Central Banks

How the world’s central banks are addressing the global slowdown in growth

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 8:53pm

Fed offers path to winding down purchases

Bernanke ‘provided the clarity the Fed-watching community needed’

Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King addresses the audience of the 'Lord Mayor's Dinner to the Bankers and Merchants of the City of London' at the Mansion House in London ©Reuters From UK 9:54pm

King praises radical plan for state-owned lenders

Governor says banking system an obstacle to growth

FT series

Collateral damage
Future of central banking
From WORLD 6:58am

PBoC dashes hopes of China cash boost

Central bank rejects calls for additional liquidity

From WORLD 5:12pm

Qatar’s central bank shores up lenders

New rules set up finance sector for World Cup borrowing spree

From UK Jun 19, 2013

King outvoted at final MPC meeting

Outgoing governor on losing side over rates and QE

Federal Reserve board chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a hearing before the Joint Economic Committee on May 22 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Bernanke was on the Hill to give his views on the current economic outlook. ©Getty From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 18, 2013

Obama hints at move for Bernanke

President adds to debate about Federal Reserve chairman’s future

Charlotte Hogg From UK Jun 18, 2013

Carney appoints BoE day-to-day manager

Santander’s Charlotte Hogg will be chief operating officer

From WORLD Jun 18, 2013

Austria suspends central bank official

Wolfgang Duchatczek faces charges over banknote bribery scandal

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 17, 2013

Fed likely to signal tapering move is close

More action would depend on further improvement in economy

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 17, 2013

Asmussen calls for bank resolution fund

ECB policy maker views plan as way of preventing ‘zombification’ of sector

From UK Jun 17, 2013

BoE says foreign banks made crisis worse

Loan books shrank by almost half at height of credit crunch, says study

Lunch with the FT from LIFE & ARTS Jun 14, 2013

Sir Mervyn King

The Bank of England governor talks to the FT’s Martin Wolf about exits, euro solutions and the ‘audacity of pessimism’

From UK Jun 14, 2013

Paul Tucker to leave the Bank of England

Deputy governor to work for US university

From COMPANIES Jun 13, 2013

BoE deputy focuses on convertible debt

Tucker calls for three types of capital to safeguard banks

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 13, 2013

Indonesia rate rise not a precedent

Most emerging markets’ central banks want to keep rates low

From MARKETS Jun 13, 2013

Drop in ECB deposits seen as positive

Sign of reduced stress for eurozone banks

From WORLD Jun 13, 2013

BoJ insider warns on impact of tax rises

Planned tax increases could derail Abe inflation targets

From WORLD Jun 12, 2013

ECB warns against debate on its mandate

Bundesbank chief tells court he would welcome clarification

Editorial from COMMENT Jun 12, 2013

The challenge of normality’s return

Too soon to call a market reversal but not to prepare for it

Markets Insight from MARKETS Jun 12, 2013

The day the central banks lost control

Fears of stimulus withdrawal trigger rising bond yields but central banks could change tactics, Ralph Atkins