Central Bank News Link List - 14 March 2012

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• US Federal Reserve says most major banks pass the doomsday stress test (Federal Reserve)
• Meanwhile the FOMC gives a vanilla statement, with no signs of QE (Central Bank News)
• In Europe, the venerable Bundesbank announced a plunge in profits on provisions (New York Times)
• Bank of England chief MK alludes to debt monetization? (The Economist)
• Meanwhile Japan rejects further QE, opting for a bump-up in the 'GSFF' (Central Bank News)
• China's Central Bank says banks should lend to first-home buyers (People's Daily)
• Wen, at the annual parliament session, kept a firmly hawkish tone on the housing market (Market Watch)
• And lending quotas look to be being eased at some of the big Chinese banks (Bloomberg)
• But when it comes to the PBOC, sometimes you need to literally fight to get answers! (Wall Street Journal)

Source: www.CentralBankNews.info