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Speech by Prof. Eugenio Domingo Solans of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech by Prof. Eugenio Domingo Solans, Member of the Governing Council and the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. Delivered at the Euro 2002 Information Campaign conference, hosted by Banca d'Italia. Rome, 18 September.
Speech by Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa of the ECB
SPEECH - Keynote address of Mr. Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the EU Commission conference, Payments in euro in the Internal Market, Brussels, 24 September.
Federal Reserve - Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Federal Open Market Committee decision on interest rates, 2 October.
2.5% - US Interest rates at lowest since 1962
US - The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, has cut interest rate for the ninth time this year, by half a percentage point to 2.5%.
Speech by Romano Prodi EC President on the euro
SPEECH - Speech by Romano Prodi President of the European Commission "Ninety-nine days to go" Conference on Payments in Euro in the Internal Market, Brussels, 24 September.
Philippine central bank orders banks to prepare
PHILIPPINES - The central bank has required banks to submit a contingency plan within 30 days to contain possible risks arising from the terrorist attacks in the US last month, central bank deputy governor Alberto Reyes said.
Cardoso rules out extra measures to support real
BRAZIL - President Fernando Henrique Cardoso said that the central bank has taken the necessary measures to stem the fall of the real, adding that no additional measures are required.
ECB probes fishy tale of Dutch euro bank note
GERMANY - The European Central Bank was investigating an embarrassing breach of security on Monday after a man used a five-euro note to buy fish food from a Dutch shop three months before the single currency becomes legal tender.
Swedes warm to euro as krona totters
SWEDEN - Swedes have become positive about joining the euro for the first time in 18 months, thanks to a plunge in the value of the krona.
Fed chairman Greenspan to testify to Congress
US - US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will testify before the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday 17 October.
BIS delays forex volume report due to US events
SWITZERLAND - The Bank for International Settlements said Tuesday it is delaying publication of its triennial report on foreign exchange volumes by a week because of the late receipt of U.S. data.
CBR submits draft 2002 monetary policy guidelines
RUSSIA - The Central Bank of Russia /CBR/ has submitted Monday 1 October the draft 2002 monetary policy guidelines to the State Duma, lower house of parliament, Deputy CBR Chairman Georgy Luntovsky told Prime-TASS Tuesday.
Federal Reserve - Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the appointment of chairmen and deputy chairmen of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks for 2002.
Speech by Dr Reddy Dep Gov, Reserve Bank of India
SPEECH - First Dr.S.Radhakrishnan Memorial Lecture sponsored by University Grants Commission and organized by the University of Hyderabad, delivered by Dr.Y.V.Reddy, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, at Hyderabad on 5 September.
Federal Reserve - Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday launched a new interactive web site developed by the economic educators of the Federal Reserve System. This site offers students, educators and the general public an introduction to the workings of…
Speech by Ms Sirkka Hamalainen ECB Board Member
SPEECH - Speech delivered by Ms Sirkka Hamalainen, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Old Age, New Economy and Central Banking Conference, organised by CEPR/ESI and Suomen Pankki, 14 September, Helsinki.
Greenspan urges teachers, students to use Web site
UNITED STATES - If Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has his way, the nation's school children will soon be adding monetary policy to their regular courses on reading, writing and arithmetic.
Speech by Wim Duisenberg President of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech delivered by Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank at the inauguration ceremony of the Second Swedish National Pension Fund, Gothenburg, 26 September.
House to choose BI deputy governors next month
INDONESIA - The House of Representatives will choose new deputy governors for Bank Indonesia in the second week of October, ending the vacuum which has left the three positions empty since early this year.
Brazilian regulators make the right move
BRAZIL - Brazil's central bank has done its share of manoeuvring to stem the damaging plunge of the country's currency this year.
Survey raises Japan recession fears
JAPAN - Evidence that business confidence in Japan slumped over the summer has sharpened fears that the country is on the verge of its fourth recession in a decade.
India banks non-compliant with RBI for net banking
INDIA - None of the banks in the country which offer internet banking facilities today has an IT security policy as stipulated by the Reserve Bank of India.
Monetary policy at centre stage
US - The US Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by 50 basis points when it meets this week.
The trouble with moving cash
ARTICLE - As Europe prepares to launch euro notes and coins on 1 January, 2002, even the slightest hiccup produces cries of alarm. So when shipments of coins to branches of Societe Generale did not tally with the amounts being debited from its account at…