Research
ECB Monthly Bulletin - September 2001
REPORT - The European Central Bank published its regular Monthly Bulletin on 20 September.
Bank of Japan - Monthly Report - September 2001
REPORT - Bank of Japan Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments, September 2001 released 21 September.
The Federal Reserve Beige Book
REPORT - The Federal Reserve published on 19 September its regular Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District known as the Beige Book.
BIS Quarterly Review, September 2001
QUARTERLY REVIEW - The Bank for International Settlements has published its Quarterly Review, September 2001. International banking and financial market developments.
Philippines: Preparations for Inflation Targeting
WORKING PAPER - IMF Working Paper written by Piyabha Kongsamut and published August 2001.
Two monetary approaches to the balance of payments
WORKING PAPER - IMF Working Paper written by Jacques J Polak and published August 2001. The two monetary approaches to the balance of payments: Keynesian and Johnsonian.
Big bang or gradualism in economic reforms
WORKING PAPER - IMF Working Paper written by Andrew Feltenstein and Saleh M Nsouli published August 2001. "Big Bang" Versus Gradualism in Economic Reforms: An Intertemporal Analysis with an Application to China.
Bank of Japan - Quarterly Bulletin August 2001
RESEARCH - The Bank of Japan has published its latest, August 2001, Quarterly Bulletin.
Forecasting recessions using the yield curve
RESEARCH - A staff report by Marcelle Chauvet and Simon Potter of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, August 2001.
CEPR - Monitoring the European Central Bank (MECB)
RESEARCH - New research from the Centre for Economic Policy Research. The authors of the latest MECB Update argue that the ECB should only cut interest rates when falling growth prospects will be accompanied by an unambiguous decline in inflation…
A History of the Canadian Dollar
BOOK - An extensively illustrated book tracing the intriguing story of Canada's dollar from colonial times to the present day. The book provides a lively and informative account of Canadian money from colonial times to the present.
HKMA Quarterly Bulletin (August 2001 Issue)
HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today, 30 August, published the latest issue of its Quarterly Bulletin.
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin - August 2001
Research - The Bank of England has published its latest Quarterly Bulletin, Volume 41, Number 3, for August 2001.
The Monetary Policy of the ECB
RESEARCH - The European Central Bank published 'The Monetary Policy of the European Central Bank' on 28 August.
Effective websites: not just a beauty contest
RESEARCH - Today we show two pieces of research on central bank web sites. The first is taken from the journal Central Banking, produced by Central Banking publications, the latest August 2001 edition. The second is an extract from an article published…
Bank of Japan Discussion Paper
RESEARCH - A discussion paper from the Institute of monetary and economic studies, Bank of Japan by Hiroshi Fujiki. Money demand near zero interest rate: Evidence from regional data.
To What Extent Does Productivity Drive the Dollar?
RESEARCH - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has produced a research paper in its Current Issues in Economics and Finance series, Volume 7, Number 8, August 2001. The paper was written by Cedric Tille, Nicolas Stoffels, and Olga Gorbachev.
Survey from the Philadelphia Fed
SURVEY - The Survey of Professional Forecasters is the oldest quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts in the United States. The survey began in 1968 and was conducted by the American Statistical Association and the National Bureau of Economic…
Bundesbank Report
REPORT - The Deutsche Bundesbank has published its Monthly Report for July 2001.
Federal Reserve Research
RESEARCH - International Finance Discussion Papers, An Empirical Comparison of Bundesbank and ECB Monetary Policy Rules by Jon Faust; John Rogers; and Jonathan H. Wright, August 2001.
BIS Working Paper Number 102
RESEARCH - Allocating bank regulatory powers: lender of last resort, deposit insurance and supervision by Charles M Kahn and Joao A C Santos.
Bank for International Settlements Papers
RESEARCH - Empirical studies of structural changes and inflation August 2001.
Monetary Policy in the Euro Area
CENTRALBANKNET'S SPECIAL REPORT - A review by Robert Pringle, Editor, Central Banking Quarterly of a book by Otmar Issing, Vitor Gaspar, Ignazio Angeloni, Oreste Tristani titled "Monetary policy in the euro area: Strategy and Decision-Making at the…
Business Outlook Survey - Philadelphia Fed
RESEARCH - The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has published its Business Outlook Survey for August 2001.