Federal Reserve System
Greenspan returns to Switzerland as plane diverted
SWITZERLAND - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has returned to Switzerland after the airplane on which he was traveling turned back from a flight to the U.S., a spokesman for the Basel city police said Tuesday.
Three Questions about the Economic Slowdown
SPEECH - Presentation to a Community Leaders' Luncheon by Robert T Parry President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Utah, 7 September.
Roger Ferguson at the Bank of Philadelphia
SPEECH - Remarks by Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Roger Ferguson at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 4 September.
Fed's Ferguson - must monitor changes in payments
US - Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson said on Tuesday 4 Sep the continued changes in the U.S. and world financial systems as well as the payment systems should continue to receive scrutiny from officials even though no problems are evident as…
William McDonough speech in London
SPEECH - Remarks by William J. McDonough President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York before the oneLondon Conference "Connecting Finance with Communities: Building Stronger Neighborhoods" London, 6 September.
Likelihood of recession very low - Fed's McDonough
UK - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William McDonough said on Thursday 6 Sep that the U.S. was unlikely to go into recession. "The likelihood of recession is very low," McDonough said.
Opening remarks at the Bank of Kansas symposium
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan at a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 31 August.
Roger Ferguson at the Bank of Kansas symposium
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson at a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 31 August.
Forecasting recessions using the yield curve
RESEARCH - A staff report by Marcelle Chauvet and Simon Potter of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, August 2001.
Fed says coupon pass added $642 million reserves
UNITED STATES - The Federal Reserve said on 30 August it added $642 million permanent banking reserves through its purchase of U.S. Treasury securities dated Nov. 15, 2008 through Feb. 15, 2021, for delivery today, 31 August.
Bank of Korea gov to attend Kansas fed symposium
SOUTH KOREA - Bank of Korea Govenor Chon Chol-hwan will begin a six-day visit to Kansas City on 29 August to attend a symposium organised by the U.S. city's Federal Reserve Bank (FRB).
To What Extent Does Productivity Drive the Dollar?
RESEARCH - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has produced a research paper in its Current Issues in Economics and Finance series, Volume 7, Number 8, August 2001. The paper was written by Cedric Tille, Nicolas Stoffels, and Olga Gorbachev.
Survey from the Philadelphia Fed
SURVEY - The Survey of Professional Forecasters is the oldest quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts in the United States. The survey began in 1968 and was conducted by the American Statistical Association and the National Bureau of Economic…
Phil Fed - Economists cut US growth forecasts
US - The world's largest economy is likely to grow sluggishly for the rest of this year but will pick up again in 2002, according to a Federal Reserve bank survey of private forecasters released today, 23 August.
US rates cut for seventh time
UNITED STATES - The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the seventh time this year in a continued attempt to revive the US economy.
German banking fed cuts 2001 growth forecast
GERMANY - The German banking federation (BVB) said on 20 August it had cut its forecast for German growth for 2001 to 1.0 - 1.5 percent from an earlier 1.5 percent.
Business Outlook Survey - Philadelphia Fed
RESEARCH - The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has published its Business Outlook Survey for August 2001.
Federal Reserve Bulletin - August 2001
REPORT - The Federal Reserve Board has published its August 2001 Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
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.
The Federal Reserve Beige Book
REPORT - The Federal Reserve has published on 8 August its regular Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District known as the Beige Book.
The Outlook for the U.S. Economy
SPEECH - President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Michael Moskow gave a speech to the Priority One Annual Meeting, Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 7 August.
Infrastructure and Economic Development
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Edward Gramlich at the Texas Trade Corridors New Economy Conference, San Antonio, Texas on 3 August.
The securities activities of banks
SPEECH - Testimony of Governor Laurence Meyer, before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S…
Power of monetary policy is greatly exaggerated
ARTICLE - Greenspan's 10-year honeymoon is over - By Jack Carr, National Post, 1 August 2001.