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  • Now Republican leaders and presidential candidates are flouting the idea of central-bank independence.

    The Economist: Daily news and views 2011

  • Mexico has nominated its central-bank chief, Agustin Carstens, a respected economist and former deputy managing director of the IMF.

    IMF Unity Eludes Emerging Nations David Luhnow 2011

  • A high court in Bangladesh Tuesday upheld a central-bank decision last week that Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus must resign as head of the microfinance bank he founded, intensifying a struggle between Mr. Yunus and the government of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

    Court Upholds Yunus Sacking from Grameen Tom Wright 2011

  • A high court in Bangladesh upheld a central-bank decision last week that Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus must resign as head of the microfinance bank he founded, intensifying a struggle between Yunus and the government.

    World Watch 2011

  • *** World-Wide Italy's central-bank chief said every country must prove its sovereign solvency and that higher borrowing costs were the natural destiny for those who failed to stoke economic growth.

    What's News 2011

  • Some central-bank officials, on the other hand, have taken a strong stance against any restructuring.

    Division Over Greek Default Is Sharpening 2011

  • Mr. Basci, a key player in the creation of Turkey's eye-catching monetary policies and a high-school friend of the country's economy minister, was nominated to replace Durmus Yilmaz as central-bank governor earlier this month.

    Turkey Central Bank Chief Defends Hot-Money Policy Joe Parkinson 2011

  • Mexico has fielded its central-bank governor as a candidate, and there are signs South Africa's former finance minister could enter the race.

    The IMF's Emerging Conflict Tom Orlik 2011

  • ISTANBUL—Turkey's new central-bank governor on Thursday issued a robust defence of the bank's experimental monetary policy to curb hot money growth and cool a domestic lending boom, indicating that benchmark interest rates are unlikely to rise in the near term.

    Turkey Central Bank Chief Defends Hot-Money Policy Joe Parkinson 2011

  • The expectations for a moderate economy should lead central-bank officials to continue to keep interest rates exceptionally low for an "extended period," Mr. Bernanke said.

    Fed Chief Open to New Options Jon Hilsenrath 2011

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