EMM News Explorer: Central Bank

Mohamed El-Erian [ said]: Central banks are our best friends not because they like markets, but because they can only get to their macro objectives by going through the markets,

scmp 10-MAY-13

Erdogan [-noted]: I would like to make another good news that Turkish Central Bank’s foreign exchange reserves set another record with $120.5 billion,

turkishpress 10-MAY-13

Yazıcı [-said]: The way the Central Bank plays a regulatory role on banks’ interest rates, the BDDK, which regulates and supervises the banking industry, is to designate banks’ service fees and commissions,

hurriyetdailynews 23-APR-13

Draghi [ said]: To me that is the evidence that the independence of the Central Bank is being respected,

cyprus 13-APR-13

Çağlayan [ said]: The Central Bank must give up pretending and decrease key interest rates,

hurriyetdailynews 09-APR-13

Gref [-said]: Hitting 10 or 11 percent is probable, but only if inflation goes down, and that’s only going to happen if the Central Bank actively works on improving liquidity,

sptimesrussi 09-APR-13

Gref [-said]: Hitting 10 or 11 percent is probably, but only if inflation will go down, and that's only going to happen if the Central Bank actively works on improving liquidity,

MoscowTimes 08-APR-13

György Matolcsy [ said]: The main goal of the Central Bank is to achieve financial stability,

budapestsun 08-APR-13

Erdogan [also said:]: Ankara is the political center and if we say Istanbul is the financial center then we have to move public banks, which are the control mechanism to Istanbul. That includes Central Bank.

aa 05-APR-13

Erdoğan [-said]: Ankara is the center of politics, so if we say Istanbul is the center of finance we need to move the most important control mechanisms of finance, public banks to Istanbul, including the Central Bank,

hurriyetdailynews 05-APR-13

Kasoulides [-told]: Some restrictions may be lifted gradually, and will be probably lifted fully in a period of about one month, based on estimates of the Central Bank,

xinhuanet_en 28-MAR-13

Sarris [ said]: Together with the Central bank we are discussing the reconfiguration of rates which are close to zero for 100,000,

eubusiness 19-MAR-13

David Rosenberg [ said]: Central banks do matter. Central banks have always mattered,

nytimes 06-MAR-13

Barrow [-told]: Also, and to broaden the point about how comparatively stellar our six performance was, the Central bank reports that this growth is notably above the entire Latin American and Caribbean region estimated region of three per cent,

jamaicaobserver 02-MAR-13

Belka [-noted]: Central banks make decisions which are not only technical but have a political component. So now there is a natural tendency to treat central banks as government arms

pap 20-FEB-13

Siluanov [-said]: These measures could have ambiguous consequences. Central Banks following a supersoft monetary policy must painstakingly track the related internal and external risks,

rian 16-FEB-13

Dijsselbloem [-said]: With the Dutch Central Bank’s deadline passing last night and without finding a solution there was an immediate and dangerous situation for financial stability,

thenews 03-FEB-13

Dijsselbloem [-said]: With the Dutch Central Bank's deadline passing last night and without finding a solution there was an immediate and dangerous situation for financial stability,

expatica 01-FEB-13

Stevens [ said]: The recent clarification by the UAE Central Bank that it will not impose any immediate loan-to-value (LTV) caps on UAE banks, suggests that existing LTV ratios are likely to remain unchanged, in which case Asteco forecasts that the sales market will enjoy continued growth in 2013,

xinhuanet_en 28-JAN-13

Merkel [-said]: Central banks, too, will not be able to solve structural problems that stem from political decisions. They can build bridges,

taipeitimes 25-JAN-13

Medvedev [-said]: It’s not only the currency that is used by the Central Banks to build up their reserves. The experience of the last several years showed that the liquidity crisis in reserve currencies has a serious impact on financial activities and volatility of markets. This is why we should think about creating mechanisms that would act as ultimate creditors in such markets,

itartass_en 25-JAN-13

Gatt [-said]: The only changes that took place from 2003 onwards was that the committee had to include other members of wider technical competence, as well as that of the Central Bank and the finance ministry, so as to enhance this committee,

MaltaToday 21-JAN-13

Weidmann [-told]: Central banks in recent years have been pulled into the role of a crisis manager. Some think that central banks are the only able ones. I consider this thinking wrong and dangerous,

irishsun 20-JAN-13

Erdogan [-said]: When we came to office, the foreign exchange reserves of Turkish Central Bank was $27.5 billion and now it reached to $122 billion 146 million.

aa 15-JAN-13

Rehn [recalled:]: there was profound uncertainty over Greece. There was serious concern over Italy and Spain. The effects of the ECB’s [European Central Bank] liquidity operations were yet to be fully felt in the real economy. And countless doomsday prophets were predicting the break-up of the euro zone

epc 15-JAN-13

Siluanov [-said]: The government has had discussions on creation of a unified mega-regulator. We have agreed on a plan of action: in the first half of next year, legislation will be prepared, further clarifying the role of the Central Bank and financial regulation, and then gradually over a year and a half, two years, the FSFR's functions will be integrated with the Bank of Russia,

rian 14-DEC-12

Jaime Caruana [ said]: Central banks find themselves caught in the middle, forced to be the policy makers of last resort. They are providing monetary stimulus on a massive scale,

wsj 12-DEC-12

Carney [-said]: Central banks can talk about the future path of policy, and we can, at least on the surface, deliver.

