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Central Bank of Luxembourg - Annual Report 2004
The Central Bank of Luxembourg has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2004. Growth in the euro zone is expected to pick up towards the end of 2005, according to the annual report.
Dallas Fed's Fisher on the world economy
In the speech 'The world economy: Sharpening our peripheral vision' given on 29 July, Richard Fisher of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said China's growing role in the global economy presented challenges to the United States, but that the U.S…
SF Fed's Yellen on the economy and monetary policy
In the speech 'Views on the economy and implications for monetary policy' given on 29 July Janet Yellen of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco said the Fed should keep raising interest rates to pull some of the stimulus out of the U.S. economy.
BSP sees inflation at 6.5%-7%
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Philippine central bank, said Friday the annual inflation rate likely fell to 6.5-7.0 percent in July from 7.6 percent in June as abundant food supply offset pressures from high oil prices.
Former ECB president found dead
Wim Duisenberg, former president of the European Central Bank, was found dead on Sunday 31 July at his villa in the south of France.
BOJ economist forecasts sustainable recovery
The Bank of Japan's top economist said the central bank is getting more confident that an economic recovery is sustainable because consumer spending is improving at a faster pace.
US house prices suggest strong economy: Bernanke
White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke said on Friday 29 July that he thought strong U.S. housing prices reflected a healthy economy and thought it was unlikely there would be a national decline in prices.
Fazio defends conduct in takeover battle
Bank of Italy governor Antonio Fazio said he defended his conduct in clearing bank mergers and takeover bids, according to comments in La Repubblica newspaper.
ECB statement on Wim Duisenberg's death
The European Central Bank released a statement on Sunday 31 July following news of the death of former ECB president Wim Duisenberg.
PBOC's Ning on China's bond market
In the speech 'Promoting actively development of China's bond market' given on 15 July, Su Ning of the People's Bank of China said he is confident that, with the efforts of all parties in China's bond market, the Chinese bond market is bound to see a…
Bank of Korea - Annual Report 2004
The Bank of Korea has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2004. Over the course of 2004, despite the buoyancy of exports, the state of overall business activity showed little improvement because of the protracted downturn of domestic demand,…
Central Bank of Jamaica - Annual Report 2004
The Central Bank of Jamaica has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2004. Core or underlying inflation continued to trend downwards in line with the policy objective despite a shock to headline inflation in the latter half of the year, the…
US Fed meets with Taiwan officials
Officials from the Federal Reserve are in Taiwan to visit the Ministry of Finance, the central bank and the Financial Supervisory Commission to exchange opinions about the government's financial reform and exchange rates, government officials said…
China advisor sees second yuan revaluation in 2006
Zhang Shuguang, a former senior fellow at China's Academy of Social Sciences, the government's leading research body, said he expects a second revaluation of the yuan of between 2-3% in 2006 as hot money pressures are likely to force further adjustment.
'Fazio affair' meeting set for coming week
The Italian government will discuss how to tackle the controversy surrounding Bank of Italy governor Antonio Fazio at a cabinet meeting on 3 August, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday.
MAS's Keat on managing risks, fostering innovation
In the speech 'Managing risks, fostering innovation' given on 14 July Heng Swee Keat of the Monetary Authority of Singapore said our aim is to maintain a supervisory framework that is robust and responsive.
Bank of Italy - Annual Report 2004
The Bank of Italy has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2004. In Italy the expansion of output has been unsatisfactory, according to the report. Since 2000 the average annual growth rate has been less than 1 per cent.
IMF's Rato says no case for sanctions on China
IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato said in an interview on Thursday 28 July that there is no case for trade retaliation against China because of its foreign exchange policy.
Brazil's Meirelles says economy sound
Despite the country's current political crisis, Brazil's economy is supported by solid fundamentals that will maintain growth, central bank president Henrique Meirelles said on Thursday 28 July .
PBOC to reveal more details on yuan in next step
The People's Bank of China said on Friday 29 July that it will provide more details of its revaluation of the yuan in the next step, including more information on the basket of currencies for the yuan exchange rate.
Buchholz named as a candidate for Fed seat
Todd Buchholz, an adviser to President Bush during the 2004 presidential campaign, is being considered by the White House for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, reports said this week quoting sources close to the administration.
Greenspan may get five more years
A California congressman has said he wants to introduce legislation to give Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan five more years in the job.
SARB appoints new deputy governor
The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, has appointed Dr Renosi Mokate as deputy governor of the South African Reserve Bank for a period of five years, effective from 1 August 2005.
New York Fed's Economic Policy Review, Aug 2005
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published the August 2005 edition of its Economic Policy Review on 25 July. The latest Review includes proceedings of the conference "Labor market developments in the United States and Canada since 2000" cosponsored…