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BIS International Banking Statistics - Q1 2001
EUROPE - The latest report by the Bank for International Settlements reveals a significant increase in lending to offshore centres in the Caribbean last year, which could be the result of increased hedge-fund activity.
Markets now more resistant to contagion - BIS head
INTERVIEW - Painstaking efforts to strengthen the international financial system are beginning to pay off with global markets resisting contagion from worries over Argentina's debt, according to the general manager of the Bank for International…
Bank's legal might cited as grounds for appeal
UK - The fact that orders by the Bank of Thailand to financial institutions carry the equivalent weight of the law could serve as the basis for an appeal by the government in the Pin Chakkaphak extradition case.
Iran's central bank governor returned to office
IRAN - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is scheduled to announce his second cabinet next week. Unofficial reports say that Khatami's next cabinet would not have serious changes in its political makeup, despite the change in characters.
World Bank hires senior adviser to president
US - The World Bank has appointed Yukio Yoshimura as senior advisor to the president of the World Bank Group, James Wolfensohn.
Croatian payment settlement institute to be axed
CROATIA - The Croatian Payment Settlement Institute (ZAP) is to be abolished. Its functions will be divided between the central bank and commercial banks.
World Bank names two new country directors
US - The World Bank yesterday, 30 July, named two new country directors for Thailand and the Philippines.
Central Bank of Aruba - Annual Report 2000
ANNUAL REPORT - The Central Bank of Aruba has published its Annual Report 2000.
Bank of Estonia - Annual Report 2000
ANNUAL REPORT - The Bank of Estonia has published its Annual Report for 2000.
One-off costs of euro conversion estimated
ARTICLE - Research published today by Bannock Consulting shows that the total cost to UK business of converting to the euro are in the region of £10.3bn. Adding in the British Bankers Association estimate of £1 bn for the banking sector and Bannock…
Sri Lanka c bank to slowly lift forex restrictions
SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka's central bank said 30 July it will gradually lift several restrictions on the foreign exchange market that were imposed when the rupee was floated in January.
Thai c bank delays new forex reporting rules
THAILAND - The Bank of Thailand won't issue the details of its revised foreign exchange reporting requirements until some time in August, a bank official said 30 July.
PBOC cracks down misconduct in securities, banking
CHINA - The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, plans to focus its efforts on cracking down on misconduct within the financial markets.
CNB will publish meeting records after six years
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech National Bank (CNB) has decided to publish the records of the bank board meetings. The central bank reacts to the interest and specific needs of economic analysts, economics students and historians of the Czech economy or of…
Brazil easily beats IMF primary surplus goal in H1
BRAZIL - Brazil posted a primary budget surplus of 30.42 billion reals ($12.47 billion) in the first half of the year, sharply beating an IMF-agreed target for the surplus with 8.9 billion reals to spare, the Central Bank said today, 30 July.
Bulgaria c-bank fx reserves down on Brady payment
BULGARIA - The foreign exchange assets of the Bulgarian National Bank's (BNB) Issue Department fell by a net 167.3 million euros ($146.3 million) after Bulgaria paid coupon on its Brady bonds, a central bank official said on 30 July.
Central Europe govt's on collision with c-banks
CZECH REPUBLIC - With elections due in all three of central Europe's leading economies in the next year, governments seeking to raise public sector spending risk bruising rows with their central banks.
Strains in the eurozone
ARTICLE - The Financial Times in London published an article on 30 July by Christopher Taylor, a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social research. He was chief adviser in the European division of the Bank of England.
The Origins and Evolution of Central Banking
SPEECH - President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Jerry Jordan, at the Central Bank Institute Conference, Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, 21 May.
Emerging markets - round up the usual suspects
CENTRALBANKNET'S SPECIAL REPORT - A little local difficulty or the beginning of a global shake-down? First Turkey, then Argentina - next stop Brazil? Or south-east Asia? The omens are not good as emerging markets from Poland to Pretoria feel the effect…
IMF accord enters calculation stage
UNITED STATES - The Brazilian delegation in Washington keeps making ambiguous statements on the possibility of a new accord with the IMF but, according to a source at the IMF, they are "making their calculations".
ECB estimates new reserve target at 127 bn euros
GERMANY - The European Central Bank said on 27 June its estimated reserve requirement for the current maintenance period was 127.0 billion euros.
Russian central bank says monetary base rose
RUSSIA - Monetary base rose to 614.1 billion rubles as of 23 July which is up 0.2% from 613.1 billion rubles as of 16 July, the Central Bank of Russia said in a report on 27 July.
Philippine c bank may cut reserve requirements
PHILIPPINES - Philippine Central bank Governor Rafael Buenaventura said today, 27 July, that as the economy picks up later in the year the liquidity reserve requirements of banks would be lowered to channel more funds into the economy.