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Nobel Laureate Nash is mathematician not economist
LETTER - Letter published in the London Financial Times from Dennis Hesseling, Brussels, Belgium, 4 March. In reply to an article published recently by the newspaper.
Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting Decisions
PRESS RELEASE - At the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 28 February, the Bank of Japan decided, by majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - The euro becomes the sole legal tender in all euro area countries, 28 February.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Derogation for Greece from the long-term calendar for TARGET closing days, 28 February.
Speech by Eugenio Domingo Solans, ECB, 28 Feb
SPEECH - Speech by Eugenio Domingo Solans: Despedida de la peseta, Conferencia organizada por el Colegio de Economistas de Madrid. Casino de Madrid, 28 February.
Speech by Anne Krueger of the IMF, 25 February
SPEECH - The world economy is at or near a turning point, which makes it difficult for central banks to make the right decisions on interest rates, International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Anne Krueger said in a speech titled 'Making…
Reserve Bank of Australia Media Release
MEDIA RELEASE - Statement by the Governor, Ian MacFarlane. Australian Office of Financial Management cross currency interest rate swaps.
Speech by Fed Reserve Governor Ed Gramlich, 1 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Lending to lower-income households' Gramlich expressed hope on Friday that the U.S. central bank's recent moves against abusive home mortgage loans will be successful.
MPC member sees room for interest rate fall
FEATURE - Kate Barker's views go against the consensus in financial markets, however.
Koizumi criticised for slow pace of reform
JAPAN - A key adviser to Japan's Junichiro Koizumi yesterday criticised the prime minister for lacking concrete plans for structural reform and failing to implement the pledges he made on coming to office in April.
Argentine deal set to speed budget approval
ARGENTINA - Argentina's Congress was finally due to start discussing this year's budget yesterday, after the government reached a funding agreement with provincial governors on Wednesday night. That deal should mean rapid approval of the budget and could…
German minister sees early UK use of euro
GERMANY - Hans Eichel, Germany's finance minister, yesterday predicted that Britain would join the euro "in the not too distant future", in comments likely to renew debate on the single currency.
Kidnapped central bank president is released
GUATEMALA - Lizardo Sosa, head of the Guatemalan Central Bank, was released Thursday after family members paid a "minimal" ransom to the kidnappers who grabbed him three days ago, according to the latest official account.
Sweden inflation above expectation - Persson
SWEDEN - Swedish inflation is higher than the central bank had expected because it may have over-estimated the economy's production capacity, deputy central bank governor Kristina Persson said on Thursday.
Speech by K Persson of Sveriges Riksbank, 28 Feb
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'The Riksbank, growth and inflation' Persson said that inflation had exceeded the central banks forecast because it may have over-estimated the economy's production capacity.
Greenspan urges US to save
UK - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has called savings an important component of the economy and urged a national consensus on balancing savings and risk-taking while preserving productivity.
Federal Reserve Board Currency and Coin
REPORT - Payment Systems, 2001 data for currency and coin, 28 February.
Speech by Susan Schmidt Bies of the Fed, 28 Feb
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Strengthening the Financial System of the 21st Century through Sound Accounting and Disclosure' Bies said "It has become clear in recent months that some companies have not been completely transparent in their application…
Speech by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, 28 February
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Saving for retirement' Greenspan said "The level of saving remains a key ingredient of economic growth, but we need to know whether the source of that saving is sustainable."
Czech Nat Bank vice-governor reappointed
CZECH REPUBLIC - As expected, President Vaclav Havel has reappointed Ludek Niedermayer, a vice-governor of the Czech National Bank (the central bank), to a second six-year term on the bank's rate-setting board.
Journal of Policy Modeling paper
RESEARCH - The European Monetary Union: were there alternatives to the ECB? A quantitative evaluation by Warwick J. McKibbin and Tomas Bok.
Journal of Economics and Business paper
RESEARCH - Information asymmetry in disclosure of foreign exchange risk management: can regulation be effective? By Andrew P. Marshall and Pauline Weetman.
Journal of Economics and Business paper
RESEARCH - The stock market performance of the central banks of Belgium and Japan by Lawrence G. Goldberg and Rezaul Kabir.
Journal of Banking & Finance paper
RESEARCH - Risk management and the credit risk premium, Tim Rene Adam.