Research
Bank of England/NOP Inflation Attitudes Survey
NEWS RELEASE - This news release describes some of the main results of the Bank of England's November 2001 survey of public attitudes to inflation.
ECB Working Paper
RESEARCH - ECB Working Paper titled 'Some stylised facts on the euro area business cycle' by Anna-Maria Agresti and Benoit Mojon, December 2001.
BIS Quarterly Review December 2001
REPORT - Bank for International Settlements Quarterly Review December 2001 - International banking and financial market developments.
Book Review: Political Economy of Monetary Union
BOOK REVIEW - The book, edited by Paul De Grauwe, provides a collection of key texts on the theory of monetary unions and optimal currency areas.
ECB Monthly Bulletin, December 2001
REPORT - The European Central Bank has published its Monthly Report for December 2001, released 12 December. The report said euro zone growth was likely to stay weak early next year but that an upturn was expected over the course of 2002.
Japan tankan survey points to prolonged recession
JAPAN - Japanese business confidence sagged for a fourth straight quarter to a near three-year low in December, a key Bank of Japan survey showed on Wednesday, as big firms braced for a long recession and slashed spending plans.
Bank of Japan Tankan Report
REPORT - Bank of Japan Tankan Report, published 12 December 2001.
The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Japan
RESEARCH - With voices at the Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance suggesting that more radical monetary policy tools are used to counter Japan's current deflationary spiral and recession this IMF paper looks at how monetary shocks impact on the…
IMF Working Paper - Exchange Rate Policy
RESEARCH - Post-Crisis Exchange Rate Policy in Five Asian Countries: Filling in the "Hollow Middle"? by Leonardo Hernandez and Peter Montiel, International Monetary Fund, November 2001.
IMF Working Paper Consequences of Russia's Crisis
RESEARCH - The Russian Financial Crisis and its Consequences for Central Asia by Gonzalo Pastor and Tatiana Damjanovic, International Monetary Fund, October 2001.
BIS Quarterly Review, December 2001
REPORT - Bank for International Settlements, Quarterly Review, 10 December 2001 International Banking and Financial Market Developments.
IMF Working Paper - Australian Business Cycles
RESEARCH - Key Features of Australian Business Cycles, prepared by Paul Cashin and Sam Ouliaris, International Monetary Fund, November 2001.
Practical issues arising from the euro
RESEARCH - The Bank of England today, Friday, published its semi-annual booklet 'Practical issues arising from the euro' December 2001 issue.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - European Central Bank Decisions on the issue of euro banknotes and on the allocation of monetary income, 6 December 2001.
Report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
REPORT - A slight increase in the nation's economic growth for 2002 is anticipated by participants at the Chicago Fed's Economic Outlook Symposium. The group provided forecasts for major components of real GDP and other key statistics.
IMF Working Paper - Inflation Targeting
RESEARCH - Inflation Targeting and the Unemployment-Inflation Trade-off by Eric Clifton, Hyginus Leon and Chorng-Huey Wong, International Monetary Fund, October 2001.
OECD Economic Survey - Japan
REPORT - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Economic Survey - Japan, Assessment and recommendations.
Federal Reserve Board - Beige Book
REPORT - Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and based on information collected before November 19, 2001. This document summarizes comments received from business and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and is not a commentary on the…
Bank of England Working Paper Series
RESEARCH - Costs of banking system instability: some empirical evidence by Glenn Hoggarth, Ricardo Reis and Victoria Saporta of the Bank of England.
Bank of England Working Paper Series
RESEARCH - Does it pay to be transparent? International evidence from central bank forecasts by Georgios Chortareas, David Stasavage and Gabriel Stern of the Bank of England.
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin - Winter 2001
REPORT - The Quarterly Bulletin provides regular commentary on market developments and UK monetary policy operations. It also contains research and analysis and reports on a wide range of topical economic and financial issues, both domestic and…
RBA Bulletin - November 2001
REPORT - The Reserve Bank of Australia has published its November 2001 Bulletin, Measuring the Real Exchange Rate.
Federal Reserve Bulletin - November 2001
RESEARCH - The Economic Performance of Small Banks, 1985-2000 by William F. Bassett and Thomas F. Brady.
Bank of Japan monthly report
REPORT - Bank of Japan, Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments, November 2001.