Monetary policy
Bank of Korea elbows government out of rate decisions
Korean central bank wins battle to keep vice minister out of rate calls; government representative can attend and observe future policy meetings, but must leave before policymakers vote
Markets support Poland’s central bank nominee amid opposition murmurs
Stock market gains as analysts welcome the nomination of former prime minister Marek Belka to head the central bank; confirmation expected despite grumblings from opposition politicians
Angolan central bank loses monetary policy mandate
Parliament votes to change law so central bank can “merely participate” in monetary and exchange rate policy; government will have responsibility while central bank assists in implementation
Norges Bank: Logarithmic opinion pools better forecaster of uncertainties
Norges Bank study finds that logarithmic opinion pools are better than linear opinion pools in modelling density forecasts
Norges Bank improves forecasting methods for external shocks
Norges Bank research applies theory of conditional forecasts to dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models
Portugal's Constâncio: markets cannot self regulate
Bank of Portugal governor Vítor Constâncio discusses new vision of European regulation
Bank's Posen on western economies turning Japanese
Bank of England rate-setter Adam Posen discusses relevance of Japan's deflationary experience to western economies today
Interview: Howard Davies
The founding chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority discusses Britain’s new regulatory architecture, weaknesses in the European Central Bank’s voting arrangements, and how inflation targets need to change
Cyprus’s Orphanides calls for more attention to macroprudential regulation
Central Bank of Cyprus study into lessons from crisis says greater need for both micro and macroprudential regulation
Bank of Canada: contractionary monetary shocks outweigh expansionary ones
Bank of Canada study shows that contractionary monetary policy shocks have more impact on output than expansionary shocks
Bank of Canada: Credibility helps keep inflation expectations anchored
Bank of Canada study shows central bank credibility helped anchor inflation expectations during global financial crisis
Eurozone crisis weighs on Swiss exit plans: SNB's Jordan
Swiss National Bank deputy head Thomas Jordan says normalisation of monetary policy hampered by eurozone debt crisis
BoE minutes: Bank held rates on delayed recovery
Bank of England minutes show key rate was left at 0.5% on continued uncertainty over pick-up in economic growth
Buba’s Weber interested in price-level targeting
Bundesbank president Axel Weber says move to price-level targeting could help anchor inflation expectations
RBA: inflation expectations converging globally
Reserve Bank of Australia paper finds inflation targeting policies helped the convergence of inflation forecasts to US levels
BoK bristles at government presence during rate-setting vote
Bank of Korea governor Kim Choong Soo calls for change in government involvement in monetary-policy meetings; tensions threaten to escalate into full-blown row
Economic cycles in Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan
New IMF paper analyses recessions and recoveries in Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan
Bank of Canada launches new commodities index
Bank of Canada replaces old fixed-weight measure with new Fisher chain index of Canada’s commodities market
Ex-governor Fraser knocks RBA’s rapid hikes
Former Reserve Bank of Australia chief Bernie Fraser says central bank has been too eager in its rate hikes given the European debt crisis and its potential impact on growth worldwide
IMF: allowing assets to run to maturity best exit strategy
IMF study on Japan’s experience of quantitative easing shows best exit strategy is to allow asset purchases to run to maturity
'Audit the Fed’ clause weakened on independence fears
Senator who proposed full Fed audit drops demands to review discount window and open market operations, White House and Fed pressure seen as key
IMF: inflation targeting the next step for emerging economies
IMF study makes strong case for adoption of inflation targeting in emerging economies
Riksbank’s Svensson concedes further cuts unlikely
Lars Svensson explains the banks decision to leave its benchmark rate at 0.25% until December 2010, after previous calls to cut the rate further
BoE broad money returns to pre-crisis growth levels
Bank of England estimates show broad money rose sharply in March, as credit conditions in the United Kingdom continue to improve