Central Banks
US could face debt crisis over Fed decision to halt agency MBS purchases
The US's fledging recovery from recession could be jeopardised by the Federal Reserve's plans to cease purchasing government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) securities from the end of March, warned a speaker at the Chicago Board Options Exchange risk management conference in Naples, Florida on Monday...
Federal Reserve's Kohn to step down in June
Donald Kohn, vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve System, has tendered his resignation from the US central bank’s board of governors and will step down when his term expires on June 23. In a...
FDIC: Return to profit fails to boost bank lending
Assistance from the US government has helped the country's banking industry back into profit, but the improvement hasn't been reflected in increased lending, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance...
Eurostat rules described 'Greek-type' swap
The Luxembourg-based European statistics agency Eurostat reiterated today that it was unaware of the Greek Treasury's attempts to reduce the apparent size of its debt by using off-market swaps. But...
“We failed the system”: Carney at RBI panel
Governors including Canada’s Mark Carney and India’s Duvvuri Subbarao point to imbalances as root cause of the crisis, but skirt around concerns over the dollar
Stress tests ignored commercial real estate threat, Congress warns
US banks face hundreds of billions of dollars in losses on commercial real estate (CRE) loans - a danger that was missed by the Capital Adequacy Program (Cap) stress tests in early 2009. The Congressional...
Bernanke testimony: Fed may abandon funds rate
The federal funds rate could become useless as a policy tool thanks to plans to increase banks' reserves, according to testimony from Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke scheduled for today...
UK Conservative party outlines financial and economic reforms in new policy document
The UK's shadow chancellor, George Osborne, reaffirmed the Conservative party's commitment to "abolish the failed tripartite system of regulation and put the Bank of England back in charge" of prudential...
PPIP puchases just $3.4bn MBSs in first three months
The US Treasury’s Public-Private Investment Programme (PPIP) purchased just $3.4 billion of mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) in its first quarter of operation, despite the fact that approved...
House committee attacks Geithner over AIG 'cover-up'
US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner fended off accusations of a cover-up yesterday, as members of the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform attacked efforts to keep secret the details...
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