Monetary Policy
S Asian central bankers to stay clear of tension
SRI LANKA - Amid fears of war between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, while Sri Lanka struggles for peace, South Asian central bank officials meet this week to improve processes that would boost trade in the region.
Japan entering cyclical rebound: BOJ board member
JAPAN - A Bank of Japan Policy Board member said on Wednesday that Japan's economy was starting to recover but the financial sector posed a risk.
Central Bank of Kenya aims for Donde Act removal
KOREA - Bankers and the Central Bank of Kenya now want the entire Donde Act declared null, reports the East African Daily Nation web site.
Afghan central bank struggles to defend currency
FEATURE - Afghanistan's central bank plans to issue a new bank note and chop three zeros off the volatile afghani in order to bring money supply under its control, the governor of the Bank of Afghanistan said on Tuesday in an interview with Reuters.
Paul O'Neill and pop star argue over aid issue
UGANDA - The Washington Post reports that US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Irish rock star Bono have apparently fallen out, over the issue of digging wells, during a joint 10-day trip around Africa to investigate the aid issue. O'Neill has…
Speech by Eugenio Domingo Solans, ECB, 24 May
SPEECH - In a speech titled 'Monetary integration in Europe: some past and present experiences' Solans says that one conclusion we can draw from the European experience is that full monetary integration is the final result of a long process of previous…
Reserve Bank of Australia 2002 Conference
CONFERENCE - The Reserve Bank of Australia 2002 conference 27-28 May, jointly organised with the Australian Treasury, is on the topic: 'Globalisation, Living Standards and Inequality: Recent Progress and Continuing Challenges'.
Speech by David Dodge of Bank of Canada, 24 May
SPEECH - Convocation address by David Dodge, Governor of the Bank of Canada to the graduating class of the Faculty of Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 24 May.
Norges Bank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Satisfactory financial stability - despite high credit growth, 28 May.
Argentina's governors support Duhalde
ARGENTINA - Argentina's president won backing Monday from powerful provincial governors for his attempts to obtain an international bailout package to pull Argentina out of financial crisis. But, he warned, "time is running out."
Mboweni urges Deutsche Bank disclosure
SOUTH AFRICA - SA Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni on Monday said it was important that details of a deal struck between the SARB and Deutsche Bank be made available to the rand commission of inquiry.
Risks await in raising interest rates
FEATURE - If central bankers are 100 per cent sure that interest rates need to start rising, it is probably too late reports Tuesday's Financial Times.
China's c bank head confirms looser money supply
CHINA - People's Bank of China governor Dai Xianglong said on Monday that China is already pursuing a policy of increased money supply to bolster economic growth.
Speech by M Moskow, President, Chicago Fed, 9 May
SPEECH - In opening remarks to the 38th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition Moskow said the two day conference will explore the forces that drive the behavior of financial firms during the business cycle. We also will examine how these…
BIS Quarterly Review June 2002 - Press release
PRESS RELEASE - International banking and financial market developments, 27 May.
BIS Quarterly Review June 2002
REPORT - International Banking and Financial Market Developments, 27 May.
ECB Press release
PRESS RELEASE - Seminar of the Eurosystem and Latin American central banks held in Madrid on 23 and 24 May 2002, 24 May.
ECB Press release
PRESS RELEASE - Code of Conduct for the Members of the Governing Council, 24 May.
European Central Bank Publication
REPORT - The Eurosystem's terms of reference for the use of cash- recycling machines by credit institutions and other euro area institutions engaged in the sorting and distribution of banknotes to the public as a professional activity, 24 May.
Code of conduct for the ECB's Governing Council
REPORT - Code of conduct for the Members of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, 24 May.
Bank of England News release, 27 May
NEWS RELEASE - Practical Issues Arising from the Euro - May 2002.
Bank of Korea chief cites peril of 'cronyism'
SOUTH KOREA - Park Seung, the Bank of Korea governor, recently said that he offered Finance and Economy Minister Jeon Yun-churl his view on the appointment of a new member of the central bank's monetary policy committee.
Posh jobs
FEATURE - Former directors of Equitable Life who are being sued for more than £3bn will turn green with envy if they cast an eye over the Bank of England's annual report. In a section on governance and accountability, it makes clear that the Bank's Court…
Warning from Bank of England over euro timetable
UK - Ministers must not be tempted into shortening the timetable for scrapping the pound if Britain votes to join the euro, the Bank of England has warned.