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UK to introduce ‘world's most secure coin', claims the Royal Mint
New £1 coin first ever to feature banknote security technology; ‘could potentially change the way coins are made in the future', UK's Royal Mint claims
UK government rules out 'sterling zone' with independent Scotland
Scotland will face significant challenges in setting up its own currency, establishing a currency board or joining the euro as an alternative to sterling
Carney lectures Scots on dangers of monetary union without fiscal union
Bank of England governor tells Edinburgh audience that successful currency union would need banking union, and would risk moral hazard without fiscal union
Reserve managers continue push into diverse currencies
Latest data from the IMF shows non-traditional reserve currencies continue to see their share of global reserve holdings grow; sterling, yen and the Swiss franc fall in favour
Carney defends forward guidance as UK unemployment falls closer to BoE threshold
Bank of England governor says reaching 7% unemployment threshold does not presuppose monetary tightening, but rather incorporates a deliberate buffer before full employment is reached
Yen volatility drives record turnover, central bank surveys reveal
Volume was up across foreign exchange products in the UK and US in April 2013, with nearly $1 trillion traded daily in the US and more than $2.5 trillion in the UK
BoE’s Weale warns of burgeoning inflation risk due to weak pound
Monetary Policy Committee member says further depreciation of the pound could push inflation further from its target, but the Bank of England might just have to weather the storm
BBA delays phase-out of some Libor rates after complaints
Less-used rates will be produced until May 2013
UK police seize more than £4 million in counterfeit coins
Metropolitan police uncover large counterfeit operation in UK; some of the fake coins may already be in circulation
Nazis “destroyed confidence” in BoE notes with expert counterfeits
MI5 report from 1945 says Nazis destroyed confidence in British banknotes; produced counterfeits of such high quality it was “impossible” for a lay person to tell them from the real thing
Queen's portraits from banknotes and coins to appear on stamps
New stamps issued to celebrate the Queen’s diamond jubilee; first time the official portraits from banknotes, coins and stamps have been brought together
Exchange rates are influenced by macroeconomic performance: Buba paper
Bundesbank study finds link between macroeconomic fundamentals and exchange rate movements through expectation of monetary policy
Bank’s Sentance calls for revaluation of sterling rate
Bank of England external Monetary Policy Committee member Andrew Sentance says Bank needs to strike a more even balance on sterling value
Inflation may hit 5%, but we couldn’t have done it different: King
Bank of England’s Inflation Report says inflation will likely soar further; medium term outlook shifts slightly as spare capacity margin revised downwards
IMF takes final step in changing SDR basket
Fund sets exchange rate for SDR; continues to peg unit of account to yen, dollar, euro and sterling
Russia advances Canadian dollar position
Bank of Russia will increase holdings of Canadian dollar denominated assets to diversify foreign exchange reserves
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin (2010 Q3)
Bank of England's third quarter bulletin scrutinises sterling markets, lending for new households
FX market going global: BIS
Bank for International Settlements’ triennial survey of foreign exchange markets shows decline in prevalence of local transactions, dollar and sterling
Bank had different objectives with corporate bond purchases: Fisher
Bank of England’s executive director for markets Paul Fisher says the central bank’s asset purchase facility has achieved what it set out to do
US debt ratio drives international exchange rates: Bank of Canada
A Bank of Canada paper posits that the debt to GDP ratio in the US and commodity prices have great impact on bilateral exchange rates
Dollar reserves dip
Latest Annual Report from the International Monetary Fund shows official sector shifting into euro, yen
Bank’s second monetary-policy roundtable
Bank of England summarises its monetary-policy roundtable
Are Libor spreads near the new normal?
A decline in interbank spreads shows confidence is returning. But, the margins at which spreads settle are likely to reveal much about how the crisis has changed the face of finance for years to come, Claire Jones, the editor of CentralBanking.com, says.
Harare abandons Zim dollar for foreign currencies
The Zimbabwean government has said that it will allow businesses to accept multiple currencies alongside the effectively worthless Zimbabwean dollar.