Tag Archives for central banks
Role of the Central Bank in Financial Supervision – Article by Goodhard
Charles Goodhart has written an article called “Financial supervision from an historical perspective” in a book about the “Structure of Financial Regulation” by David Mayed and Geoffrey E Wood. He mostly focuses on the role of the Central Bank in … Continue reading
Intergovernmentalism in Financial Regulation
Puzzling Complexity The global financial architecture is very complex. Despite increasing liberalization of financial markets, increased system risk and integration of the economies through the financial markets in the last 30 years, there is no single World Financial Authority regulating … Continue reading
Project: Mapping the Financial Governance
When academics, analysts and scholars analyze the causes and remedies for the current credit crisis, most of them analyze macro-economic trends such as exchange rate movements, or micro-economic changes such as Basel II. How the global financial architecture evolved and … Continue reading
Bill Cara: Finance Ministers vs. Central Bank Governors
In commenting the G7/FSF-report, Bill Cara makes an exemplified critique in the tradition of the American Populist movement: The G-7 meetings are ‘potentially’ the most important in the world. This is the gathering of Finance/Treasury Ministers and Central Bankers of … Continue reading
IFC – Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics
Institution: Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics Abbreviation: IFC Type: Public Founded: 1997 Members Total: 61 Central Banks, Centre for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA), Central American Monetary Council (SECMCA) Membership in: Institute of International Statistics (ISI) Membership of: … Continue reading
G30 – Group of Thirty
Institution: Group of 30 Abbreviation: G30 Type: Private Founded: 1978 Members Total: 30 Membership in: Membership of: Description: The Group of Thirty is a private, nonprofit, international body composed of very senior representatives of the private and public sectors and … Continue reading
ECB – European Central Bank
Institution: European Central Bank Abbreviation: ECB Type: Public Founded: Members Total: Membership in: FSF, BIS, CEBS Membership of: Description: Working Group: Outreach: Reporting to: Website: Highest Organ: Chair: Seat: Function: Standards: Topics of this post: cebs, central banks, ecb, european … Continue reading
CGFS – Committee on the Global Financial System
Institution: Committee on the Global Financial System Abbreviation: CGFS Type: Public Founded: 1971 Members Total: Membership in: FSF Membership of: ECB Description: The Committee has a mandate to identify and assess potential sources of stress in global financial markets, to … Continue reading
IADI – International Association of Deposit Insurers
Institution: International Association of Deposit Insurers Abbreviation: IADI Type: Public Founded: 2000 Members Total: 50 (Member Directory) Membership in: Membership of: Description: The International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) is a separate legal entity domiciled at the Bank for International … Continue reading