Monetary policy
IMF's Strauss-Kahn: monetary policy limited
When the real economy has stalled looser monetary policy has only a limited effect, said Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
Co-movements highlight policy stance
Low-frequency co-movements between inflation and money growth, and short-term interest rates and money growth shed light on a central bank's monetary policy stance, states a paper from the Bank of England.
Don't forget inflation - Richmond's Lacker
Federal Reserves monetary policy needs to remain consistent and not allow inflation to accelerate over the business cycle, said Jeffrey Lacker, the president of the Richmond Federal Reserve.
Chile's rate meeting - minutes
Central Bank of Chile's board members decided unanimously to keep the policy rate unchanged at 8.25% for a second month on expectations that slowing global economic growth may put the brakes on domestic inflation, the minutes of the November meeting show.
Buba's Weber: room for more monetary easing
Euro-area monetary policy has enough leeway for further easing if necessary, said Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank.
Rates should respond to asset prices: Buba
Monetary policy has to take asset price developments into account, finds a new paper from the Bundesbank.
Monetary policy affects US current account
Loose monetary policy plays an important role in the United States current-account deficit, research from the European Central Bank finds.
Variety is key to forecasting bank rate
A range of financial instruments are needed to accurately measure expectations of future Bank of England policy rates, research by the Bank finds.
Japan holds, warns recovery to "take some time"
The Bank of Japan left rates on hold at 0.3% on Friday and warned that the country's ailing economy was unlikely to recover soon.
Turkey changes tack and cuts rates
The Central Bank of Turkey has shifted its monetary policy stance and cut rates on signs of slowing growth and below-target inflation in the years to come.
Bank's Besley: inflation below target in 2009
Inflation is likely to fall below target next year despite the upward pressure on inflation from the weakening pound, said Timothy Besley, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.
Euro a solution for currency risk: Hungary's Simor
Euro adoption could help eliminate potentially dangerous currency mismatches, said Andras Simor, the governor of the National Bank of Hungary.
Bank could have cut by 200bp
Members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, who shocked markets earlier this month when they slashed rates by 150 basis points, had considered an even bigger cut.
Trichet defends decision to keep minutes secret
Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), has defended the institution's decision to keep details of its monetary policy meetings under wraps, saying the publication of minutes could damage credibility.
Fed's Kohn unconvinced rates should burst bubbles
The Federal Reserve's vice-chair believes it is still wrong for monetary policy to aim at bursting asset price bubbles despite events since last summer.
ECB's Bini Smaghi: Europe must liberalise
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a member of the European Central Bank's executive board, has claimed that rigid European labour and product markets hamper the ability of economic policies to foster growth.
Focus of monetary policy research often misplaced
The focus on determinacy in recent monetary policy research is misplaced, Bennett McCallum, an economics professor at Carnegie Mellon University, argues.
BoJ minutes: growth sluggish
Japan's economic growth has been sluggish, reflecting earlier rises in energy and materials prices and weaker exports, say the minutes of the Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy Council meeting on 6 and 7 October.
BoJ head hints at bubble-bursting role for rates
Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor of the Bank of Japan, has indicated that monetary policy should act on asset-price bubbles.
SARB "distinctly dovish" in latest policy review
South African Reserve Bank on Tuesday adopted a dovish tone in its latest Monetary Policy Review, saying inflation was likely to fall sharply towards the 3%-6% target range in the new year.
Credit-growth targeting improves policy
Integrating credit growth into monetary policy improves performance, finds a new paper for the European Central Bank.
Ex-PBoC deputy questions policy after Beijing cut
Wu Xiaoling, a former deputy governor at the People's Bank of China, has said the central bank should not loosen monetary policy further after the institution cut rates and relaxed loan conditions last week.
Norges's Qvigstad - central banks are changing
Liquidity policy is now at the forefront of the monetary policy scene, said Jan Qvigstad, the deputy governor of the Norges Bank.
Blanchflower: I told you so on rate cut
David Blanchflower, an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), criticised his fellow committee members for not taking a forward-looking approach, which meant rates had stayed too high too long.