Monetary Policy
McTeer on the banking industry
SPEECH - In a speech to the Cato Institute 20th Annual Monetary Conference Bob McTeer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said the U.S. now has a low inflation rate, close to that of the euro zone. But that the US unemployment rate has been only half…
Bernanke on discretion and monetary policy
SPEECH - In the speech '"Constrained Discretion" and Monetary Policy' Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve said laid out the advantages of using a framework of constrained discretion for making monetary policy. The essence of constrained discretion, he…
IMF paper on current issues in monetary policy
RESEARCH - 'Current Issues in the Design and Conduct of Monetary Policy' by Mohsin S. Khan, Director, IMF Institute, International Monetary Fund. The paper says that recent developments have brought to the forefront the idea that freely mobile capital,…
IMF Working Paper Series
RESEARCH - In the working paper 'Monetary Policy and Asset Prices: Does "Benign Neglect" Make Sense?' Michael Bardo and Olivier Jeanne of the IMF's Research Department consider the potential case for preemptive monetary restrictions when asset price…
Sveriges Riksbank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Changes in the routine for EU payments, 3 February.
Former Brazil central banker joins Deutsche Bank
Daniel Gleizer, 42, joins Deutsche Bank as managing director and head of global markets for Brazil, based in Sao Paulo.
Iran: Single exchange rate policy to continue
The governor of the Central Bank of Iran Mohsen Nurbakhsh has announced that the single exchange rate policy will continue in the next Iranian year which begins on 21 March. In another move it was reported that certain political groups want Nurbakhsh…
Turkish bank governor denies difference with gov't
Turkey's central bank chief Sureyya Serdengecti denied reports on Monday that the central bank had differing views on the economy from the government position on economic issues.
Peru central bank obeys nepotism laws - president
Peru's central bank chairman Richard Webb, responding to an inquiry from Congress, denied claims that the bank is violating nepotism laws even though about 20% of its employees have relatives on the staff.
Fed's Bernanke-U.S. recovery to pick up post-Iraq
Federal Reserve Board Governor Ben Bernanke said on Monday that if the geopolitical uncertainty surrounding a possible war against Iraq is soon resolved, the economy should grow above potential in the second half of the year.
Kenyan c bank plans shift to inflation targeting
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is considering a gradual shift of its monetary policy-setting regime to target inflation. The inflation targeting move represents a radical shift in its current policy-setting regime.
Canada's Dodge prepares for higher rates - report
Canadians should not be surprised if interest rates rise in the "next two or three months," Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge said in a recent magazine interview. He also rejected the idea of Canada and the US adopting a common currency.
Kikuo Iwata: BOJ needs inflation target
INTERVIEW - The Bank of Japan should set a mild inflation target to defeat deflation, says Kikuo Iwata, a Gakushuin University professor, who believes that unless deflation is stopped, there can be no business revival nor fiscal reform.
CentralBankNet Monday Special Feature
SPECIAL FEATURE - New research carried out by CentralBankNet reveals that if all 10 of the European accession countries are to take up the euro, the Eurosystem will be able to boast some 70,000 central bankers. Published today, 3 February, in the 2003…
Presidents of the Federal Reserve Banks
PRESS RELEASE - Sandra Pianalto took office on February 1, 2003, as the tenth chief executive of the Fourth District Federal Reserve Bank, at Cleveland.
Chicago Fed National Activity Index, December 2002
REPORT - CFNAI shows continued softness in economic growth in December - In December, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) remained below zero for a fifth consecutive month. The monthly index came in at -0.49 in December, a small improvement…
Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review 4rd Quarter 2002
REPORT - The fourth issue of the Riksbank's Economic Review contains three articles: one on the art of targeting inflation, one on the IRB approach in the Basel Committee's proposal for new capital adequacy rules, and one on reformed management of…
Central Bank of Brazil COPOM Minutes
MINUTES - The Banco Central Do Brasil has published the minutes of the 80th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM), 21 and 22 January. The Committee decided unanimously to increase the Selic rate to 25.5% after an anticipated overshoot of the…
McTeer on economic prospects for the US
SPEECH - In the speech 'X' Bob McTeer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said as a central banker he should say something about inflation. "Well, it's low and conditions are already ripe for it to go lower. Especially if growth picks up. And a policy…
Governor of Mauritanian central bank appointed
The Presidency of the Republic of Mauritania announced in a decree issued Wednesday 29 January, that Mr Bassidou Moussa has been appointed as governor of the Central Bank of Mauritania.
Ex Latvian central bank chief shocks with pay rise
ARTICLE - The ex governor of the central bank of Latvia, Einars Repse, now Prime Minister of the eastern European nation, has announced that all ministers are to have their salaries tripled. The move, needed to say, faced little opposition from the…
Brazil c bank unlikely to change inflation target
Brazil's central bank has said it would only change its inflation target for 2003 if an increase in regulated prices surpassed its forecast of a jump of 14 percent.
China's central bank to push interest-rate reform
The monetary policy committee of the People's Bank of China, in its first quarterly meeting of the year, has reaffirmed the central bank's commitment to keeping both interest rates and exchange rates steady during 2003.
Julius joins ex-MPC member at hedge fund
DeAnne Julius, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, has joined her old colleague Sushil Wadhwani at a hedge fund which manages $1bn (UK £625m).