Opinion
Orderly correction fortuitous
LETTER - Letter published in Thursday's edition of the London Financial Times, 25 July, from C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics, Washington DC, US.
Interview with Pridiyathorn Devakula
INTERVIEW - The governor of the Bank of Thailand, Pridiyathorn Devakula, has given an interview to the Far Eastern Economic Review in which he describes himself as a 'problem solver'.
What the boss is for
ARTICLE - When Alan Greenspan, chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board, observed in a recent speech that "the CEO-dominant paradigm will likely continue to be viewed as the most viable form of corporate governance", he stepped into a minefield claimed…
Principles that should apply to Trichet nomination
LETTER - Letter published in the US edition of the Financial Times, 24 July, from Prof Irene Finel-Honigman.
US has learnt lessons from the Japanese experience
LETTER - Letter published in the UK edition of the Financial Times, 24 July, from Christopher Iggo.
The Way Ahead
ARTICLE - A Commentary by Thomas C. Dawson, Director, External Relations Department, International Monetary Fund, Far Eastern Economic Review, 25 July.
Argentine rescue
FEATURE - Next week, four wise men are off to Buenos Aires. Their mission is to help Argentina's government and the International Monetary Fund to reach agreement on a programme of economic recovery. If they are to succeed, they must inject a sense of…
French farce
ARTICLE - Jean-Claude Trichet faces new obstacles in his quest to head the ECB. Whoever said central banking was dull? asks the Economist, 18 July.
Cheap money and big risks
ARTICLE - Those who still hang on Alan Greenspan's every word should have little difficulty predicting the direction of US interest rates: the next change will be up, writes the FT in London on Thursday in an editorial.
Zero-inflation man debates fine points at U.S. Fed
ARTICLE - He was a loyal foot soldier in a decades-long inflation battle, vowing to seek a total victory that left no sign of the enemy. But now that some say the war is won, he finds himself debating the finer points. St. Louis Fed President William…
Letter published in the Financial Times
LETTER - The Financial Times on Tuesday published a letter 'Indices are still higher than before Greenspan's prescient speech'.
Send for Mr Greenspan
ARTICLE - When Alan Greenspan speaks to members of the US Congress today on the economic outlook, one can only hope the Federal Reserve chairman proves a little more successful at bolstering confidence in America's shaky economy than President George W…
IMF and World Bank collaborate closely
LETTER - Letter published in the Financial Times on Wednesday from a former Deputy Managing Director of the IMF. P.R. Narvekar describes Joseph Stiglitz criticism of the IMF as "baseless and vicious".
Crocked?
ARTICLE - Tuesday's Financial Times catches the mood of speculation on who is favourite to succeed Sir Edward George as the governor of the Bank of England with the suggestion that betting odds and horse racing may have something to do with it.
Flying blind
ARTICLE - If you had asked a group of central bankers to draw up a wish-list a decade ago, near the top would have come low and stable expectations for inflation; a financial system that was more resistant to shocks; and emerging markets less prone to…
BI to make amendments to the constitution
ARTICLE - To meet the demands of reform, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) have amended the 1945 Constitution. Subsequent to the first, second and third phase of amendments, a number of articles are going through amendments in the current fourth…
Letter from Joseph E Stiglitz to the FT
LETTER - In a letter to the Financial Times published on Friday Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz continues the slanging match with the IMF's Ken Rogoff.
The costs of sterling
ARTICLE - History shows that Britain's separate currency has damaged the structure, balance and size of its economy writes David Cobham in Friday's Financial Times.
Kohler urges caution amid market volatility
ARTICLE - Horst Kohler gave an interview to the London Financial Times on Thursday in which he said that the biggest risk in today's uncertain financial markets is to "give the wrong signals and exaggerate problems so that they become a self- fulfilling…
Interview with Professor JK Galbraith
INTERVIEW - The UK's Independent newspaper published an interview with the 93 year old economist John Kenneth Galbraith on Monday. In the interview Galbraith describes the belief that central bank's can control the economy simply by tweaking interest…
Higher inflation 'all pain and no gain'
ARTICLE - "By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens" - JM Keynes. Leftists often look to Keynes. So what's Finance Minister Michael Cullen's game in his…
Hits and myths of Europe's new currency
ARTICLE - One industry lost out from the introduction of euro notes and coins six months ago: the doom-mongers, reports Monday's FT in London.
European Central Bank is indeed accountable
LETTER - Letter published in the London Financial Times on 28 June from Chris Huhne MEP.
Japan's experience should warn central banks
LETTER - Letter published in the London Financial Times on 27 June from William Smyth.