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Central Bank of Peru - Annual Report 2001
ANNUAL REPORT - The Central Bank of Peru has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2001.
National Bank of Poland - Annual Report 2001
ANNUAL REPORT - The National Bank of Poland has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2001.
Bank of England News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Bank of England Maintains Interest Rates at 4.0%, 10 October.
Speech by Roger Ferguson, Federal Reserve, 9 Oct
SPEECH - Ferguson gave a speech 'Central Banks and Markets' on receiving the 2002 Distinguished Public Service Award from the Bond Market Association. In the speech he discussed the hot topic of whether central banks have a role in the control of asset…
Turkmen c bank issues gold and silver coins
TURKMENISTAN - The Central Bank of Turkmenistan has issued a set of memorial gold and silver coins, devoted to the parents of Turkmen President Saparmyrat Nyyazow, Turkmen TV first channel reported.
Credit cards post huge growth in Thailand
THAILAND - The credit-card market is expected to grow by at least 40% next year, following estimated expansion of about 45% this year, Wanvimol Kanoktanaporn, a senior vice-president at the Bank of Asia, said yesterday.
Polish central bank wants Poland in euro zone 2006
POLAND - The Polish National Bank (NBP) wants Poland to join the euro zone in 2006, but does not rule out that the entry will take a year later, PAP News Agency reported NBP Deputy Governor Andrzej Bratkowski as saying on Tuesday.
Yugoslavia sees monetary stability behind reform
YUGOSLAVIA - Addressing Nis University School of Economy students late on Tuesday, National Bank of Yugoslavia (NBY) Governor Mladjan Dinkic presented the results of his two-year work, stressing that the achieved monetary stability was one of the most…
Bank of Spain makes pessimistic on economy
SPAIN - Jaime Caruana, governor of the Bank of Spain, yesterday announced the bank's economic predictions. The central bank is expecting growth this year of no more than 2 per cent, two tenths of a percentage point lower than the government's prediction.
Brazil c bank imposes stricter equity requirements
BRAZIL - Brazil's central bank has raised the equity requirement for banks holding US dollars, in a bid to halt the local currency's slide against the dollar, Brazilian central bank regulations director Sergio Darcy was quoted as saying by local press.
Two Americans win Nobel Prize in economics
SWEDEN - The 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize for economics has been awarded to a psychology professor and a researcher who developed laboratory tests of economic theory.
France faces formal Brussels rebuke
BELGIUM - France was yesterday left isolated and facing a European Union reprimand after blowing a hole in the credibility of the rules that underpin the euro.
Balkans pact on division of gold
YUGOSLAVIA - Yugoslavia and four former Yugoslav republics have agreed to divide $87m (£55m) worth of gold left over from the Yugoslav federation, a Bosnian government spokesman said yesterday.
SARB Monetary Policy Review - October 2002
REPORT - The South African Reserve Bank has published its October Monetary Policy Review. The report reflects on increased inflationary pressures in the South African economy following the depreceiation of the rand in the latter half of 2001.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
PRESS RELEASE - The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2002, winner announced, 9 October.
Heikensten: Financial risks slow down recovery
PRESS RELEASE - First Deputy Governor Lars Heikensten of the Sveriges Riksbank today, 9 October, gave a speech under the heading "Some monetary policy issues" at the Center for Business and Policy Studies' (SNS) annual conference on the economic…
European Central Bank Public Consultation
CONSULTATION - Measures to improve the efficiency of the operational framework for monetary policy, 7 October. The proposed changes are of a technical nature with euro area credit institutions and banking and financial market associations addressed under…
European Central Bank Court of Auditors Report
REPORT - Report by the Court of Auditors on the audit of the operational efficiency of the management of the European Central Bank for the financial year 2001, together with the replies of the European Central Bank, 7 October.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures Released, 7 October.
Speech by Governor, Danmarks Nationalbank, 9 Sep
SPEECH - Speech by Governor Jens Thomsen of Danmarks Nationalbank 'Monetary Policy in the Shadow of a Monetary Union' at the Bank of Ghana on 9 September 2002.
Speech by Jack Guynn President Atlanta Fed, 2 Oct
SPEECH - Guynn said in a speech to Columbus Rotary Club titled 'The U.S. Economy: Getting Back on Track' that he'd characterise the U.S. economy as plodding along but moving in the right direction - forward. The economy has basically emerged from…
Speech by Susan Schmidt Bies of the Fed, 8 Oct
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Corporate Governance and Risk Management' Bies said firms of all sizes should continue to pursue strategies to manage risk. Following sound risk management, governance, and disclosure practices consistently is also crucial…
Federal Reserve Bulletin - October 2002
REPORT - Article by Brian M. Doyle and Jon Faust titled 'An Investigation of Co-movements among the Growth Rates of the G-7 Countries'.