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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.
The Economy in Transition
SPEECH - Remarks by Jack Guynn, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Jackson Rotary Club, Jackson, Mississippi, 23 July.
Comments on the Economy and Monetary Policy
SPEECH - Remarks by J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr., President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Washington Association of Money Managers, The Embassy Row Hotel, Washington, DC, 5 June.
A Monetary Policymakers Perspective on the Economy
SPEECH - Presentation to a community leaders luncheon by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President and CEO Robert T. Parry at Kahala Mandarin Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, 14 June.
Chicago Fed: Recession risks rising
US - The risk that the U.S. economy is in a recession rose in June to its highest level this year, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said on 2 August as it released its monthly index of U.S. economic activity.
The Origins and Evolution of Central Banking
SPEECH - President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Jerry Jordan, at the Central Bank Institute Conference, Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, 21 May.
Meyer Testimony - Federal deposit insurance reform
SPEECH - Federal reserve Board Governor Laurence H. Meyer testified on 26 July before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives.
Fed's Ferguson takes oath for new term
UNITED STATES - After spending two years in political limbo, U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson was sworn in today, 26 July, for a second term on the U.S. central bank board, the Fed said.
Testimony of Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, has given testimony today, 18 July, before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives. His testimony is the Federal Reserve Board's semiannual monetary policy report…