Regulation
All taken in Goodhart
UK - Charles Goodhart, the London School of Economics professor of banking and finance, is to return to the Bank of England at the beginning of next year.
Speech by Edward Gramlich of the Federal Reserve
SPEECH - Remarks by Governor Edward M. Gramlich, of the Federal Reserve Board, at the CRA and Fair Lending Colloquium, Boston, Massachusetts, 23 October.
Dallas fed board chairman and dep reappointed
US - The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has reappointed H. B. Zachry chairman and Patricia Patterson deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board of directors for the year 2002, beginning 1 January.
Economists say King should prepare for BoE top job
ARTICLE - Wanted from Spring 2003: a safe pair of hands to steer British monetary policy through economic storms and likely turbulence over European monetary union.
Polish PM - Govt won't curb c bank independence
POLAND - Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller pledged Thursday 25 October in his maiden policy address to parliament that his new government will take no steps to curb the independence of the central bank and its rate-setting Monetary Policy Council, or…
Parliament delays 'fit and proper' test for BI
INDONESIA - The Commission IX of the House of Representatives finallydelayed the fit and proper test for Bank Indonesia's Deputy Governorcandidates due to limited time and heavy schedules of the boardmembers of the Budget Sub-Committee.
Speech by William Poole of the St. Louis Fed Bank
SPEECH - A lecture presented before The Institute of Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis, California, 18 October, by William Poole, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, before the National Council on Economic Education, Chicago, Illinois (via videoconference) 26 October.
New Zealand Reserve Bank sells Auckland building
NEWS RELEASE - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has sold its building located at 67 Customs Street, Auckland.
Emergency meeting on terrorist funds
US - An international taskforce is to hold an emergency meeting in Washington to decide what can be done to trace and block terrorist funds.
Soros: Global economic report criticised at launch
REPORT - Billionaire investor George Soros Thursday launched the draft of a "Report on Globalization" that he offered as his blueprint for a fairer and more stable global financial system. He was given a rough ride by some big hitters in the world of…
Greenspan sets out defence of free markets
US - Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman, speaking on Wednesday levelled one of his most aggressive defences yet of free markets, while warning that the prospect of additional terrorist acts threatened to reduce trade and its economic benefits.
Thai central bank set to streamline four units
THAILAND - The Bank of Thailand is restructuring its four organisational units: the financial institutions policy group, monetary policy group, fund operations (Financial Institutions Development Fund) and the office of the governor.
Speech by Anthony Santomero of Philadelphia Fed
SPEECH - Remarks before the Canadian Association for Business Economics Toronto, Canada, presented by President Santomero of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 15 October.
Speech by Joseph Yam, Chief Executive of the HKMA
SPEECH - Speech by Joseph Yam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority at the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers Lunch Talk 24 October.
House likely to delay BI deputy governors decision
INDONESIA - The House of Representatives is likely to delay the appointment of three new Bank Indonesia deputy governors, as legislators will start a month-long recess on Wednesday.
RBI protests against faulty telephone directory
INDIA - The Patna unit of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has charged the Patna Telephones of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) with neglecting complaints of telephone consumers, in general, and the RBI, in particular, with regard to errors found…
Georgia's cen bank staff want right to carry arms
GEORGIA - Members of Parliament of Georgia are discussing an issue of allowing some employees of the National Bank of Georgia to carry firearms.
Speech by Alan Greenspan of the Federal Reserve
SPEECH - Remarks by Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan at the American Bankers Association's Virtual Annual Convention (taped statement) 23 October.
Research from the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
RESEARCH - The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has published research on the supervisory process in the September 2001 edition of The region, its regular quarterly publication.
Top Singapore civil brass in reshuffle
SINGAPORE - The chiefs of Singapore's central bank and trade ministry announced their resignation yesterday, paving the way for their likely entry into politics.
Shadow Group tells Fed to end rate cuts
US - In studying the Federal Reserve for six decades, Anna Schwartz has witnessed some of the Fed's most aggressive interest rate reductions, such as those after the Korean War, before Richard Nixon's re-election and during Ronald Reagan's second year of…
Koh Yong Guan to be new MAS managing director
SINGAPORE - Mr Koh Yong Guan, Permanent Secretary for National Development Ministry, will take over from Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam as the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore from Monday.
Japan Yanagisawa: Ratios to weather NPL write-offs
JAPAN - Japan's top financial regulator Hakuo Yangisawa said Monday banks will likely be able to keep their capital adequacy ratios above 8% even if they write off their non-performing loans.