Growth
CentralBanking.com readers divided on recovery
CentralBanking.com subscribers split on time it will take to return to trend levels of growth snapshot shows
Fiscal stimulus crucial for recovery
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) compares the Great Depression with the global credit crisis
Recovery will be fragile and unpredictable: Bank’s Sentance
Bank of England’s Andrew Sentance says also that fiscal consolidation may not be as bad as expected
Czech National Bank – November Inflation Report
Monetary policy relevant inflation will be below headline inflation, which is expected to reach just above 2% towards the end of next year
OECD hikes growth forecasts
Paris-based organisation raises its growth forecasts for next year and publishes 2011 expectations, citing the momentum of the recovery in non-members such as China
RBA: economy at greater capacity than expected
Minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s November meeting show rate-setters’ optimism and explain their decision to implement second rate hike
Monetary policy impacts effect of fiscal aid
Kansas City Federal Reserve studies the interactions between monetary and fiscal policy
QE working, but growth levels to remain anaemic: Bank
Bank of England confident quantitative easing having some impact; more bullish on growth but stresses slack is set to stay until beyond forecast period
Public banks good for growth
Central Bank of Cyprus finds that government ownership of banks has been associated with better long-run growth performance
Spain must step carefully on the road to recovery
Bank of Spain’s Miguel Fernandez Ordonez says domestic economy and financial sector face challenges ahead
Summers says crisis won’t hit potential growth
White House adviser Larry Summers says he expects growth to fully recover, optimism contrasts with eurozone outlook
China’s consumption key for crisis exit
International Monetary Fund says global recovery needs China and Japan to strengthen domestic consumption
Strauss-Kahn covets lender-of-last-resort role
Dominique Strauss-Kahn says International Monetary Fund must become a global lender of last resort to temper emerging Asia's desire to hold reserves
Imbalances: this time it's different, says Blanchard
International Monetary Fund sees growth recovering to 3% next year but warns that without imbalances fix, long-run picture remains bleak
Recovery underway, but risks remain – IMF
Global Financial Stability Report cuts financial loss projection
IMF set to upgrade 2010 growth forecast
Deputy managing director Murilo Portugal says global recovery is stronger than expected
Real effects of banking crises: a literature review
Bank of Italy examines trends in research on banking crises
Positive growth proves Central Bank of Philippines right
Second quarter GDP data justifies the Central Bank of Philippines’ decision to keep rates on hold
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
Weber: German economy not standing on own feet yet
Bundesbank’s Axel Weber expects timid recovery in Germany
Czech National Bank – Inflation Report
Czech National Bank says inflation will fall further but remain positive this year
France and Germany out of recession
Analysts taken by surprise as data show eurozone’s two largest economies returned to growth in the second quarter
France blames 80s monetary policy for poor growth
Banque de France asks whether permanent and gradual shifts in monetary policy were responsible for a protracted period of depressed activity in the euro area over the past decades
Central Bank of Belize – Annual Report 2008
Belize’s output negatively affected by flooding