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Launch of Reserve Bank of Fiji website
The Reserve Bank of Fiji has launched its website at http://www.reservebank.gov.fj
Central Bank of Cuba is 50 years old
Today was the final day of celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Central Bank of Cuba. The ceremony was held in the centrally located Melia Cohiba Hotel and was attended by 160 officials from 122 central banks and financial organisations from 70…
Chen: China is a black hole for Taiwan's economy
The economic development in mainland China is a 'black hole' for Taiwan's economy which could drain out all of the capital resources on the island, deputy central bank governor Chen Shih-meng warned Wednesday.
T K Alweendo: Prospects for growth in Namibia
Today Mr T K Alweendo, governor of the Bank of Namibia, gives his annual lecture, held in Windhoek. This year's subject matter is growth and employment or unemployment, depending whether you are anoptimist or a pessimist, joked the governor in his…
BOT takes new swipe at baht speculators
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has introduced another measure to discourage baht speculation that will limit how much Thai currency may be bought without underlying transactions, and it says it plans to monitor non-resident baht accounts more closely.
Removal of Hugary cenbank head now official
The head of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) will leave his office on March 1 next year, and changes to the Central Bank Act will be worked out in cooperation with the new governor, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview with the public…
Zambian central bank governor appears before court
Zambian central bank governor Jacob Mwanza has been called to stand before the Lusaka High Court for contempt of court, the Post reported on Tuesday.
Libya to unify foreign exchange system by 2001
Libya plans to unify its two-tier foreign exchange system by the end of 2001 in a move that would also seek to protect foreign investors from fluctuations, a government minister said on Tuesday.
Cenbank says Taiwan will not face financial crisis
Taiwan's central bank governor Perng Fai-nan dismissed Tuesday the speculation that Taiwan will suffer a financial crisis early next year.
Managing foreign debt and liquidity risks
A small group of senior central bankers from the emerging markets met at the BIS for two days in December 1999 to discuss the management of foreign debt and liquidity. A book containing the papers discussed at the seminar has now been released on the BIS…
Easing of Yugoslav sanctions by BOE
The Bank of England has eased financial sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia following the publication of an EC regulation.
Evolution of Monetary Policy Strategies in Europe
A first-rate, new book on monetary policy in Europe by Aerdt Houben, the head of the monetary analysis division of the Netherlands central bank.
Term structure evidence on interest rate
A new paper by Glenn Rudebusch, economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, which looks at the term structure evidence on interest rate smoothing and monetary policy inertia.
Kurt Schuler on monetary sovereignty
Kurt Schuler, who works in the US Senate’s joint economic committee and one of the leading experts on currency boards and dollarisation, has just released on his website a new paper he has written on monetary sovereignty.
Women in central banking
In continuation of Centralbanknet's survey of prominent female central bankers, we would like to thank all of those who sent this week's names to us. Are central banks better places for women to develop their careers than in the private sector? Any views…
IMF lobbies private sector over finance standards
An IMF/World Bank team visited London today on one leg of a travellingroadshow designed to sell global financial standards to the private sector.
Banking liquidity stats from Lithuania cenbank
New data on the liquidity in the banking system will be published on a daily basis on the Bank of Lithuania website.
Balcerowicz best for top central bank post
Poland's liberal former finance minister Leszek Balcerowicz would be the best candidate to replace Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, the outgoing central bank governor, Poland's deputy premier told the best-selling Gazeta Wyborcza daily on Thursday.
Bank of Canada releases monetary policy report
The Bank of Canada today released its twelfth semi-annual monetary policy report in which it discusses economic and financial trends in the context of Canada's inflation-control strategy.
The euro from the Turkish standpoint - Gazi Ercel
Gazi Ercel, the governor of the Central Bank of Turkey, gives his views on how the euro has affected the Turkish economy: currency basket, trading partner, external debt and reserves management.
US bought 1.5 bn euros in Sept. 22 intervention
The US monetary authorities intervened in the foreign exchange markets on one occasion during the third quarter, on 22 September, buying a total of 1.5 bn euros, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said today in its quarterly report to the US Congress.
Algerian bank chief sees 3.8% 2000 growth
Algeria's oil-dominated economy is expected to achieve 3.8% growth this year, up from 3.2% in 1999, central bank governor Abdelwahab Keramane told parliament last week. FX reserves have also been boosted.
Gronkiewicz-Waltz at the EBRD
In an interview with a Polish business journal, the Governor of the National Bank of Poland talks about her decision to leave the central bank and what her future duties at the EBRD will be.