Financial crisis
SARB investigated stress testing: Mboweni
South African Reserve Bank’s Tito Mboweni says the central bank looked closely on stress-testing methods used by banks and the central bank
One credit register for Europe: Buba’s Zeitler
Bundesbank’s Franz-Christoph Zeitler says Europe needs a unified credit register
Fed’s Yellen guarded on recovery
The biggest threat to price stability is deflation, and there are losses still to come, Janet Yellen, the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve, warns
Libor spread sinks to pre-crisis levels
Libor-OIS spread for three-month dollar loans retreats to its summer 2007 level as confidence continues to grow
Peru’s Velarde backs V-shaped recovery
Central Bank of Peru President confident on quick recovery for emerging economies
Bank’s Haldane stresses limits of regulation
Rules alone will not be enough to restore trust and spur a full recovery says Bank of England’s executive director for financial stability
Goodhart says regulatory outlook unclear
London School of Economics’s Charles Goodhart says the process of reaching international agreement has become more difficult
Global liquidity provision system needed: IMF’s Blanchard
International Monetary Fund’s Olivier Blanchard says flexible credit lines have the potential to reduce the reserve-accumulation drive
Self-regulation has its limits: France’s Noyer
Banque de France’s Christian Noyer says turmoil has underlined weaknesses in financial sector’s ability to police itself
Use political will to reform finance: Buba’s Weber
Bundesbank’s Axel Weber says political momentum should be utilised to reform global financial market architecture
A model for an economy's target value of assets
Centre for Economic Policy Research investigates global imbalances
Greenspan blames “human nature” for crunch
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan sceptical that another crisis can be avoided until humans learn to accept cyclical nature of capitalism
Floating rate key defence, says Colombia’s Uribe
Central Bank of Colombia’s José Uribe says a flexible exchange rate proved crucial in coping with the global financial crisis
ECB’s Stark –regulation must remain on the agenda
European Central Bank’s Jürgen Stark says policymakers should remained focused on improving regulatory framework despite economic “green-shoots”
US Treasury outlines banking reforms
Treasury wants standards to be as uniform as possible across jurisdictions
Cautious policies still necessary: Strauss-Kahn
International Monetary Fund head stresses economic conditions remain rocky
Post-downturn, Fed's Plosser wants pacy hikes
Philadelphia Fed head says raising rates fast will be key
Bleak new outlook from Eichengreen and O'Rourke
Respected economists still find few green shoots
Shirakawa stresses importance of co-operation
Bank of Japan's Masaaki Shirakawa emphasises unity
Recovery from recession analysed
International Monetary Fund research posits speed of recovery from recession can be influenced by stimulus
Rethinking decoupling
The decoupling hypothesis has been one of the casualties of the crisis, Martina Horáková argues
Early warning models doomed to fail
San Francisco Federal Reserve research is sceptical about the effectiveness of early warning systems in predicting the timing of crises
IMF says yes to second Latvia loan
International Monetary Fund gives Latvia a second pay-out under the economic programme set up in December
T&T’s Williams – financial education in schools needed
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago’s Ewart Williams says financial education should be the school curriculum