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Bank of Finland - Annual Report 2002
The Bank of Finland has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2002.
Finnish central bank governor on medical leave
The governor of Finland's central bank Matti Vanhala will be on leave from the Bank until June. Mr Vanhala will be undergoing an operation.
Bank of Finland Discussion Paper
RESEARCH - Central bank spending on the operation of inter-bank funds transfer systems may range from below one million to nearly a billion US dollars annually. The paper "Payment systems efficiency, policy approaches, and the role of the central bank"…
Finland opposes changes to ECB voting system
Planned changes to the voting system of the European Central Bank may be delayed due to opposition from Finland.
Austria's Tumpel-Gugerell tipped for ECB post
A report said the Austrian government is expected to officially submit Austrian central bank vice-governor Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell's name in the next few days as the country's candidate to succeed Finland's Sirkka Hamalainen on the ECB's Executive Board.
ECB plans for reform may run into problems
Plans to reform the European Central Bank, including cutting the voting power of smaller European Union member states, are expected to run into trouble this week. Some Finnish MPs claim Paavo Lipponen, their prime minister, assured them that the Bank of…
Prime Minister responds to Finland's Vanhala
FINLAND - Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen (Soc. Dem.) has responded to recent criticism of Finland's incomes agreement policy voiced by Matti Vanhala, Governor of the Bank of Finland.
'Recovery may be slower' - ECB's Vanhala
GERMANY - European Central Bank (ECB) governing council member Matti Vanhala said Monday that the euro-zone economic recovery may be slower than expected, but an ECB rate cut was unlikely to boost demand significantly.
ECB leader Sirkka Hamalainen criticises banks
FINLAND - Sirkka Hamalainen, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank and the former Governor of the Bank of Finland, criticised banks and national authorities in the euro zone for hindering integration in financial markets.
Bank of Finland - Annual Report 2001
ANNUAL REPORT - The Bank of Finland has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2001.
Old markka notes shredded and sent to garbage dump
FINLAND - Billions of Finnish markka are currently being shredded under tight security conditions at the Bank of Finland. The final resting place of the former currency is in a garbage dump.
Bank of Finland finds faulty 500-euro notes
FINLAND- The Bank of Finland said on Friday it had found some flawed 500-euro banknotes and said more defective notes could be in circulation.
President appoints new Bank of Finland member
FINLAND - Finnish President Tarja Halonen on Friday appointed a surprise candidate to the Bank of Finland's board after an embarrassed government dropped the nominations of two veteran politicians.
Finnish minister objects to one central bank pick
FINLAND - A senior Finnish minister on Wednesday proposed an alternative candidate to fill one of the vacant board positions at the Bank of Finland, setting up a possible showdown with the central bank's supervisors.
Row threatens Finland's euro launch
FINLAND - A row between banks and retailers in Finland is threatening to disrupt the launch euro notes and coins.
Finland tops economic league
FINLAND - Little Finland has knocked the United States off its perch as the world's most competitive economy, according to an annual ranking from the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Bank of Finland plan to nominate new board members
FRANCE - Bank of Finland plans to nominate two new members for its board of directors.
Euro 2002 Information Campaign the EURO. OUR money
SPEECH - Speech delivered by Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank at the conference hosted by Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) on 17 September 2001 in Helsinkiat the Marina Congress Centre.
ECB Duisenberg: Comment on the Fed rate cut
FINLAND - European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg said Monday 17 September that he had been informed of the U.S. Federal Reserve decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points, but declined to comment on the ECB's own plans.
Bank of Finland Bulletin No. 2, 2001
RESEARCH - The Bank of Finland has published its second bulletin of 2001. It includes articles on the Bank of Finland's macroeconomic forecast 2001-2003 and looks at the Eurosystem's monetary policy instruments.
Best practice-monitoring financial stability risks
CENTRAL BANK RESEARCH - The Bank for International Settlements has published a new book "Marrying the macro- and microprudential dimensions of financial stability" which is contributed to by senior central bankers from all round the world and looks at…
BoF appoints Pikkarainen to head operations dept
FINLAND - Mr Pentti Pikkarainen has been appointed head of the Bank of Finland's market operations department, effective 1 May 2001.
ECB's Liebscher calls for c.bank supervisory role
SPEECH - ECB council member Klaus Liebscher called for Europe's national central banks to continue to play a key role in banking supervision, saying their close contact with commercial banks helped to prevent crises.
Bank of Finland Board Member under fire
Finnish newspaper reports parliamentarians' unhappiness with Bank of Finland board member, Sinikka Salo.