United States
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.
Reflections on the Capital Goods Overhang
SPEECH - Remarks by Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. before the Charlotte Economics Club, Charlotte, North Carolina, 18 July.
World Bank names two new country directors
US - The World Bank yesterday, 30 July, named two new country directors for Thailand and the Philippines.
World Bank hires senior adviser to president
US - The World Bank has appointed Yukio Yoshimura as senior advisor to the president of the World Bank Group, James Wolfensohn.
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.
IMF accord enters calculation stage
UNITED STATES - The Brazilian delegation in Washington keeps making ambiguous statements on the possibility of a new accord with the IMF but, according to a source at the IMF, they are "making their calculations".
IMF and World Bank to ease debt rules
US - International finance officials are meeting in Washington today, 26 July, to look at ways to overhaul and simplify the strings attached to the loans they make to poor countries.
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.
Is Greenspan growing tired of his task?
ARTICLE - Alan Greenspan has always been as good a politician as he is a central banker. The Federal Reserve chairman is the master of the non-answer-answer to a hostile question and he does it with remarkable grace. Last week's appearance on Capitol…
Greenspan says monetary policy still works
US - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said today, 24 July, that changes in monetary policy are still able to boost the economy, even as the U.S. economy has continued to drag after a series of Fed rate cuts.
O'Neill believes ECB is not fully independent
US - U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said on 23 July that the European Central Bank is not totally independent from the views of the most influential member states of the euro zone.
Federal Reserve Board - Annual Report 2000
ANNUAL REPORT - The Federal Reserve Board has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2000.
Meyer takes aim at the Greenspan legacy
US - Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig, who broke a recent pattern of Federal Open Market Committee unanimity by voting against a half-percentage-point rate cut on May 15, is not a real FOMC dissident, reports Dow Jones news.
Fed Res Bank of Minneapolis - Annual Report 2000
ANNUAL REPORT - The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2000.
Federal Reserves Meyer on Inflation Targets
SPEECH - Federal Reserve Board member, Governor Laurence H. Meyer has given a speech at the University of California, San Diego Economics Roundtable, San Diego, California. The speech is titled "Inflation Targets and Inflation Targeting" and was made…
IMF Fischer stresses Turkey econ program on track
US - The International Monetary Fund signalled the beginning of a new public relations campaign to relieve market pressure on Turkey 13 July, with the Fund's second-ranked executive declaring investors aren't giving Ankara enough credit for the reforms…
Second banker in month nominated to Fed board
US - President Bush announced 10 July that he will nominate former community banker and Senate Banking Committee aide Mark Olson to the Federal Reserve Board.
Strong backing for Bank of England rate cut
UK - The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England voted eight-to-one to trim interest rates 0.25%, when they met earlier this month, minutes from the meeting have shown.
Fabius backs ECB independence on monetary policy
FRANCE - The European Central Bank must and does set monetary policy independently, French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius said on 20 May, adding that he believed the bank was not indifferent to the downturn in global economic growth.
Address to the Asian Development Bank Meeting
SPEECH - Address by Paul H. O'Neill, Chairman of the Board of Governors and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting, Hawaii 2001.
Fischer to leave the Fund
Stanley Fischer, the IMF's deputy managing director, announced yesterday that he would leave the fund before the end of the year.
Central bank governor says China is stabilising
CHINA - Dai Xianglong, the governor of the central bank of China, said on 9 May that his country had made the world economy more stable.