Central Banking
IMF mulls approach on terrorist funding
USA - Pressure from the US to act on terrorist financing has generated a debate within the International Monetary Fund on how it should respond.
Oman c bank say anti-laundering law in final stage
OMAN - Oman's central bank chief said on Friday the Gulf country was close to issuing a law against money laundering, the official Oman News Agency reported.
UK FSA warned against using show of strength
UK - The financial watchdog has been warned that any attempt to get a high-profile City scalp purely to demonstrate its new powers could break its own rules.
OECD forecasts recovery
The OECD's forecasts, while acknowledging that the world may already be in recession, suggest that the recession may not be prolonged and it still expects a sharp recovery next year. "I don't see this as a severe global recession," Chief Economist…
Euro on show in Beijing
An exhibition entitled "The Euro Is Here" has opened at the China Numismatic Museum in Beijing.
NZ's Brash wary of deflation
Speaking at a roadshow aimed at small businesses today the Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Donald Brash stressed that deflation was just as much a concern as inflation with regard to defining price stability.
BOJ reluctant to ease monetary policy
Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami signalled reluctance to loosen monetary policy, doubting that it would have any effect.
Time for the euro to grow up
At a lecture organised by the Centre for Economic and Policy Research in London today Richard Portes of the London Business School said that it was time for the euro to grow up, for euro authorities to assume more responsibility in the international…
Derivatives and Public Debt Management - Report
REPORT - Derivatives and Public Debt Management is again available from the International Securities Market Association following its withdrawal pending the consideration of issues raised in relation to the document, 13 November.
Speech by Michael Moskow, President, Chicago Fed
SPEECH - Speech by Michael H. Moskow, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago at the Bankers' Association for Finance and Trade, 11th Annual Conference on International Trade and Finance, Hotel InterContinental, Chicago, Illinois, 25 October.
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank- Annual Report 2001
ANNUAL REPORT - Summary of the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts of the ECCB for 2001.
Speech by Stephen Grenville of the RBA
SPEECH - Talk by Stephen Grenville, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia to the Australian National University Conference on Regional Financial Arrangements in East Asia, Canberra - 12-13 November 2001.
Fed 'model' predicts stock gains
ARTICLE - A valuation model used by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board indicated last week that stocks were some 14% undervalued.
ECB seeks bigger role in oversight of banks
GERMANY - The European Central Bank is aiming to reshape bank oversight in the European Union by giving itself a more prominent role.
Australia's res bank updates banks on terror links
AUSTRALIA - The Reserve Bank of Australia Friday updated financial institutions on the people identified by the United Nations and the U.S. as linked to terrorism.
Argentina gives details on refinancing debt
ARGENTINA - Argentina's government yesterday announced plans to refinance the debts of 10 provinces, the first leg of its effort to restructure the country's entire $155bn ( £106bn) stock of federal and provincial debt.
NZ res bank won't replace departing dep gov
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand isn't planning to fill the vacancy about to be created by the departure of one of its deputy governors, Murray Sherwin, officials said Wednesday.
Swiss regulator orders audit for Israeli bank unit
SWITZERLAND - The Swiss Federal Banking Commission said Tuesday it has concluded its investigations related to the country's money laundering case against Peru's former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos and has ordered a special audit of Bank Leumi Le…
EBRD: Russian banking reforms not enough
Russia has been slow in reforming its banking system and a key test will be how new enforcement powers given to the central bank are used, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said in a report on Tuesday.
China lifts banking barriers to entry
The People's Bank of China has announced a programme for the opening of China's banking sector following the country's accession to the WTO.
Three cheers for the euro?
The euro received three notes of approval today from the the People's Bank of China, the IMF and the OECD.
Thai central bank re-financing
The Thai cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to re-finance 90 billion baht ($2.02 billion) in debts of a central bank unit set up to bail out and take over troubled financial institutions.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem Governor of Norges Bank
SPEECH - Speech by Central Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem of Norges Bank, Norway's central bank, at the conference on EMU and the euro hosted by The European Commission, Euro-Info Centre and NHO (Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry), Oslo, 30…
Bank of Portugal - Annual Report 2000
ANNUAL REPORT - Banco de Portugal, the central bank of Portugal, has published its Annual Report for 2000.