Central Banks
Fed's Meyer says attacks raise surplus doubts
US - Federal Reserve Gov. Laurence Meyer said in a speech on Friday 12 October the 11 September attacks on U.S. financial and military landmarks have raised sharply uncertainties about future federal budget surpluses.
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Economic Policy Conference, St. Louis, Missouri (via videoconference), 11 October.
Speech by Patrick Barron of the Atlanta Fed
SPEECH - Remarks by Patrick K. Barron, Retail Payments Product Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, BAI National Electronic Check Collection Conference, Tucson, Arizona, 1 October.
Speech by Eva Srejber of Sweden's central bank
SPEECH - Speech by Second Deputy Governor Eva Srejber of the Sveriges Riksbank, Sweden's central bank, at Fars & Frosta Sparbank AB, 25 September.
Speech by David Klein of Israel's central bank
SPEECH - Prepared by David Klein, Governor of the Bank of Israel For the Euro Conference, Tel Aviv, 4 September.
Speech by M R P Devakula, Bank of Thailand, 26 Sep
SPEECH - An address by M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, Governor, Bank of Thailand at the Seminar on "Where Does Thailand Stand Now?", Bangkok Post - Reed Tradex Economic Forum, Bangkok, 26 September 2001.
Growing Greenspan role worries some
US - Alan Greenspan has been everywhere in guiding economic policy in the wake of the terrorist attacks - slashing interest rates, helping to get Wall Street running again, shaping the tax cuts being developed by Congress and evaluating which airlines…
Vietnam central bank takes steps to rein in gold
VIETNAM - The central bank will sell more gold to the domestic market in an effort to curb the upward spiralling price of the yellow metal following the events of 11 September in the United States, said deputy central bank governor Duong Thu Huong.
Greenspan rejects idea of inflation targets
US - Choosing a specific inflation target for the Federal Reserve to meet would not help the central bank set interest rates, Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, said yesterday, 11 October.
BoJ fund draining casts doubt over prospects
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan has withdrawn much of the extra money that it pumped into the Japanese economy in the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks, casting further doubts over the country's dismal growth outlook.
Speech by Eugenio Domingo Solans of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech delivered at the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum, Brussels, by Prof. Eugenio Domingo Solans, Member of the Governing Council and of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), 9 October.
Speech by Felipe Morande of Chile's central bank
SPEECH - Felipe Morande the research director of Chile's central bank gave a speech on 10 October.
Chile central bank sees '01 growth less than 3.7%'
CHILE - Felipe Morande, the Chilean central bank's research director, said in a speech on Wednesday 10 October that the bank sees the country's gross domestic product growing "less than 3.7%" in 2001.
Eurozone interest rates remain unchanged
GERMANY - The European Central Bank (ECB) has left interest rates unchanged, despite growing pressure for a cut to boost the flagging eurozone economy.
ECB Press Conference
PRESS CONFERENCE - Introductory statement by Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank, Christian Noyer, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, Vienna, 11 October.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Monetary policy decisions, 11 October 2001.
BoE's Clementi makes no comment on future of rates
UK - Bank of England Deputy Governor David Clementi used a speech on Wednesday 10 October to discuss the international financial system, confounding rumours that he planned to signal the Bank would not cut interest rates again.
NBG to invest half of its international reserves
GEORGIA - In the near future the National Bank of Georgia projects to invest some 50% of the country's international currency reserves in financial instruments /such as treasury obligations/ in two foreign banks, head of the NBG department for currency…
Swiss nat bank sells 9 tons gold in last 10-days
SWITZERLAND - The Swiss National Bank sold 8.975 metric tons of gold according to the latest 10-day reporting period ended 30 September, the central bank's statistical report showed Thursday 11 October.
Fed will have single MICR format in 2005
US - The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday 10 October that it will adopt a single standard for magnetic ink character recognition detail on checks by mid-2005.
Speech by Glenn Stevens of the RBA
SPEECH - Speech at the Economic Society of Australia (Victorian Branch) Forecasting Conference, Melbourne, 10 October, by Glenn Stevens, Assistant Governor, Economic Group, Reserve Bank of Australia.
General economic development and banking in Latvia
SPEECH - Speech by Einars Repse, Governor, Bank of Latvia, October 2001.
Triennial Central Bank Survey - Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Central bank survey of foreign exchange and derivatives market activity in April 2001: preliminary global data, 9 October.
Australia RBA Stevens cautious on monetary policy
AUSTRALIA - Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Glenn Stevens struck a cautious note on monetary policy in a speech given on Wednesday, indicating that the actual level of interest rates is more important than changes in rates.