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Consultation announcement – Oversight expectations for links between retail payment systems
The Eurosystem has established a harmonised single set of oversight expectations for retail payment...
10th April, 2012
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Crisis and crash: lessons for regulation – speech by Michael Cohrs
In a speech delivered in Edinburgh on 23 March 2012, Michael Cohrs – a Member of the Bank’s Financia...
10th April, 2012
Banking
Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5% and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme at £325 billion
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid...
10th April, 2012
Finance
IMF Executive Board Completes Second and Third Reviews Under Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for the Kingdom of Lesotho, and Approves Request for Augmentation of Access and US$13.42 Million Disbursement
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the second and third re...
10th April, 2012
Banking
Liquidity support from the Bank of England: the Discount Window Facility – speech by Paul Fisher
Speaking in London today, Paul Fisher – the Bank’s Executive Director for Markets and member of both...
4th April, 2012
Trading
Does the Swiss National Bank Possess the Willingness and Ability to Maintain a 1.20 Floor in EUR/CHF?
The effectiveness of central bank intervention in the foreign exchange markets has long been debated...
7th March, 2012
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European defaults back on the rise as economy stalls and refinancing proves problematic
A deteriorating economic environment, tighter bank lending, and the end of temporary relief for borr...
20th February, 2012
Finance
The Eurozone crisis: between suspense and rebound
Jonathan Assia eToro The Eurozone is in the midst of a crisis of debt and trust and a number of memb...
14th February, 2012
Finance
The number of monetary financial institutions in the euro area and in the EU decreased further in 2011
On 1 January 2012 the total number of monetary financial institutions (MFIs) [1] in the euro area st...
27th January, 2012
Banking
The ECB expresses concern about the independence of the central bank of Hungary
the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted Opinion CON/2011/104 on draft legis...
27th January, 2012
Banking
Distribution of responsibilities among the members of the Executive Board of the ECB
The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) agreed today, within the framework of its col...
27th January, 2012
Finance
Financial stability review – December 2011
Risks to euro area financial stability increased considerably in the second half of 2011, as the sov...
27th January, 2012