Central Banking
U.S. central bankers try to dim hopes
US - U.S. central bank governors are sending out word this week that while the U.S. economy appears to be on the mends, a quick rebound does not appear to be in the works.
Argentina's central bank delays trading restart
ARGENTINA - Argentina has once again delayed the resumption of currency trading, disappointing Argentine people and businesses.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Update on the euro cash changeover, 10 January 2002.
ECB's Issing sees 'tentative' signs of recovery
GERMANY - European Central Bank chief economist Otmar Issing said that there are "tentative" signs of a recovery in the euro zone economy, and that a "significant" upturn is possible in 2002.
Fed adds $5 billion reserves through 28-day repos
US - The Federal Reserve said on Thursday it added $5.0 billion in temporary reserves to the banking system through the purchases of 28-day fixed system repurchase agreements.
Speech by Roger Ferguson of the Federal Reserve
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Why Central Banks Should Talk' Roger Ferguson strongly welcomes the recent trend across the globe toward greater openness. He concludes that central banks should continue to thoughtfully consider proposals to increase…
Argentina postpones currency trading
ARGENTINA - Argentina's central bank has suspended the country's foreign exchange markets until Thursday, claiming it needs more time to work out currency trading rules following the abolition of the one-to-one peso-dollar link last weekend.
Euro used for 75% of payments
EUROPE - The euro is now being used for nearly three quarters of cash payments in the 12-nation single currency zone, according to the European Commission.
Bank of Canada Working Paper Series
RESEARCH - Why Do Central Banks Smooth Interest Rates? by Gabriel Srour, Research Department, Bank of Canada.
Thailand central bank appointments confirmed
THAILAND - As revealed by us on Tuesday the Thai cabinet yesterday approved the appointment of two new Bank of Thailand deputy governors.
Speech by Anthony Santomero of Philadelphia Fed
SPEECH - Santomero sees "clear signs of renewed growth by mid-year, and a healthy pace of sustained growth by year-end". He suggests 2002 will be a turnaround year with the Greater Philadelphia region recovering along with the nation.
Philadelphia Fed Survey
REPORT - Fourth Quarter 2001, Survey of Professional Forecasters from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Bank of England Working Paper Series
RESEARCH - Bank of England Working Paper by Nicoletta Batini, Richard Harrison and Stephen P Millard. 'Monetary policy rules for an open economy'.
Fed Ferguson - Timing of recovery still uncertain
US - US Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson said US data had moved to be more mixed than negative but it was too early to pinpoint the timing of an economic recovery.
Federal Reserve Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - 3 January 2002. Susan Schmidt Bies and Mark W. Olson were formally sworn in as members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at a ceremony Thursday in the atrium of the Board's main building in Washington.
Ukraine's monetary policy will toughen in 2002
UKRAINE - Chairman of the board of governors of the National Bank of Ukraine Anatoly Halchynsky warned on 4 January against overly optimism with regard to the 6.1% inflation rate for 2001, stressing that, given the present conditions in Ukraine, the NBU…
Ireland's euro transition outpaces EU
IRELAND - Ireland is outpacing other euro-zone countries in the euro changeover with the number of Irish pounds in circulation falling almost twice as fast as other national currencies, reports an Irish newspaper.
BSP officials fined for 'unprofessionalism'
PHILIPPINES - The Court of Appeals has fined two officials of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and a bank examiner for their "unprofessional" handling of a case involving the Rural Bank of San Miguel (RBSM).
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Update on the euro cash changeover, 9 January 2002.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Update on the euro cash changeover, 8 January 2002.
Israel's regulatory easing
ARTICLE - Some $260 billion (290.39 billion euros) in Israeli financial assets is walled up inside the country by regulations, discriminatory taxes and investor conservatism, kept pacified by high domestic interest rates.
Speech by David Dodge of Bank of Canada
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Inflation Targeting in Canada: Experience and Lessons' Dodge said that he still expects the Canadian economy to improve by the second half of 2002 and that the Canadian economy may actually have grown in the fourth quarter…
Canada economy on track for recovery - BOC's Dodge
CANADA - Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge said on Saturday he still expects the Canadian economy to improve by the second half of 2002.
Argentina's woes are not solved
ARTICLE - The new Argentine government of President Eduardo Duhalde has started decisively. It took little time to devalue the peso and sketch out a new economic strategy. But the policy remains full of holes. Rather than follow the successful recent…