Research
Outlook and Risk Assessment, Economy and Prices
REPORT - Outlook and Risk Assessment of the Economy and Prices, April 2002 as determined by the Policy Board at the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 30 April 2002 by the Bank of Japan.
Central bank intervention and market expectations
RESEARCH - BIS Papers No. 10 by Gabriele Galati and Will Melick, April 2002.
European Central Bank Working Paper
RESEARCH - On currency crises and contagion ECB Working Paper No. 139, by Marcel Fratzscher, April 2002.
European Central Bank Working Paper
RESEARCH - ECB Working Paper by Francesco Paolo Mongelli, "New" views on the optimum currency area theory: what is EMU telling us?, April 2002.
The single monetary policy in the euro area
REPORT - The single monetary policy in the euro area: General documentation on Eurosystem monetary policy instruments and procedures, (update of the November 2000 edition), European Central Bank, April 2002.
Federal Reserve Board - Beige Book
REPORT - Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and based on information collected before April 16, 2002. This document summarizes comments received from business and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and is not a commentary on the…
Bank of Canada Monetary Policy Report, April 2002
REPORT - The Bank of Canada today released its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report, in which it discusses economic and financial trends in the context of Canada's inflation-control strategy, 24 April.
Opinion of the Governing Council of the ECB
REPORT - Opinion of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank of 18 April 2002 on a recommendation from the Council of the European Union on the appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank.
Money and Inflation in the Euro Area
RESEARCH - Paper by Stefan Gerlach of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Lars E.O Svensson of Princeton University, April 2002.
Allocating Bank Regulatory Powers
RESEARCH - Research paper by Charles M Kahn of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Joao AC Santos of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2002
REPORT - World Economic and Financial Surveys, World Economic Outlook, Recessions and Recoveries, International Monetary Fund, 18 April.
Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, April 2002
REPORT - The Reserve Bank of Australia has published its Bulletin for April, Trends in Australia's Exports, 18 April.
Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies
RESEARCH - Research papers from the Bank of Japan, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies (2002), released 18 April.
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
PRESS RELEASE - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision supports collective action to halt terrorist funding, 17 April.
Basel Committee Publications No. 89
REPORT - Sharing of financial records between jurisdictions in connection with the fight against terrorist financing, April 2002.
Bank of Japan Monthly Report - English text
REPORT - Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments from the Bank of Japan, April 2002. Full English text available 15 April.
Inflation Targeting and the Inflation Process
RESEARCH - Reserve Bank of Australia Research Discussion Paper - Inflation Targeting and the Inflation Process: Some Lessons from an Open Economy by Guy Debelle and Jenny Wilkinson, Published in January 2002.
Bank of England Discussion Paper
RESEARCH - Bank of England Discussion Paper by Nicoletta Batini, Brian Jackson and Stephen Nickell, April 2002.
Bank of Japan Monthly Report April 2002
REPORT - Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments, April 2002. The English translation of the full text will be available on 15 April.
Deutsche Bundesbank Annual Accounts for 2001
PRESS RELEASE - Deutsche Bundesbank Annual Accounts for 2001, 11 April.
Deutsche Bundesbank, Annual Accounts 2001
REPORT - Annual Accounts of the Deutsche Bundesbank for 2001, Offprint from the Annual Report for 2001.
ECB Monthly Bulletin, April 2002
REPORT - The European Central Bank published its April 2002 Monthly Bulletin on 11 April.
Asset Prices and Inflation Targeting
RESEARCH - Asset Prices on a Flexible Inflation Targeting Framework by Stephen G Cecchetti, Hans Genberg and Sushil Wadhwani, April 2002. Prepared for the conference on "Asset Price Bubbles: Implications for Monetary, Regulatory, and International…
Output trends and Okun's law - BIS Working Paper
RESEARCH - BIS Working Papers No. 111 by Gert Schnabel, April 2002.