Monetary Policy
Recent comments by Bank of England MPC members
Feature - Reflection on recent comment from the nine members of the monetary policy committee of the Bank of England, 19 April.
G7 to focus on World Bank grants, terror finance
US - The Group of Seven leading industrial nations finance ministers' meeting Friday will focus on proposals to increase World Bank grants and ongoing efforts to cut off sources of terrorism finance, a senior U.S. Treasury official said Friday.
Speech by Dr Wellink, Nederlandsche Bank, 13 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'EU expansion and EMU' Wellink said that European interests are Dutch interests and warns against premature changeover to the euro of new Member States into the Union. "The surrender of exchange rate flexibility and the euro…
Speech by Jean-Pierre Roth, Swiss Nat Bank, 26 Feb
SPEECH - Roth said in his speech that an independent Swiss franc is an important asset for Switzerland's financial sector. "Neither in the U.K., nor in Switzerland, is European monetary integration considered to be a necessary or a sufficient condition…
Speech by K Persson of Sveriges Riksbank, 17 Apr
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Monetary policy and competition' Persson said growth in demand in Sweden and abroad seems to be recovering, suggesting the Riksbank was not worried that the economy might stall. "Growth in demand now appears to be on the…
Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, April 2002
REPORT - The Reserve Bank of Australia has published its Bulletin for April, Trends in Australia's Exports, 18 April.
Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies
RESEARCH - Research papers from the Bank of Japan, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies (2002), released 18 April.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - ECB opinion on the appointment of the Vice-President of the ECB, 18 April 2002.
IMF Press Conference with Horst Kohler
PRESS CONFERENCE - Transcript of a Press Conference with Horst Kohler, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. 17 April.
IMF statement on Argentina
STATEMENT - Statement by the IMF Mission to Argentina, 17 April.
The Recession that Almost Was
FEATURE - A Commentary by Kenneth Rogoff, Economic Counsellor and Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, 5 April.
Bush considers Kohn for Fed board US official says
US - U.S. President George W. Bush is seriously considering Donald Kohn, a top staffer at the U.S. Federal Reserve, for a seat on the U.S. central bank's board, a senior Bush administration official said on Thursday.
McDonough says Fed has time before rate hike
US - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William McDonough said on Thursday the Fed is unsure about how strong the U.S. economy may be in the latter half of this year and can be patient before raising interest rates.
Convicted BI chief to miss IMF meeting
INDONESIA - Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin will skip the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington this weekend, following the conviction in the Bank Bali scandal last month that bans him from leaving the country.
Speech by Ulrich Kohli, Swiss Nat Bank, 26 Feb
SPEECH - Kohli concludes in a speech titled 'Will the Euro Make the Swiss Franc Obsolete?' that as long as the SNB maintains an independent course of action, it will uphold the reputation of the Swiss franc as a safe and sound currency, and it will…
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Minutes
MINUTES - Minutes from the Bank of England's MPC meeting 3 and 4 April, released 17 April.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Official Cash Rate increased to 5.25 per cent, 17 April.
Basel Committee Publications No. 89
REPORT - Sharing of financial records between jurisdictions in connection with the fight against terrorist financing, April 2002.
European Parliament Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - ECB Vice-Presidency - Nomination hearing for Lucas Papademos, European Parliament, Brussels, 22 April.
Testimony of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, 17 Apr
TESTIMONY - In testimony to the US Congress titled 'Monetary policy and the economic outlook' Greenspan said the strength of the current U.S. economic recovery was not yet clear and praised the economy's resilience in the face of some difficulties, "but…
Speech by U Backstrom of Sveriges Riksbank, 17 Apr
SPEECH - In the speech 'Perspective on the inflation target' Backstrom said the Swedish economy may be close to, or even above, full resource utilisation noting this posed a risks to future inflation.
Greenspan dampens rate hike fears
US - The US Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged until an economic recovery in the US has gained a strong foothold, analysts said after having listened to a key speech by the Fed chairman Alan Greenspan.
EU Parliament committee to question Papademos
BELGIUM - European Central Bank Vice President nominee Lucas Papademos will testify before the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (EMAC) on 22 April, the Parliament said on Wednesday.
Key Duma committees back three for CBR board
RUSSIA - The Duma Banking and Budget Committees supported Wednesday the candidacies of Oleg Vyugin, Andrei Kozlov and Nadezha Ivanova for the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) Board of Directors.