Monetary Policy

ECB rate cut should come as no surprise

A series of weak data releases, corresponding stock market declines across Europe and the United States as well as a cut in interest rates by the Federal Open Market Committee has fuelled speculation over the European Central Bank's forthcoming interest…

Is inflation targeting feasible in Poland?-article

ARTICLE - "Is inflation targeting feasible in Poland?" is a new article in the journal The Economics of Transition, Volume 9: Issue 1, co-written by Peter Christoffersen at McGill University, and Torsten Slk and Robert Wescott at the International…

Q&A: New procedures for BoJ money mkt operations

ARTICLE - The Bank of Japan has published a short question and answer article about its new procedures for money market operations which started on Mar 19, 2001. It says that although the procedures are intended to produce the same effects as the "Zero…

Comparing price competitiveness of SE Asia exports

CENTRAL BANK RESEARCH - Zelal Kotan from the Central Bank of Turkey and Serdar Sayan from Bilkent University have written a paper titled "A comparison of the price competitiveness of Turkish and South East Asian exports in the European Union market in…

ECB says central banks should keep oversight role

CENTRAL BANK RESEARCH - The European Central Bank on Mar 22, 2001 said that euro zone central banks should maintain a key role in banking supervision, arguing that their close contacts with commercial banks were crucial for crisis prevention.

Venezuela Chamber asks court to fix cbank rates

A Venezuelan business chamber has filed an injunction in the supreme court demanding that it nullify a May 1999 agreement allowing banks to set interest rates on a case-by-case basis, local daily El Nacional reported on Mar 22, 2001.

Predictable Uncertainty in Econ Forecasting-US Fed

RESEARCH PAPER - Neil R. Ericsson has written an paper titled "Predictable Uncertainty in Economic Forecasting" for the US Federal Reserve's series of International Finance Discussion Papers. This paper provides an introduction to predictable forecast…

The New Economy: Myths and Realities-Wadhwani

SPEECH - In his Travers Lecture at the London Guildhall University on Mar 20, 2001, Sushil Wadhwani, an external member of the Bank of England monetary policy committee, argues it is possible that measurement issues have led forecasters to overestimate…

Turkish cbank to adopt monetary policy committee

SPEECH - In his first speech as governor of the Central Bank of Turkey on Mar 19, 2001, Sureyya Serdengecti discusses the continuing liquidity problems faced the the country's state bank and how this is hampering the implementation of monetary policy. He…

Economic impact of regulatory reform - ECB paper

RESEARCH REPORT - Over the past couple of years, the European Union has embarked on an ambitious regulatory reform programme covering a number of network industries. Experts from the European Central Bank have prepared a report which analyses the…

IMF praises Croatia's economic programme

Croatia's authorities deserve to be praised for their three-year economic programme, the IMF's Stanley Fischer said on Mar 19, 2001 after the IMF approved a 14-month stand-by credit for $255 million for Croatia.

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