Opinion
Risk-averse BoJ shuns unorthodox economic measures
ARTICLE - Bank's board meeting today is not expected to yield significant action, reports the London FT 29 November.
Why world deflation is remote
ARTICLE - Samuel Brittan of the Financial Times explains why enough has probably been done to prevent recession spiralling out of control.
The brighter lights of regulation
ARTICLE - The grouse farmer was said to have confidently reassured his shooting friend that the authorities did not bother chasing "small" illicit share deals.
EU: Wim mimics Alan, but ECB still far from fed
ARTICLE - European Central Bank president Wim Duisenberg is giving the impression he wants the same level of powerful influence over monetary policy as his counterpart at the Federal Reserve.
Fed 'model' predicts stock gains
ARTICLE - A valuation model used by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board indicated last week that stocks were some 14% undervalued.
Eurozone economy 'is on the brink of recession'
ARTICLE - The eurozone economy may shrink in the fourth quarter of this year, and there is a risk of outright recession, according to the latest growth indicator produced for the Financial Times, FT Deutschland and Les Echos.
Argentina needs effective not unthinking support
ARTICLE - Ever since the emerging market financial crises of the 1990s, many in the international financial community have expressed deep scepticism about large financial assistance packages for countries in distress.
Euro entry criteria - we are halfway there already
LETTER - A letter published in the London edition of the Financial Times, 13 November.
Academics: Trust in Greenspan led to stock crash
ARTICLE - Investor confidence in the 'superhuman' ability of Fed chairman Alan Greenspan to shelter the stock market contributed to its over-valuation and eventual crash, economists argued in an academic paper out this week.
CentralBankNet's Monday Morning Comment
SPECIAL FEATURE - The ECB's 0.5% cut still leaves it with a credibility gap.
Japanese politicians lock swords over bank reforms
ARTICLE - The outcome of a tussle within the LDP on changes to the insurance system will be a key test for Tokyo.
Indonesia - The central bank's saga
ARTICLE - This article examines recent events involving Bank Indonesia, the central bank of Indonesia. The article was published before Sjahril Sabirin, governor of the bank, was convicted of fraud on 31 October 2001.
Reducing information pollution at the ECB
ARTICLE - Conventional wisdom has it that the European Central Bank is excessively secretive and insufficiently transparent. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Japan's fading economy
ARTICLE - Two years ago, at the height of the dot.com bubble, when there were already worries that the US boom would end in tears, it was argued that the world needed Japan to start growing again before the US stopped doing so. It didn't quite turn out…
The future of online banking
ARTICLE - A letter published in the Financial Times London edition, 31 October, comments on a previous feature the paper reported on the outlook for online banking.
Japan's puzzle - Rock bottom rates, few borrowers
ARTICLE - HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - Why does Japan's economy, despite phenomenally low interest rates, keep wasting away? The answer begins in a vegetable garden near here.
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.