Central Banks
Reserve Bank of Australia News Release
NEWS RELEASE - At its meeting on 3 September the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 4.75 per cent, 4 September.
Sharp growth in Pakistan surplus
PAKISTAN - Pakistan's current account surplus in the past financial year (July-June) soared to a record $2.74bn (€2.79bn, £1.77bn), up from $326m the year before, officials at the central bank in Karachi said Monday.
Gov't lifts demand deposit freeze - Argentina
ARGENTINA - Argentina's government will begin to lift the freeze on demand deposits to facilitate transactions in the depressed economy, local broadsheet La Nacion reported.
SDG unveil software to detect money laundering
INDIA - SDG Software Technologies, a Hyderabad-based surveillance software solutions provider for the financial markets, has developed BankAlert - anti-money laundering software - targeting various financial institutions including central banks and…
China, Macao agree to provide $ deposit exchange
CHINA - The Bank of China and the Monetary Authority of Macao (MAM) signed a cooperative agreement on Wednesday to provide Macao dollar deposit and exchange services.
New currency for Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday said his government would replace its troubled afghani currency with new banknotes in a bid to bring stability to volatile exchange markets.
Australia leaves rates on hold as economy eases
AUSTRALIA - Australia's central bank left rates on hold for the third straight month Wednesday, a day after the release of June quarter figures showing lower than expected economic growth.
Row rattles Venezuela's economic recovery effort
VENEZUELA - A bitter row among Venezuela's top economic policy makers on Tuesday threatened to scuttle attempts to revive the nation's flagging economy just weeks before a senior minister heads to the United States to rally financial backing.
Bank of England names new Deputy Governor
UK - Weeks of speculation ended on Tuesday as the UK chancellor, Gordon Brown, named Sir Andrew Large, a former merchant banker and City regulator, as deputy governor of the Bank of England.
Speech by Otmar Issing of the ECB, 30 Aug
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Monetary policy in a changing economic environment' Issing said that asset prices do not make a suitable monetary policy objective. "Asset prices, by themselves, are not a suitable goal for monetary policy. In the long run…
Joint publication of statistics on external debt
PUBLICATION - On 30 August 2002 the BIS, the IMF, the OECD and the World Bank jointly published a new quarterly release of statistics on the external debt of 176 developing and transition countries, together with data on international reserves.
Speech by David Dodge of Bank of Canada, 31 Aug
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy in Canada' Dodge said that clear monetary and fiscal objectives, combined with clear accountability for meeting those objectives, provide the background for policy co-operation and…
Lavagna keen on replacing central bank chief
ARGENTINA - Argentina's economy minister Roberto Lavagna has not given up his hopes of replacing central bank chairman Aldo Pignanelli with a trusted lieutenant, local daily newspaper Clarin reported on Tuesday.
Taiwan central bank says domestic loans decreasing
TAIWAN - The aggregated loans provided by banking institutions for domestic enterprises totalled 11,355bn NT New Taiwan dollars at the end of July, according to statistics released by the Central Bank of China (CBA) 31 August.
Nat Bank of Belarus approves single currency idea
BELARUS - The board of the National Bank of Belarus has approved the bank's blueprint for implementing an existing agreement with Russia on "creating conditions" to turn the Russian rouble into the single currency of the proclaimed union state of Belarus…
Saddam Hussein meets with Iraq's central bank head
IRAQ - President Saddam Hussein on Monday chaired a meeting with senior Iraqi officials including the Governor of the Iraqi Central Bank Usam Rashid Howeish.
Nikkei ends Tuesday at 18-year low
JAPAN - Tokyo's Nikkei average plunged to an 18-year low by Tuesday's close after banks and other major blue-chip issues took a beating on worries over the dimming economic outlook in Japan and the United States.
Argentina unveils rules to encourage bank deposits
ARGENTINA - Argentina's central bank announced on Monday new rules meant to encourage people holding cash outside banks, for instance at home, to deposit it in the nation's beleaguered banking system.
Uganda's Mutebile shuffles central bank staff
UGANDA - The governor of the Bank of Uganda Emmanuel Tumisiime Mutebile has made changes to the staff at the central bank.
Market functioning and central bank policy
RESEARCH - BIS Papers No. 12, August 2002. The papers in this volume were presented and discussed at the Autumn Central Bank Economists' Meeting held at the BIS on 15-16 October 2001. The meeting focused on recent changes in market functioning and their…
Speech by R. Basant Roi, Bank of Mauritius, 9 Aug
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'A central banker's piece of advice to bankers' Basant Roi quotes 7 paragraphs from a letter, 140 years old. The letter, he says, provides invaluable advice to bankers.
Reserve Bank of India - Annual Report 2001 - 2002
ANNUAL REPORT - The Reserve Bank of India has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2001 - 2002. The Annual Report released 30 August 2002 shows that policies for macroeconomic management in 2001-02 were geared to initiate and nurture the…
Current Issues in Economics and Finance
PUBLICATION - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published the July/August 2002 edition of Current Issues in Economics and Finance with an article 'Why Hasn't Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment Taken Off?'. The delivery and payment of bills…
Iran's central bank may issue new bonds
IRAN - After the first successful bond issue, Iran is intending to free papers for further 950m dollars around October, The Iranian press cited Central Bank Governor Mohsen Nurbakhsh as saying.