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  • The impact of banking crises

    The blog has been searching the websites of the major central banks, such as the IMF, World Bank, Federal Reserve and Bank of England, for research on the history of credit crises. Several readers, including Paul Noble of Parsons Brinckerhoff, have also kindly forwarded helpful studies. The most comprehensive...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-28-2008

  • Bank of England cuts to 3%, warns on deflation

    UK interest rates have just been cut by 1.5% to 3%. The Bank of England had been very concerned about inflation, currently at 5.2%, compared to a target of 2%. But the Bank now sees no danger from inflation in the future. Instead, it is warning that there is "a substantial risk of undershooting...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-06-2008

  • A fistful of dollars

    The US Federal Reserve used just to manage monetary policy for the 12 'districts' of the USA. But now, it is going global. First, it opened unlimited "swap lines" with other G7 countries through the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan, as well as the Swiss...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-03-2008

  • Bank of England warns on inflation

    Andrew Sentance of the Bank of England has issued a very clear analysis of current oil and commodity price movements. It rejects the view that these have been caused by speculators. Instead it points to increasing demand, and lack of supply, as the principal causes of today's higher prices. The slide...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-17-2008

  • High inflation, or global downturn?

    Central bankers had it easy over the past decade. Now they are going to have to earn their money. Inflation is rising rapidly, and growth rates are falling. But unfortunately, as I first noted back in March , they still seem to have differing ideas about what policies will best counter these twin challenges...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-08-2008

  • ‘Largest ever peacetime liquidity crisis’ says Bank of England

    Its not often that one gets clear statements from central bankers. Today’s comment from the Bank of England’s Deputy Governor that the credit crunch was ‘an accident waiting to happen’ is truly remarkable for its clarity. She also gives the best one sentence summary that I have seen on the background...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-26-2008
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