Central Banking
Roth on the Swiss economy and monetary policy
Jean-Pierre Roth, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank discussed economic activity and monetary policy in his introductory remarks at the end-of-year media news conference held in Zurich.
Knight gives observations of market discipline
Malcolm D.Knight, General Manager of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), delivered a speech giving his three observations on market discipline at the BIS-Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Conference on market discipline.
Mosul Central Bank rebuilding begins
Work has begun to rebuild Mosul Central Bank, destroyed in the Iraq war.
ECB recieves a letter bomb
A letter bomb sent to Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank has been discovered in the ECB mail room. An Italian anarchist group is suspected of sending it.
Former deputy governor of BoE knighted
David Clementi, former deputy governor of the Bank of England has been awarded a knighthood on the New Year honours list.
Greenspan congratulated for good year's work
Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve and his colleagues havebeen praised for their work in 2003 by private economists in a survey.
BoE in court over handling of BCCI
The Bank of England finds itself in court over its handling of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, which collapsed in 1991. But journalists should think twice before waxing self-righteous and indignant.
Bank of England falls prey to e-mail hoax
Hundreds of thousands of hoax e-mails have bounced back to the Bank of England. The e-mail asks recipients to download an attachment confirmed to hold a virus.
Russia's new attack on money-laundering
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is working on an 'early warning system' against money-laundering.
Drink-driving Duisenberg faces fine
Wim Duisenberg, the former president of the European Central Bank, tested two times over the legal limit when stopped by Amsterdam police for a breathalyser test. He is now due to appear in court.
RBA reseach paper on the Phillips curve
The Reserve bank of Australia has issued a research discussion paper on the real-time forecasting performance of the Phillips curve.
Greenspan on widened trade deficit
Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve talks before the World Affairs Council of greater Dallas about the wider trade deficit of recent years, in the context of a prolonged bout of job loss in the United States.
Europe and the dollar
If the dollar retreat of 2003 turns into the rout of 2004, what will be the options facing policy makers? Soundings among Europe's senior central bankers suggest American officials are making a big mistake if they assume that in a dollar crisis they will…
China hints at looser dollar peg
China's central bank new description of its exchange rate policy hints at plans to allow greater movement against the US dollar.
Interview with Mexico's Ortiz
Guillermo Ortiz, the governor of Mexico's central bank, has warned that the failure to introduce needed reforms will limit economic recover.
Predicting euro-area recessions
This ECB working paper looks at the informational content of the slope of theyield curve as a predictor of recessions in the euro area.
Duisenberg at a discount
Despite a splendid send-off in October, including a blizzard of awards from European countries, the image of Wim Duisenberg, the former president of the ECB, is starting to fade, CentralBankNet can exclusively reveal.
2002 statistics for CPSS countries payment systems
This annual BIS publication provides data on payments and payment systems in the CPSS countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.
International Research Forum on monetary policy
The second conference organised by the International Research Forum on Monetary Policy was held at the Federal Reserve Board on November 14-15, 2003.
Minutes of BoJ monetary policy meeting
The Bank of Japan monetary policy board met on November 20 and 21. The members agreed that the economy was starting to recover gradually and voted unanimously to maintain the current guideline for money market operations with the target range of "around…
Is There a Digital Divide?
The new edition of the San Francisco Fed's "Economic Letter" asks whether the region enjoys an advantage over the rest of the US in terms of the digital literacy of the population.
FMC on the Bush Fed, capital flows & Beige Book
The Financial Markets Centre, an independent non-profit reserach centre which studies the work of the Federal Reserve has released three new papers, on the Fed during the "Bush II" era, the impact of the US capital account deficit, and an analysis of the…
Hong Kong measures its banking supervision
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has released its annual assessment as to how how well local banks are meeting the Banking Code. According to the HKMA Hong Kong banks are nearly fully compliant.
Yam reviews financial stability arrangements
In his weekely web column, Joseph Yam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority reviews how the HKMA monitors financial stability through its new regular "Financial Stability Report".