Topic: Central Banking

Bank of England may risk printing more money

THE failure of high street banks to ease lending could force the Bank of England to print more money, experts believe. . The policy, called...

ECB holds low interest rate

The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged at 1 percent and extended its liquidity safety-net on worries about vulnerable ...
US employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the drop was far less than expected and private hiring was a positive surprise...

Trichet urges European unity at IMF

Europe needs to agree common positions on international issues at the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude...
The Washington Post insists that its columnists either produce top quality work or toe the company line. Dana Milbank falls into the latter group...
The Fed has been under considerable pressure recently by those, me among them, who believe the Fed should use quantitative easing to lower...

What you need to know ahead of the Spending Review: the Canadian experience

This is the latest of our posts with Reform looking ahead to the Spending Review. The first six posts were on health, education, the coalition's...
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) became the first investment bank to take steps to comply with the so-called "Volcker Rule" by shutting down its...
Dennis Lockhart, president of the Atlanta Fed, makes it clear that presently he sees no need for more stimulus -- a slow, plodding recovery like we...
Will a payroll tax cut stimulate the economy? I am going to answer this in the context of Gauti B. Eggertsson' paper What Fiscal Policy Is...