United States
Fed's Poole: Monetary Policymaker's Perspective
In a speech on 'A Monetary Policymaker's Perspective' given on 21 November, William Poole of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said a theme running through the Monetary History is role of inflation in the business cycle. The Federal Reserve has…
Atlanta Fed's Guynn on growth through balance
In a speech on 'Growth Through Balance' given on 6 Novembe, Jack Guynn of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said the key to sustainable economic growth, as with building a winning baseball team, is balance. You can't win in the big leagues with a…
Tom Hoenig, from baseball to banking
During a recent visit to a Kansas City school, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Tom Hoenig reminisced about his early experiences of banking as a 12-year-old baseball fan. He needed $100 to buy new equipment and his father talked a local…
Atlanta's Guynn: Beyond Short-Term Interests
In the speech 'Beyond Short-Term Interests' given on 21 November, Jack Guynn of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said the U.S. economy is already growing in a way that appears broad-based and sustainable. Atlanta has a long list of "right stuff"…
US Fed to expand ACH payment system to Latin Am
Atlanta Fed officials have said that the Federal Reserve's ACH payment system will be expanded to include a Latin American country in 2004, according to Business News America, but the Atlanta retail payments office did not reveal the country due to…
Federal Reserve Board - Beige Book, November 2003
The Federal Reserve released its November 2003 survey of Current Economic Conditions, known as the Beige Book, on 26 November. The survey said the US economy is now in a broad-based expansion. "Reports received from the district banks suggest that the…
Poole on U.S. International Capital Flows
In a speech on 'A Perspective on U.S. International Capital Flows' given on 14 November, William Poole of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said the forces driving the U.S. capital account represent a persistent, but ultimately temporary, process…
Philadelphia Fed's Santomero:on US recovery
In a speech on 'Perspectives on the Jobless Recovery' given on 14 November, Anthony Santomero of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said once the current expansion gains a firmer foothold, monetary policy must eventually be moved to a less…
San Francisco's Parry on the U.S. Economic Outlook
In a speech on 'U.S. Economic Outlook' given on 20 November, Robert Parry of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco said the Fed's current stance is in the accommodative range, reflecting in part the high level of excess capacity and the low level of…
Fed reports widespread improvements in US economy
The Federal Reserve released its latest survey of "Current Economic Conditions", known as the Beige Book, on Wednesday 26 November, according to Associated Press. The report gave the most positive assessment of business activity since before the start of…
Parry on the U.S. and Regional Economic Outlook
In the speech 'The U.S. and Regional Economic Outlook' given on 25 November Robert Parry of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco said the picture was finally starting to brighten for the national economy. The process of technological innovation that…
Pianalto on the nature of economic change
In the speech 'The Nature of Economic Change' given on 20 November Sandra Pianalto of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland said think of the steady, upward march of the US economic prosperity as climbing a ladder, where each rung is a different stage of…
Does Greenspan deserve another term?
Posing the question, "Does Greenspan deserve another term?" Joseph Salerno, who teaches economics at Pace University, answers with a resounding NO! Not only had the Fed's performance been "outstandingly bad" during the Greenspan years, it says, but the…
IMF eyes replacement for Geithner
Speaking last Friday, 21 November, IMF chief Horst Koehler that said he would appoint Mark Allen to replace Tim Geithner, who is now President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, according to Reuters. If approved by the IMF's executive board Allen…
St Louis Fed to lose over 130 staff
President of the St Louis Fed, William Poole, has said that the bank plans to close its Louisville branch next year, according to The Courier Journa, with staff numbers of 140 reduced to less than ten. The branch will maintain a board of directors in…
Olson on functional regulation, modernisation
In a speech on 'Functional Regulation and Financial Modernization' given on 22 November, Mark Olson of the Federal Reserve said the American economy's torrid third-quarter growth was spurred by the biggest monetary and fiscal stimulus jolt since World…
Chicago Fed's Moskow on the U.S. Economic Outlook
In a speech on 'U.S. Economic Outlook' given on 20 November, Michael Moskow of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said he is confident that the US economy has the ability to handle its current challenges and the foundation to enjoy solid growth and…
Fed's Parry says US rates appropriate
The chances of inflation becoming a problem in the US economy are low, San Francisco Fed President and CEO Robert Parry has said, according to an AAP report. Speaking in Sydney via satellite, he commented "In the current low-inflation environment, upside…
Survey of Professional Forecasters
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia published its Fourth Quarter 2003 Survey of Professional Forecasters on 24 November. Forecasters gain optimism about 2004 - The outlook for growth over the next few quarters looks stronger now than it did just…
Fed's Poole says not worried on money supply drop
William Poole, President of the St Louis Fed, said on Friday 21 November that "If something happens that calls for policy to change then policy will change,", but until then interest rates would at their current record low levels, Reuters reports.
Fed to issue Beige Book 2 hours early
Due to the early closure of some financial markets for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Federal Reserve has said it will issue its Beige Book two hours early on 26 November, according to Reuters.
Fed's Ferguson hints no U.S. rate hike soon
Federal Reserve Vice-Chairman Roger Ferguson said in remarks to the Executives' Club of Chicago on Friday 21 November, and reported by Reuters, "Although the recovery now appears to have turned the corner, much additional progress remains to be made…
Fed's Stern sees no pick-up in inflation
Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern said on Friday 21 November that if US inflation remains low, which he thinks it will, interest rates can also remain low, according to a Reuters report. "I don't expect to see any material acceleration of inflation…
Chicago Fed National Activity Index, October 2003
CFNAI indicates economy continued to grow in October - The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) released 20 November was +0.01 in October, a small decline from the September reading of +0.16.