Opinion
A way out for Argentina
ARTICLE - The currency board cannot survive much longer. Ricardo Hausmann says it is time for a radical alternative.
Soros: Global economic report criticised at launch
REPORT - Billionaire investor George Soros Thursday launched the draft of a "Report on Globalization" that he offered as his blueprint for a fairer and more stable global financial system. He was given a rough ride by some big hitters in the world of…
Can Alan save the day again?
ARTICLE - Probably not. In the past decade, we've created inflated ideas of the Federal Reserve's power.
Why the Federal Reserve shouldn't care about PPI
ARTICLE - Every month, the producer price index is touted as the first peek at inflation, followed in short order by the consumer price index.
Prime candidate for Bank of England hot seat
ARTICLE - In all the turmoil over a momentous weekend, a valuable contribution to City gossip is in danger of being overlooked. The esteemed City chronicler, Christopher Fildes, reminded us in his Spectator column last week that the next big job vacancy…
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…
Many Britons ignorant of Euro
ARTICLE - Captain Euro is the Euro's friendly-face, an animated character who, with his band of merry men and women, are here to educate people about Europe and its new currency.
Being less than temperate with economic forecasts
ARTICLE - Letter published in London edition of the Financial Times on 5 October.
Return of the gold bugs
ARTICLE - The price of gold could go to $340 an ounce within the next three months - and continue to soar after that.
More to economic forecasts than meets the eye
ARTICLE - A letter published in the London edition of the Financial Times Wednesday 2 October argues against an editorial - The value of IMF forecasts - the FT published the previous week.
The trouble with moving cash
ARTICLE - As Europe prepares to launch euro notes and coins on 1 January, 2002, even the slightest hiccup produces cries of alarm. So when shipments of coins to branches of Societe Generale did not tally with the amounts being debited from its account at…
Following the money trail
ARTICLE - Financial authorities around the world are stepping up their efforts to trace illegal money flows in the wake of the attacks inflicted on New York and Washington DC on 11 September.
Afghan economy fights for survival
ARTICLE - The threat of US military action against Afghanistan looks set to devastate the livelihood of its people. The economy barely functions, with no recognisable central bank, leaving Afghans to fend for themselves.
Life after Duisenberg
CENTRALBANKNET'S SPECIAL REPORT - Achieving consensus is never easy in the European Union - and choosing a president for the European Central Bank was no exception. So, in typical EU style, a compromise was reached. Or was it? The French maintain that…
CLASH BETWEEN GERMANY AND THE ECB
CENTRALBANKNET'S SPECIAL REPORT - In January this year, the German finance minister, Hans Eichel, underlined the government's commitment to reforming the financial sector with a proposal to create a unified financial services regulator, and in the…
Central bankers' speak out - Topics for our times
CENTRALBANKNET'S SPECIAL REPORT - For our Monday special feature this week, Centralbanknet surveys some recent speeches by central bank governors and discovers that they do not always keep to the beaten track.
What gets a central banker to the top
Central Banking Journal discovers what it takes to succeed in central banking and reveals some intriguing trends - and exceptions - in the lives of those who made it.
What they said about the dollar
ARTICLE - Policymakers' comments about the US currency, whether planned or off-the-cuff, seldom go unnoticed. Todays, 21 August, London edition of the Financial Times reprises some quotes about the dollar.
All Eyes on the Dollar
CENTRALBANKNET'S SPECIAL REPORT - Last week, after recent evidence from the Federal Reserve's Beige Book showed that six consecutive cuts in interest rates had done little to revive the US economy, the dollar finally started to weaken. A report by the…
Chicago Fed's new internet banking web page
CHICAGO - The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has added a new Internet Banking Supervisory Resources section to its web site www.chicagofed.org.
Keynes lives
ARTICLE - Today's monetary policy is increasingly used as a Keynesian-style tool of demand management believes Robert Skidelsky, Professor of Political Economy at Warwick University in the UK.
Tinkering with currency can't solve economic woes
ARTICLE - John Devine, chief financial officer at General Motors Corp., last week was the latest in a string of corporate executives complaining about the strength of the U.S. dollar. His timing wasn't perfect. The dollar has actually softened relative…
Brazil c bank may have to relax war on inflation
ARTICLE - Hyperinflation may be dead, but prices are rising again in Brazil. A series of economic jolts could force the central bank to temper its anti-inflation zeal to avoid aggravating bigger problems in a slowing economy.
Disinflation makes rates more powerful tool
ARTICLE - After some recent volatile swings, July consumer price data from several euro-zone economies 14 August, including France, suggest that a broad disinflation trend is firmly in place.