Opinion/Central Banks
Pricing the lives saved by coronavirus policies
How does the effort to reduce risks to human life from Covid-19 compare with the economic losses?
Concentrated firepower: central banks must expand their arsenal
Philip Turner argues central banks should be prepared to go further to avoid economic and financial collapse
The dawn of a safer and sounder European banking sector
Implementation of two pillars of banking union has led to significant improvements in the safety and soundness of the European banking system
Inflation targets back in the spotlight
Monetary policy can do little to offset the impact of Covid-19
Policy responses to Covid-19
The coronavirus outbreak poses a real threat to the global economy, writes Sayuri Shirai
Stability versus solvency
There is still far too much regulatory forbearance on troubled bank debt. More on-site inspections and genuine writedowns are needed to fix the banking system
Bulgaria: long live the currency board
Bulgaria should reject the euro and extend its currency board to cover bank deposits
Macroeconomics is not broken
The discipline has moved beyond the neoclassical synthesis. Critics should too
Yngve Slyngstad: contrarian person, brilliant investor
Knut Kjær reflects on the character of the man that has led Norway’s $1.1 trillion sovereign wealth fund and contemplates the complex governance challenges ahead
Tribute to a great man
Peter Bakstansky highlights Paul Volcker’s legacy of probity and integrity
Demand for cash remains solid in many parts of the world
Sayuri Shirai re-examines the decline of cash use worldwide
The future of cash: an update
Antti Heinonen looks at the latest trends in cash use, including a surprising turnaround for the Swedish krona
Central bankers without clothes and clout
The focus on the latest actions by central banks is disproportional to their impact on the economy. Without normalisation, central bankers may be revealed to have no clout, writes Jesper Berg
Seven threats from big tech’s libra
Can central banks avoid a ‘big tech’ monetary meltdown?
30 years of central banking
Central banks face credibility tests on a number of fronts
The Fed’s trade policy dilemma
FOMC should loosen, but members must speak out more forcefully against tariffs, writes Barry Eichengreen
Central banking’s 30-year cycle
Central banking has hit another crossroads, writes Central Banking founder Robert Pringle