Reserves
Reserves up by $200m
RUSSIA - Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves rose by $200 million to $36.7b in the week to 4 January 2002, up from $36.5b on 28 December 2001.
Argentina's central bank delays trading restart
ARGENTINA - Argentina has once again delayed the resumption of currency trading, disappointing Argentine people and businesses.
Fed adds $5 billion reserves through 28-day repos
US - The Federal Reserve said on Thursday it added $5.0 billion in temporary reserves to the banking system through the purchases of 28-day fixed system repurchase agreements.
Argentina postpones currency trading
ARGENTINA - Argentina's central bank has suspended the country's foreign exchange markets until Thursday, claiming it needs more time to work out currency trading rules following the abolition of the one-to-one peso-dollar link last weekend.
Argentina's woes are not solved
ARTICLE - The new Argentine government of President Eduardo Duhalde has started decisively. It took little time to devalue the peso and sketch out a new economic strategy. But the policy remains full of holes. Rather than follow the successful recent…
IMF begins mission to Argentina
ARGENTINA - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is in Argentina to gather information about the debt-ridden country's new economic policies.
Speech by Anne Krueger of the IMF
SPEECH - Address by Anne Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, given at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, Delhi, India, 20 December.
Speech by Dino Kos of the Reserve Bank of New York
SPEECH - Remarks by Dino Kos, Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York before the Bond Market Association, Repo and Securities Lending Conference, Roosevelt Hotel, New York, 6 December 2001.
Cautious reaction to peso devaluation
ARGENTINA - The Argentine people have reacted cautiously to their new government's decision to devalue the peso and end 10 years of parity with the US dollar in a dramatic bid to save the collapsing economy.
Japan seeks support for bank rescue
JAPAN - Japanese finance minister Heizo Takenaka is on his way to Washington in a bid to enlist US support for bailing out Japan's top banks, many of which are burdened by a mountain of bad debt.
China mulls boosting euro reserves
CHINA - Just as the initial euphoria from the introduction of notes and coins wears off, the euro has received a boost from news that China could be buying more euros to reduce its reliance on the dollar.
Speech by Laurence Meyer of the Federal Reserve
SPEECH - Laurence Meyer said in a speech on Tuesday afternoon titled 'Financial Stability in Emerging Markets: What Have We Accomplished and What Remains To Be Done?' that an international bankruptcy scheme like that proposed recently by the IMF is not a…
Argentina's peso predicament
ARGENTINA - Argentina's new leaders face a list of problems as long as your arm. But right at the top is devising a solution for the country's blighted currency, the peso.
Cavallo resigns post as Argentine Economy minister
ARGENTINA - Television in Argentina broke the news that Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo resigned Thursday following several days of nationwide food riots and popular protests against the government's economic austerity policies.
Who next after Cavallo?
ARTICLE - A mass exodus from Argentina's economy ministry, culminating in the resignation of the minister Domingo Cavallo, has left few contenders to manage the country's finances.
The events that triggered Argentina's crisis
ARTICLE - The people of Argentina have seen their pensions taken away, unemployment soar, inflation jump and their industries decimated.
Russian c bank auditors' contest reaches final
RUSSIA - The Russian State Duma's budgetary committee recommended on 18 December to name PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS auditor of the Central Bank of Russia.
Fed's Meyer skeptical about IMF's bankruptcy plan
US - A senior Federal Reserve policymaker expressed scepticism Tuesday about the International Monetary Fund's plan to allow debt-burdened countries to suspend payments to their creditors, saying it is unlikely to win international political support.
Gold - currency reserves of NBU grew - Yaremenko
UKRAINE - The amount of gross gold-domestic reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine made $3.259 billion by 12 December (by 29 November they made $3.153 billion).
Argentine crisis ripples spread
ARGENTINA - Riots and looting on the streets of Buenos Aires have sparked jitters among economic pundits around the world.
ECB net forex reserves
GERMANY - The Eurosystem's net foreign currency reserves decreased by EUR0.1 billion to EUR255.3 billion in the week ended 14 December.
Euro Profits Bonanza
CENTRALBANKNET SPECIAL REPORT - Europe's national central banks stand to profit to the tune of billions of euros as a result of retiring Europe's existing paper currencies and introducing a single currency.
Argentina meets debt deadline
ARGENTINA - Argentina has paid a $700m instalment on its national debt which fell due on Friday, narrowly avoiding a default.
Pakistan wins official debt deal
PAKISTAN - Pakistan yesterday secured an unprecedented debt restructuring deal from the Paris Club of official creditors in recognition of its economic reforms and its role in the war in Afghanistan.