New German government picks Joachim Nagel as Bundesbank chief
Nagel replaces Jens Weidmann, who quit five years early after a decade of opposition to ECB policy
Monetary policy is not the solution to inequality
But the necessary structural reforms will be harder than many economists imagine
Central Bank to participate in green bond investment
Regulator announces foray into more sustainable investment
Bitcoin is ‘evil spawn’ of financial crisis, says ECB banker
Benoît Cœuré calls controversial cryptocurrency a ‘clever idea’ but ‘not a good idea’
Chinese banks risk crisis within three years, watchdog warns
Excessive credit growth signals increasing risk, says Bank for International Settlements
BIS sounds negative rate warning for central banks
Ahead of ECB’s Thursday meeting Bank for International Settlements warns that negative rates risk backfiring
Central Bank’s Stefan Gerlach to join Swiss private bank
Deputy governor will be chief economist at BSI
John Plender: Risks of hiking interest rates greater than staying put
‘The greater risk lies in prematurely killing off a recovery that is not quite self-sustaining’
Currency falls raise solvency concerns in emerging markets
Kazakhstan and Vietnam allow currencies to fall, fuelling expectations of depreciations
The great fall of China?
The Chinese stock market is surprisingly parochial, and its collapse may not have the global fallout many fear
German think tank advocates new EU bonds to boost growth
Move would circumvent 3% deficit ceiling rule and reduce high Irish investment gap
Sweden a classic case of sadomonetarism in action
Country went from being a role model for recovery to the Nordic Japan
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