People
Japan's funny money
The Bank of Japan's recent high-profile presence in the foreign exchange market has attracted enough popular interest to become the latest topic in Golgo 13, a series in the Big Comic magazine targeted at Japanese salarymen.
Spain's Paramo gets ECB green light
Eurozone finance ministers decided on Thursday March 25 to propose Spain's Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo to the European Central Bank's Executive Board.
Monti in as candidate for IMF
EU competition commissioner Mario Monti has been put forward as a possible candidate to head the International Monetary Fund, according to a report.
Greenspan cancels speech with cold
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was due to make scheduled introductory remarks at a Fed conference in Washington on Friday (26 March) because of a cold, a spokesman said on Friday.
Viyuygin to take up post at Russian regulator
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov on Wednesday (24 March) appointed Oleg Vyugin, deputy chairman of the Russian central bank, as chairman of the national securities market regulator, the government said.
Bank of Israel staff plan strike action
The governor of the Bank of Israel David Klein met Thursday (25 March) with the secretariat of the Histadrut labour federation's bank workers' unit, Zion Shema, in an effort to avert a strike at the central bank.
Bank of England's finest audition as press
Unusual scenes at the UK parlaiment's Treasury select committee Thursday when more women than men turned out for the Bank of England's team for the first time.
Ticking clock sees RBNZ evacuated
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand was evacuated on Thursday 18 March after a ticking parcel was found on the 10th floor of the building in Wellington.
Paint thrown at World Bank president
Anti-globalisation activists pelted World Bank chief James Wolfensohn and Slovenia's finance minister with green paint on Thursday.
Serbia moves on central bank voting scam
Serbia's state prosecutors have ordered an investigation of a member of parliament on suspicion of abuse of another MP's electronic voting card in the election of national bank governor Kori Udovicki.
Former CBI governor's death commemorated
A commemoration ceremony was held in memory of the late Mohsen Nurbakhsh, the former head of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) last Saturday, 13 March.
Poland may replace three board members
Reports say that National Bank of Poland governor Leszek Balcerowicz will soon replace three members of the management board of the NBP, Jerzy Stopyra and Andrzej Bratkowski, while the third name is still unknown.
Court hears Eddie George was misled over BCCI
The court case into the collapse of the BCCI in London heard this week that former Bank of England governor Eddie George was misled by a senior official at the Bank.
France 'won't back Rato's IMF candidacy'
Outgoing Spanish Economy Minister Rodrigo Rato emerged as a leading European candidate to head the IMF this week, but his chances of getting the nod were later thrown into doubt following comments attributed to Jacques Chirac.
RBI staff 'are grossly underpaid'
The Reserve Bank of India's Officers Association (RBIOA) has demanded that pay be linked to other central banks, saying a tiger must be compared with a tiger.
Brash unimpressed with RBNZ's plans
Former RBNZ chief Don Brash said this week that while the high value of the New Zealand dollar was hurting the economy, any attempt to intervene would be fraught with risk.
Kenya's former governor accused as party to theft
The Goldenberg inquiry has heard former Central Bank of Kenya Governor, Eric Kotut conspired with banks to defraud the bank of a massive US$247.9 million (Sh9.7 billion) in April 1993.
Matti Vanhala to retire on disability pension
The Bank of Finland announced on Thursday 11 March that Governor Matti Vanhala will retire from 1 April. Deputy Governor Matti Louekoski will assume his responsibilities until a replacement is found.
Padoa Schioppa gets honorary law degree
Tommaso Padoa Schioppa was due to receive an honorary law degree on Friday 12 March in a ceremony at the University of Bari.
ECB mourns Spanish bomb victims
In Frankfurt on Thursday 11 March, about 150 employees of the European Central Bank gathered before the bank headquarters in a memorial service for the victims of the Madrid bombing.
Bangladesh Bank denies IMF advisor controls it
Bangladesh Bank (BB) this week brushed aside an allegation that the International Monetary Fund was dictating to it through an IMF official recently installed as advisor to the governor.
RBZ head Gono receives death threats
The head of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Gideon Gono, picked by President Robert Mugabe to lead the government's anti-corruption drive, has claimed he has received death threats from corrupt businessmen and politicians, a newspaper reported this week.
Woman tries to spend fake $1 million note
A US woman was charged with forgery this week after trying to spend a $1 million bank note in a Georgia supermarket. Staff refused to accept the note or hand over her $998,328.45 in change (if they had it!) and called the manager.
Developing nations seek IMF top job
While the smart money is increasingly moving towards Spanish Finance Minister Rodrigo Rato as Horst Kohler's successor at the IMF, developing countries have waded into the debate and staked their claim to the Fund's top job.