Central Banking

First FSAP for US flags commercial real estate woes

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:41:15 GMT

The US banking system at risk from commercial real estate woes, the IMF’s first Financial Sector Assessment Programme says

BIS: Global banking at a crossroads

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:18:06 GMT

Central Banking

Bank for International Settlements study says financial crisis has changed the model for international banking

Federal Reserve – Beige Book (July 2010)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:53:58 GMT

Central Banking

Federal Reserve’s July Beige Book shows significant improvement in labour markets across five of the United States’ 12 districts

Fed’s response averted a depression: Blinder

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:29:21 GMT

Central Banking

A paper co-authored by former Federal Reserve governor Alan Blinder says the central bank’s extraordinary polices prevented the country from entering a second Great Depression

Bank of Canada: firms don’t smooth inventories

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:24:00 GMT

Central Banking

Bank of Canada study shows high costs attached to inventories deters firms from smoothing inventory ahead of countercyclical swings

Eurozone banks tighten standards as loan demand grows

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:36:52 GMT

Central Banking

European Central Bank’s second quarter lending survey shows banks toughening standards for borrowers, reflecting unease from sovereign debt crisis spillover; demand, meanwhile, increases

King parries claims Bank will get too much power

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:18:00 GMT

Central Banking

Bank of England governor Mervyn King says creation of the Financial Policy Committee will not make central bank too powerful

King stresses wait-and-see approach to rate-setting

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:35:34 GMT

Central Banking

Bank of England governor Mervyn King dismisses suggestions that one or another view dominates rate-setting committee; deputy Charles Bean reiterates question marks over effects of quantitative easing

Policy produces dull but safe banks

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:16:00 GMT

Central Banking

In the second of a six-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted the nation’s global outlook

Central Bank of Turkey – Inflation Report (July 2010)

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:49:00 GMT

Central Banking

Central Bank of Turkey’s Inflation Report for July showed lending in credit markets picked up after yields on government debt fell

CEPR: Central banks stuck in interest rate trap

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:19:59 GMT

Central Banking

Centre for Economic Policy Research study says central banks will inevitably end up in a low interest rate trap during a crisis

Cross-border collateral may alleviate dollar funding strains: Emeap

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:40:00 GMT

Central Banking

Executives’ Meeting of East Asia Pacific Central Banks says crisis revealed shortcomings in regional money markets; swaps deals, cross-border collateral could alleviate some problems

Basel III features win governors' seal of approval

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:27:00 GMT

Central Banking

Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision, which oversees Basel Committee, okays parts of forthcoming Basel III proposals; calibration and phase-in arrangements to be finalised in September

Ireland’s Honohan talks about new capital adequacy requirements

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:56:00 GMT

Central Banking

Central Bank of Ireland governor Patrick Honohan sets out plans for tougher capital requirements on Ireland’s banks

Westminster spells out Bank’s importance in new regulatory structure

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:05:00 GMT

Central Banking

Bank-led committee will instruct prudential regulator and consumer body on policy; Treasury asks industry players for input on broadening new body’s objectives

EU stress tests detail exposure to Piigs debt

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:40:00 GMT

Central Banking

Stress tests show which banks are heavily exposed to riskiest sovereigns

UK lawmakers launch inquiry into regulatory revamp

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:37:00 GMT

Central Banking

Influential Treasury Select Committee says it will launch investigation of government plans for new regulatory structure

ECB insists stress tests are credible

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:03:00 GMT

Central Banking

ECB denies claims stress test scenarios were not severe enough

Albania’s Fullani sees green shoots in lending

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:52:00 GMT

Central Banking

Bank of Albania governor Ardian Fullani says banks still need to be more proactive

BIS: Top-down approach to countercyclical capital buffers preferred

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:50:27 GMT

Central Banking

Bank for International Settlements paper on capital buffers says a bottom-up approach is more favourable to a top-down as bank specific factors neglect variable differences in capital structures of firms

Bank of Italy: north hit hardest by crisis

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:43:00 GMT

Central Banking

Bank of Italy study says geographical differences in growth reflects dependence on industry

Crisis makes Tokyo more insular

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:35:00 GMT

Central Banking

In the first of a six-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted the nation’s global outlook

Lending in Japan remains subdued: BoJ survey

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:22:00 GMT

Central Banking

Bank of Japan survey on bank lending reports continued weakness in demand for loans by firms

Dodd-Frank starts to bite as Obama signs bill into law

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:14:00 GMT

Central Banking

US President Barack Obama draws a line under year-long legislative process, hailing bill’s benefits to consumers; ratings agencies flustered by exposure to ‘expert liability’

ECB will always end up bailing out sovereigns: Buiter

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:01:00 GMT

Central Banking

Former Bank of England rate-setter Willem Buiter says ECB will lose in “game of chicken” with finance ministries over who rescues sovereigns