bloomberg 11-DEC-12

Shirakawa [-said]: Central banks should have a deep respect for financial markets and continue to make every effort to extract information, but they should also be willing to stand up to the market from time to time,

xinhuanet_en 03-DEC-12

Posen [-said]: Central banks shouldn’t be afraid to make mistakes or change their minds when the data changes, but the data hasn’t changed,

bloomberg 03-DEC-12

Gauweiler [-told]: The German Central Bank is required to count and weigh the gold it holds every year. But our gold reserves that are kept in the US have not been weighed or counted once in three decades,

deutschewelle 16-NOV-12

Aly Khan [ said]: The central bank , I think, should be reducing the Central Bank Rate (CBR) because the spread between the CBR and the inflation rate remains extreme and one of the highest in the world. However, the data is confirming the trough in the inflation rate is no longer somewhere over the horizon,

news 31-OCT-12

Maehara [-told]: Central banks around the world are easing monetary policy. The BOJ itself set a 1% inflation goal in February but that hasn’t been achieved. As price falls are continuing, I want to ask the central bank to pursue powerful monetary easing,

japantoday 27-OCT-12

Maehara [-told]: Central banks around the world are easing monetary policy. The BOJ itself set a 1 percent inflation goal in February but that hasn't been achieved. As price falls are continuing, I want to ask the central bank to pursue powerful monetary easing,

ibtimes 26-OCT-12

Maehara [-told]: >Seiji Maehara said on Friday he wanted to ask the central bank to pursue powerful monetary easing as the country remained in mild deflation Central banks around the world are easing monetary policy . The BOJ itself set a 1 percent inflation goal in February but that hasn't been achieved,

news 26-OCT-12

Vietor [-said]: reiterated our view that that any investigation into Iraq's Central Bank must be transparent, in accordance with Iraqi law and free from political influence to avoid undermining the independence of the institution or investor confidence in Iraq,

upi 18-OCT-12

Lagarde [-said]: Our mission will return to Egypt in October to continue the fruitful discussions we had with the president, the prime minister and the governor of the Central Bank in August,

almasryalyoum 11-OCT-12

Menendez [-said]: >Robert Menendez suggests penalties that would target banks for any significant transactions with the Central Bank of Iran, Reuters reports. Menendez, who is a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, said he is also looking at ways to freeze an estimated 30 percent of Iran's foreign currency reserves, held in banks outside the country. It seems to me we have to completely exhaust all the tools in our sanctions arsenal, and do so quickly, before Iran finds a way to navigate out of its

rt 06-OCT-12

Ahmadinejad [ said]: Our friends at the Central Bank (...) are trying (to avoid the sanctions). This is a battle. They (the West) have managed to reduce our oil sales but we will compensate,

albawaba 02-OCT-12

Simsek [-said]: The move by the Turkish Central Bank should be considered in the context of both domestic and international conditions,

cnn 19-SEP-12

Gross [-said]: Central banks are in the business now of keeping yields low for a very long time.

bloomberg 10-SEP-12

Asmussen [-said]: Nobody should expect from us that we will do our part if others don't do theirs... Central bank action is no substitute for government action,

ibtimes 30-AUG-12

Dariusz Kowalczyk [ said]: If there is some convincing policy move from the [European Central Bank] or from the [Federal Reserve], that will sharpen risk appetite and only lead to more flows into Asia,

wsj 29-AUG-12

Greenspan [-had said]: Central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise.

thestandard 19-AUG-12

Smith [ added]: After successfully completing the course, participants can take their business plan, certificate and letter to any commercial bank to apply for a loan under the Small Scale Enterprise Loan Guarantee Scheme administered by the Central Bank of Swaziland,

heraldscotland 13-AUG-12

Asmussen [-said]: Those powers would have to be strongly legitimised. Whatever we do as further integrative steps, we need to strengthen democratic legitimacy. Deeper euro-area integration can only be sustainable with corresponding progress on democratic legitimacy and accountability. Incidentally, it should not be the Central Bank that continuously emphasises this point,

epc 19-JUL-12

Berman [-said]: We must finish the process of cutting off Iran's access to the global financial system, close loopholes in sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran, and tighten the screws on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the regime's energy and shipping industries,

economictimes 27-JUN-12

Berman [-said]: We must finish the process of cutting off Iran’s access to the global financial system, close loopholes in sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran, and tighten the screws on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the regime’s energy and shipping industries,

dawn 27-JUN-12

Caruana [-said]: Central banks find themselves caught in the middle, forced to be the policymakers of last resort. They are providing monetary stimulus on a massive scale,

ibtimes 25-JUN-12

Ignatyev [-said]: Throughout May, the value of the bi-currency basket moved from the corridor boundary where the Central Bank purchased foreign currency to the boundary where the Central Bank sells foreign currency,

rian 06-JUN-12

Medvedev [-said]: There can be different emotions of course, but there are rules and the Central Bank must abide by them, including with regard to the currency band, stepping up interventions, while watching the overall macroeconomic situation, naturally, European trend and resource trends,

itartass_en 02-JUN-12

Fico [-said]: These proposals directly include a legislative ban on the banks transferring the costs of these levies to their customers. The Slovak Central Bank (NBS), as regulator, will be able to monitor these procedures. But we also accept the banks’ promise that they will behave responsibly,

spectator 30-MAY-12

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