Research
Central bank research paper by Alain Durre
RESEARCH - Would it be optimal for central banks to include asset prices in their loss function? by Alain Durre, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
ECB Monthly Bulletin, February 2002
REPORT - The European Central Bank has published its latest Monthly Report for February 2002.
Bank of England Inflation Report - February 2002
REPORT - The Bank of England has published its latest quarterly inflation report for February 2002, 13 February.
CGFS release report on IT innovation and financing
PRESS RELEASE - Under the auspices of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) is today releasing a report entitled IT innovations and financing patterns: implications for the financial system, 13…
Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS)
REPORT - IT innovations and financing patterns: implications for the financial system, February 2002.
Bank of Japan Monthly Report - English text
REPORT - Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments from the Bank of Japan, February 2002. Full English text available 13 February.
Bank of Japan Monthly Report
REPORT - Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments from the Bank of Japan, February 2002.
Reserve Bank of Australia Report
REPORT - The latest quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy has been released by the RBA, 11 February.
When can we forcast inflation?
RESEARCH - Article by Jonas D. M. Fisher, Chin Te Liu and Ruilin Zhou. Chicago Fed researchers show that inflation forecasting models, like the Phillips curve, may still provide sound predictions of inflation. They argue that time periods in which it is…
Dornbusch's Overshooting Model After 25 Years
RESEARCH - Second Annual IMF Research Conference, Mundell-Fleming Lecture, Kenneth Rogoff, Economic Counselor and Director of the IMF Research Department, 29 November 2001, (revised 22 January, 2002) released 7 February.
St Louis Fed report, Central Banker, Winter 2001
REPORT - Fed Releases Comprehensive Retail Payments Study, reports the Winter 2001 edition of the St Louis Fed's Central Banker.
Finance and Economics Discussion Series
RESEARCH - Federal Reserve Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Monetary Policy Rules and the Great Inflation by Athanasios Orphanides, January 2002.
Chicago Fed Letter, February 2002
REPORT - According to research in the latest Chicago Fed Letter, improvements in average worker skill levels have slowed and are likely to continue to slow the rest of this decade, which could negatively impact U.S. productivity growth in years to come.
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
REPORT - The Quantitative Impact Study for Operational Risk: Overview of Individual Loss Data and Lessons Learned, 28 January.
BIS Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - BIS international consolidated banking statistics - third quarter of 2001 released 28 January.
BIS consolidated international banking statistics
REPORT - The BIS consolidated international banking statistics - third quarter 2001 released 28 January.
Monetary developments in the euro area
REPORT - Monetary developments in the euro area: December 2001, released by the European Central Bank, 28 January.
ECB Monthly Bulletin January 2002
REPORT - The European Central Bank published its January 2002 Monthly Bulletin on 24 January.
Bank of Canada Monetary Policy Report Update
REPORT - The Bank of Canada has released its Update to the November Monetary Policy Report, in which it discusses economic and financial trends in the context of Canada's inflation-control strategy, 23 January.
The Inflation Forecast and the Loss Function
RESEARCH - A new paper by Lars E.O Svensson, Princeton University, CEPR and NBER, December 2001.
BIS research papers
RESEARCH - Research from the BIS 'Comparing monetary policy operating procedures across the United States, Japan and the euro area', Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements, December 2001.
Regional Economy Newsletter Winter 2002
RESEARCH - The Winter 2002 Regional Economy Newsletter for upstate New York has been issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Basel Committee Publications - New paper
RESEARCH - The relationship between banking supervisors and banks' external auditors, Basel Committee Publications No. 87, January 2002.
Philadelphia Business Outlook Survey
REPORT - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Business Outlook Survey, 17 January 2002.