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China's issues warning on inflation
China's central bank sees some effects from its attempts to combat rising inflation, but bad debts remain a problem.
South African Reserve Bank - Annual Report 2004
The South African Reserve Bank published its Annual Report for the year ended 2004 on 2 August. The SARB achieved success on many fronts during the past year. By far the most important achievement was the downward movement in the rate of inflation to…
National Bank of Austria - Annual Report 2003
The National Bank of Austria has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. In 2003 Austria slightly outperformed its main trading partners and the euro area as a whole, which was attributable, among other things, to the economic stimulus and…
Bank of Italy - Annual Report 2003
The Bank of Italy has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. World economic activity gathered pace from the middle of 2003 as international political tensions eased, and monetary and fiscal policies remained highly expansionary. The…
National Bank of Denmark - Annual Report 2003
The National Bank of Denmark has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. Growth in the Danish economy was sluggish in 2003. The modest increase in GDP of 1.0 per cent in 2002 was followed by zero growth in 2003. However, after two years of…
Bank Negara Malaysia - Annual Report 2003
The Central Bank of Malaysia has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. The more optimistic global environment and stronger domestic economic conditions have enhanced Malaysia's prospects as we advance into 2004, the annual report says.
Bank of Thailand - Annual Report 2003
The Bank of Thailand has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. The Thai economy expanded well in 2003, growing by 6.7 percent which was higher than that of 5.4 percent in 2002. The main impetus to growth came from the continued increases…
Central Bank of China - Annual Report 2003
The Central Bank of China has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. Taiwan's economic performance experienced a slowdown in the first half of 2003, the report says, as concerns about the US-Iraq War and the outbreak of SARS in East Asia…
Bank of Finland - Annual Report 2003
The Bank of Finland has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. Over the year, financial stability in Finland improved due to the continuing strong returns shown by the country's financial institutions. Overall, the financial market…
Central Bank of Iceland - Annual Report 2003
The Central Bank of Iceland has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. At the same time as national expenditure rebounded quite strongly from the low in 2001 and 2002, exports stagnated. Despite a strong recovery of private consumption and…
Central Bank of Iran - Annual Report 2002-2003
The Central Bank of Iran has published its Annual Report for the year ended 1381 (2002-2003). In the review year the increasing trend of international oil prices helped Iran enjoy positive and balanced growth in production and investment, the annual…
Nat Bank of Kyrgyz Republic - Annual Report 2003
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003.
MAS - Annual Report 2003-2004
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has published its Annual Report for the year 2003-2004. In remarks to the Annual Report press conference on 21 July, Managing Director Koh Yong Guan said the Singapore economy experienced a difficult first half last…
Fed Reserve Bank of New York - Annual Report 2003
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. The US economy has experienced a steady rise in productivity growth, which offers the prospect of an extended period of higher income growth. Against this…
SARB Bank Supervision Dep't Annual Report 2003
The South African Reserve Bank on 15 July published its Bank Supervision Department Annual Report for the year ended 2003. The year was somewhat less turbulent for the South African financial system and banking sector than the preceding two years, the…
Central Bank of Turkey - Annual Report 2003
The Central Bank of Turkey has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. Although the formation of a new Government partially alleviated the domestic political uncertainties, the worries over the Iraqi operation in March 2003 and the…
National Bank of Slovakia - Annual Report 2003
The National Bank of Slovakia has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. A factor stabilising the Slovak economy in 2003 was the launch of the process of consolidation in public finances, causing the ratio of the public sector deficit to…
Central Bank of Aruba - Annual Report 2003
The Central Bank of Aruba has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. Stimulated by a more favourable external environment, the economy of Aruba started to recover from the 2001-2002 recession. In 2003, the production volume rebounded by 1.4…
Czech National Bank - Annual Report 2003
The Czech National Bank has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. Analyses revealed that the extraordinarily low inflation rate was due not to the CNB's monetary policy, but mainly to a combination of several unusual and difficult-to…
BIS - Annual Report 2003/ 2004
The Bank for International Settlements has published its Annual Report for the year ended April 2003 - March 2004. The recovery in the advanced industrial countries firmed in 2003, with the support of substantial policy stimulus in the United States and…
Fed Reserve Bank of Richmond - Annual Report 2003
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. Academic and central bank economists have devoted considerable attention recently to determining how central banks can best maintain price stability. In the…
Fed Res Bank of Minneapolis - Annual Report 2003
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. The Annual Report contains an article 'The Industrial Revolution: Past and Future'. "We live in a world of staggering and unprecedented income inequality,"…
Bank of England - Annual Report 2004
The Bank of England has published its Annual Report for 2003/2004. The Bank spent more than £20m last year on defending itself against charges of "misfeasance in public office" relating to the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International,…
Central Bank of the Bahamas - Annual Report 2003
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. The report includes a comparative review of economic and financial developments in the Bahamas during 2003, an update on regulatory development affecting the…