United States
Bush keeps 'open mind' on Argentina
US - Talks between Argentina, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US Treasury continued on 13 August, as the country sought extra money to help ease its financial crisis.
International Economic Policy Under Clinton
SPEECH - Comments by Stanley Fischer, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 27 June.
World Bank-IMF annual meet curtailed
US - The 2001 annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which were scheduled to be held in Washington between 27 September and 3 October, have been curtailed and will now be held for just two days, 29 September and 30.
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…
World Bank appoints new v president and treasurer
US - The World Bank has announced the appointment of Graeme Wheeler as Vice President and Treasurer effective from 3 August. He succeeds Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss, who left the service of the Bank in May 2001.
Power of monetary policy is greatly exaggerated
ARTICLE - Greenspan's 10-year honeymoon is over - By Jack Carr, National Post, 1 August 2001.
All change at the US Treasury - slowly
CENTRALBANKNET'S SPECIAL REPORT - A brief look at the US Treasury's web-site reveals a significant number of vacancies still to be filled, not least all four positions in the department of economic policy of assistant secretary and the three deputies…
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.
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.