang said Tuesday 10 October China has few alternatives to the dollar in terms of its reserve holdings, despite the risk of losses if the greenback falls.
Official says Syria converts some reserves to euro
The governor of Syria's central bank was quoted by AP on Tuesday 10 October as saying that the bank had converted half of its foreign currency reserves from U.S. dollars to euros.