Financial crisis
Payments systems and the crisis
Ron Berndsen, who heads the payments oversight department at the Dutch central bank, assesses the impact of the crisis on the financial "plumbing".
Mexico's Ortiz: crisis demanded FX strategy shift
The Bank of Mexico had to directly intervene in foreign-exchange markets for the first time for more than a decade earlier this month because of the severity of the impact of the crisis on currency trading, Guillermo Ortiz, the governor of the Bank of…
Asian crisis, culture sparked imbalances: Zhou
The Asian financial crisis and a number of cultural factors triggered the build up in global imbalances seen as the underlying cause of the current crisis, Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China, has said.
Take fast and broad actions - Norges's Gjedrem
Prompt and extensive write-downs of bad assets and recapitalisation of banks limited the downturn in Nordic economies in mid-1990s, said Svein Gjedrem, the governor of the Norges Bank.
Asian crisis's impact on money demand
The Asian crisis impacted money demand in Chilean economy, posits a new paper from the country's central bank.
France's Noyer: keep your supervisors close
This crisis has showed the merits of having the banking supervisors close to the central bank, said Christian Noyer, the governor of Banque de France.
SNB offers dollar-denominated bills for UBS loan
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced on Monday that it will issue its own bills denominated in dollars.
Central Bank of the Philippines - Annual Report 07
With 7.3% GDP growth in 2007, the Philippines achieved its highest output performance of the past three decades last year and the government's growth target, notes the country's central bank in its latest Annual Report.
Economists' forum launches crisis blog
VoxEU.org, an online forum set up by the Centre for Economic Policy Research, has launched a blog on the global financial crisis.
Trichet: euro is not dollar's competitor
The euro was not created to compete with the dollar, said Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB).
Central Bank of Turkey - Inflation Report
Turkish inflation is likely to undershoot the 7.5% inflation target in 2009, notes the Central Bank of Turkey's January Inflation Report.
ECB's warns against dangers of fiscal excess
The latest European Central Bank Monthly Bulletin calls for governments to spend cautiously.
Was subprime possible to predict?
Research by the Boston Federal Reserve finds that market participants should have predicted the steep rise in foreclosures that occurred in 2007 and 2008.
The risks are justified: SNB's Hildebrand
The current crisis is the most complex and the most serious of the post-war period, and demands unconventional action from the Swiss authorities, said Philipp Hildebrand, a member of the governing board at the Swiss National Bank (SNB).
New BoJ discussion paper series
The Bank of Japan published a new issue of its online discussion paper series.
ECB's Gonzalez-Paramo on CBs and supervisors
A very close and smooth interplay between central banking and the supervisory communities is crucial, said Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo, a member of the European Central Bank's executive board.
SNB's Jordan: recession unavoidable
A recession appears unavoidable for the Swiss economy in 2009, said Thomas Jordan, a member of the governing board of the Swiss National Bank.
Government should not give in to fear
The government should not capitulate when the public shows an excessive fear towards risk, says a new paper from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Philippines' Tetangco: 2009 will be critical
Philippines ended 2008 fairly unharmed from the global financial turmoil but 2009 is critical, said Amando Tetangco, the governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines.
Israel's Fischer: banking system still strong
In contrast to the health of the global banking system, Israel's lenders remain strong, Stanley Fischer, the governor of the Bank of Israel, said.
Bernanke revisits idea of toxic asset purchases
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Tuesday mooted several ways in which American authorities could remove toxic assets from banks' balance sheets. He also said that more capital injections and guarantees may be required to ensure…
Ex-MPC members offer solutions to crunch
A financial stability committee, a derivatives exchange and a pan-EU regulator were among the ideas suggested to stave off future credit crises by an influential group of British-based economists on Tuesday.
Banks and liquidity: a theoretical view
A model analysing the interbank market and liquidity crises indicates that banks need to be more liquid.
Eichengreen: ideology slowed response to crisis
Ideology delayed US officials in taking necessary steps after the credit crisis erupted, says Barry Eichengreen, a financial historian based at the University of California, Berkeley, in a new paper.