Financial crisis
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
Monetary policy needs financial analysis
European Central Bank says globalisation of financial markets over the past 25 years has had major implications for the conduct of monetary policy
Emerging-market shocks have mixed results on US assets
Bank of England looks at international financial transmission between emerging and mature markets
GDP to return to normal by mid-2010: BIS economists
Head of economic and monetary department Stephen Cecchetti and his team say pre-crisis GDP levels to be reached by June
Turkey cuts to fresh low
Central Bank of Turkey chops a half point off key rates, indicates further cuts to come
Angola says no devaluation in sight
Central Bank of Angola’s deputy governor says the central bank will withstand “speculative drive” to devalue the kwanza
BoJ forerunner of unconventional policy: Shirakawa
Bank of Japan’s Masaaki Shirakawa says economists attitudes towards unconvential monetary policy have changed since the Japanese crisis
Canada’s Carney: new capital requirements needed
Bank of Canada’s Mark Carney on building a more resilient financial system
S&P downgrades Latvia, Estonia
Latvia’s and Estonia’s long-term sovereign ratings downgraded, Lithuanian rating’s outlook put on negative watch
France’s Landau on Glass-Steagall’s relevance
Banque de France’s Jean-Pierre Landau addresses robustness of complex financial systems