Monetary policy
Supervision not regulation, says SEB's Hansen
Rather than rushing to increase regulation and potentially creating compliance costs and regulatory risks, authorities should be getting involved at the ground level to improve supervision, says Lars Hansen, Swedish insurer SEB Life’s chief risk officer
Axa IM fixed-income head says euro collapse more inflationary than ECB printing euros
It is difficult to foresee borrowing costs for Italian, Spanish or other troubled debt falling permanently with "anything other than the ECB being used as a lender of the last resort", says Chris Iggo
Trichet bows out with new bond purchase scheme
Jean-Claude Trichet unveils a new covered bond purchase scheme; ECB governing council also agreed to hold interest rates and support Jörg Asmussen for governing council post
‘US monetary policy is abnormal and deviant’: Steve Hanke profile
Steve Hanke profile
Risk of prolonged rise in inflation spurs rate tightening talk
Inflated expectations
Basel III should aim higher on capital targets, says Bank of England
Discussion paper published by Bank of England and co-authored by external rate-setter David Miles suggests Basel III common equity requirements are too low
Some peripheral euro countries do not deserve 'developed' status – Bremmer
Q&A: Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group
The Fed's role in the financial crisis: Jerry Tempelman column
In denial over monetary policy
Neglecting financial stability was Bank’s biggest mistake: FSA’s Sants
UK Financial Services Authority chief and future Bank of England deputy Hector Sants says neglect of financial stability was Bank's gravest policy error
Focus on banks’ incentives must continue post-crisis: Bank’s Bean
Bank of England deputy governor Charles Bean says crisis focus on bank incentives must remain; financial market problems require macroprudential instruments
Too much expected of central banks: CentralBanking.com poll
CentralBanking.com poll shows more than 66% of readers think monetary authorities cannot be expected to boost growth and protect price stability
Interview: Donald Kohn
Blair Baker talked to Donald Kohn on 9 July about his career at the Federal Reserve, monetary policy, the crisis and the future of financial regulation.
Safer instability
Regulators are preparing to introduce a host of new regulations to improve the resilience of the financial system. But this should go hand in hand with the use of policy tools to prevent asset price bubbles, argues Ryozo Himino
'Basel II was a big mistake': Larry Meyer exclusive interview
The former Fed governor, now vice-chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers, talks to Credit about the US central bank’s handling of the financial crisis, and gives his views on where US monetary policy is heading.
Bond vote highlights flaws in ECB’s governance: Ex-FSA head Davies
Former head of UK Financial Services Authority Howard Davies says vote on bond purchases underlines flaws in European Central Bank’s one member, one vote policy
ECB's Gonzalez-Paramo Speaks on QE
At Risk Europe 2009 in Frankfurt, an ECB board member discusses the role of central banks, when markets and monetary policy combine.
Mastering the flood
Special Report - China: Risk management
Profiting from divergence
Interest Rates
Basel II seen as meeting key challenge
The Basel II banking accord is the latest and highly welcome example of how regulators and policy-makers are meeting one of the two key challenges facing them today, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) president Urban Bäckström said in June.