Monetary Policy
Sweden's Riksbank - Members voted for same rates
SWEDEN - The executive board of Sweden's Riksbank voted unanimously to hold the central bank's key repo interest rate unchanged at its 15 October meeting, according to minutes of the meeting.
ECB Welteke sees euro zone recovery "rather soon"
DENMARK - Bundesbank President Ernst Welteke on Monday voiced cautious optimism that the euro zone economy would recover relatively soon and reiterated recent monetary developments did not pose an inflation risk.
Japan Shiokawa/ Hayami: Reiterate need to reflate
JAPAN - Japanese Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa told Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami on Friday he wants the BOJ to boost consumer prices back to levels seen before Japan was gripped by deflation.
Speech by Kristina Persson of Sveriges Riksbank
SPEECH - Speech by Deputy Governor Kristina Persson of Sveriges Riksbank, Sweden's central bank, at the Swedish Association of Financial Analysts 30 October.
Japan's puzzle - Rock bottom rates, few borrowers
ARTICLE - HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - Why does Japan's economy, despite phenomenally low interest rates, keep wasting away? The answer begins in a vegetable garden near here.
Riksbank's Persson - Sweden should join EMU
SWEDEN - Sweden should enter European Economic and Monetary Union to offset the risks of price swings and better align the economy with its chief export market, the Riksbank's deputy governor, Kristina Persson, said in a speech Tuesday.
Bank of Japan Minutes
MINUTES - Bank of Japan, Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on 18 September.
India rates hit lowest level since 1970s
INDIA - Interest rates in India have slid to their lowest rate for almost 30 years after the country's central bank - Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - cut interest rates by half a percentage point.
Speech by Urban Backstrom of Sweden's central bank
SPEECH - Speech by Urban Backstrom, Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, Sweden's central bank at the Swedish Shareholders' Association rebro, 30 October.
International Finance Discussion Papers
RESEARCH - Federal Reserve Board Working Papers, Evidence Uncovered: Long-Term Interest Rates, Monetary Policy, and the Expectations Theory by Jennifer E. Roush, October 2001.
Minutes from Federal Reserve Board meeting
PRESS RELEASE - The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings from May 21, 2001 to September 17, 2001.
US economy shrinks
US - The US economy has shrunk for the first time in eight years, official figures have revealed.
ECB: Monetary conditions not hindering growth
SPAIN - Current monetary conditions in the euro zone aren't hindering growth, European Central Bank executive board member Eugenio Domingo Solans said Wednesday, echoing similar remarks made recently by other ECB Governing Council members.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem, Governor of Norges Bank
SPEECH - Address by central bank of Norway, Norges Bank, Governor Svein Gjedrem at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Savings Banks Association, Haugesund, 18 October.
BIS International Consolidated Banking Statistics
PRESS RELEASE - Bank for International Settlements International Consolidated Banking Statistics - second quarter of 2001, 29 October.
BIS International Consolidated Banking Statistics
REPORT - Bank for International Settlements International Consolidated Banking Statistics - second quarter of 2001, 29 October.
Shock rise in Japanese jobless
JAPAN - Unemployment in Japan rose to 5.3% in September, another record high.
Buba Welteke: Euro-12 price pressure to ease soon
DENMARK - Early indicators signal price pressure in Germany and the euro-12 will ease further in the near term, but euro-12 financing conditions are favourable, Deutsche Bundesbank President Ernst Welteke said Monday.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem Governor of Norges Bank
SPEECH - Address by Governor Svein Gjedrem, of Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, at a meeting of the Mid-Norway Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 17 October.
Greenspan - Informed consumers make better choices
US - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in a speech on Friday stressed the importance of education in helping consumers make better choices in their financial lives.
Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting
REPORT - Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting, 29 October. Outlook and Risk Assessment of the Economy and Prices (October 2001).
Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting
REPORT - Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting, 29 October. Announcement of the Monetary Policy Meeting decisions (unchanged).
Bank of Japan warns of recession
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan has acknowledged the world's second largest economy will shrink this year by cutting a growth forecast for 2001 that many economists have long viewed as unrealistic.
Japanese output slumps
JAPANESE - Industrial production in the world's second largest economy slumped by a worse-than-expected 2.9% in September following last month's attacks on the US.