central banks

World-currencies

A tale of two currencies

05/04/2016(0)
There is a widespread and growing feeling that financial markets are slipping towards another crisis of some sort. In this article I argue that we are in the eye ... Read More
G-20 - Finance Ministers

G-20 Wants Governments Doing More, and Central Banks Less

29/02/2016(0)
Fiscal pledges lack specifics, risking market disappointment Concern voiced over currency wars after BOJ rate surprise Finance chiefs from the world’s top economies committed their governments to doing more ... Read More
money--dollars

Where Is the First Helicopter Drop of Money Likely to Land? (Video)

13/10/2015(0)
So what’s left in the toolbag of central banks and states to stimulate recessionary economies if QE has been discredited? The answer: Helicopter Money. We all know helicopter money of some ... Read More
bitcoin-coins

What will Happen to Bitcoin when the Economy goes Bust?

12/10/2015(0)
Many people interested in Bitcoin have a less than optimistic view about the health of the global economy. This skepticism — in some cases pessimism — is fueled by ... Read More
Bank of England

BoE Chief Economist: Blockchain-based Digital Currency Issued by Central Banks Could Replace Cash

29/09/2015(0)
In a talk given at the Portadown Chamber of Commerce in Northern Ireland on September 18, Andrew G Haldane , Chief Economist at the Bank of England (BoE), has hinted at the possibility ... Read More
china

PBOC opens onshore fx market to central banks

15/09/2015(0)
The People’s Bank of China said Monday it would allow foreign central banks to trade in the country’s foreign-exchange market, echoing a promise made by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ... Read More
bank street

Central banks to create full global FX code by May 2017

09/09/2015(0)
A committee of major central banks aims to finish work on the first full global code of conduct to regulate the scandal-hit foreign exchange market by May of 2017, ... Read More
yellen - Fed

Central Banks Will Be Busy This Week, But Their Ability To Boost Global Business Is In Doubt

27/04/2015(0)
Most big central banks have been easing policy since the beginning of the year and are set to do more, but it still isn’t clear whether that new activism, ... Read More
oil

OPEC Going Broke, Dumping Dollars. Is That Good Or Bad?

15/04/2015(0)
When oil prices fell out of bed last winter there was much hand-wringing over the fate of the former beneficiaries of high-priced crude. Trillions of dollars of junk bonds ... Read More
West Texas Oil

Central Banks at Zero Failing to Turbocharge Effect of Cheap Oil

09/04/2015(0)
Central bankers unable to cut interest rates are failing to turbocharge the effect of declining oil prices. Economists at Oxford Economics Ltd., a U.K.-based research group, say policy makers ... Read More
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