Central Banking
J.P. Morgan to include Singapore in GBI Board
SINGAPORE - Singapore will become the 22nd country in J.P. Morgan's Government Bond Index Board (GBI Board) starting on April 2 with a 0.3 percent market capitalisation weighting.
Swedish inflation risks muted - central bank
SWEDEN - The Sveriges Riksbank on Mar 27, 2001 left its key repo rate unchanged at 4.00 percent and cited subdued inflation pressures in a pointer that interest rates would remain on hold or fall in the next few months.
Kerstin Hessius to be Stockholm Bourse head
SWEDEN - OM Gruppen AB on Mar 26, 2001 named former Riksbank Deputy Governor Kerstin Hessius as the new president of the Stockholm stock exchange, officially known as Stockholmsboersen.
Libya names new bank governor, economy minister
LIBYA - Libya has split the finance and economy ministry and appointed a new central bank governor in a minor government reshuffle, officials said on Mar 26, 2001.
RBNZ's Brash to help Indonesia on central bank law
NEW ZEALAND/INDONESIA - Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Donald Brash said on Mar 26, 2001 he was going to Indonesia on Apr 2 to help advise on a new central bank law.
ECB cannot stop stocks from falling-Buba's Welteke
EUROPE- The European Central Bank can do nothing to counter plunging stock prices, Bundesbank president Ernst Welteke said in an interview with the German radio station Deutschlandfunk.
China's cbank-no timetable to open capital market
CHINA - People's Bank of China Governor Dai Xianglong said China's capital markets will eventually be opened to the outside world but there is still no timetable for such a reform, state media reported Mar 26, 2001.
US economists quarrel with Fed rate stance-NABE
UNITED STATES - A survey of the Federal Reserve's policies over the past six months showed that a growing number of US economists fear the central bank has not cut interest rate cuts enough.
Zsigmond Jarai optimistic on inflation target
HUNGARY - Dec 2000 year-on-year inflation could be 6-7%, Hungary's central bank governor Zsigmond Jarai said at an event of the Joint Venture Alliance, according to the daily Vilaggazdasag.
New Zealand cbank against introducing MPC
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said in report Mar 26, 2001 that it opposes a recent proposal to change the country's monetary policy decision-making model in favor of a committee of experts instead of the existing framework which vests…
RBA board members debate economic prospects
AUSTRALIA/SPEECH - The newest board member of Australia's central bank, Donald McGauchie, doubts whether there will be a quick return to economic growth, in sharp contrast to the views of the central bank's deputy governor Stephen Grenville.
Operational risk measurement- BOJ papers
CENTRAL BANK RESEARCH - The Bank of Japan's financial and payment system office has published a series of working papers on operational risk that have now been revised and improved following comments from readers.
The Bank of Canada and Financial Stability-Dodge
SPEECH - David Dodge, the governor of the Bank of Canada, gives his second speech since taking over the job about what the central bank is doing to promote financial stability. He emphasises the work of the Group of Twenty, chaired by Canadian finance…
Banking Supervision-HKMA Yam viewpoint
CENTRAL BANK ARTICLE - Effective banking supervision requires taking a larger view of the industry than simply focussing on the ability of borrower to repay, says Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Joseph Yam in his weekly column on the HKMA…
ECB seminar on monetary analysis published-Mar 16
CENTRAL BANK SEMINAR - On Nov 20-21 2000 the European Central Bank organised a seminar for staff from central banks entitled "Monetary analysis: Tools and applications". The aim of the seminar was to obtain an overview of the various approaches used to…
BoE faces £1bn BCCI lawsuit
Following a ruling on Thursday 22 March, Deloitte and Touche, liquidators of the Bank for Credit and Commerce Interantional, have been given leave to sue the Bank of England for its alleged failures as supervisor of BCCI
ECB rate cut should come as no surprise
A series of weak data releases, corresponding stock market declines across Europe and the United States as well as a cut in interest rates by the Federal Open Market Committee has fuelled speculation over the European Central Bank's forthcoming interest…
SNB announces next tranche of gold sales
The Swiss National Bank is to sell 100 tonnes of gold by September
Prodi calls for more economic power for commission
Romano Prodi, president of the European Commission, repeated his calls for more economic power for the European Commission to act as a counter-weight to the European Central Bank.
Is inflation targeting feasible in Poland?-article
ARTICLE - "Is inflation targeting feasible in Poland?" is a new article in the journal The Economics of Transition, Volume 9: Issue 1, co-written by Peter Christoffersen at McGill University, and Torsten Slk and Robert Wescott at the International…
Bank Capital Regulation: Literature Review-Santos
ARTICLE - "Bank Capital Regulation in Contemporary Banking Theory: A Review of the Literature" is a new article in the journal Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments, Volume 10: Issue 2, by Joao A. C. Santos at the New York Fed. This paper reviews…
Q&A: New procedures for BoJ money mkt operations
ARTICLE - The Bank of Japan has published a short question and answer article about its new procedures for money market operations which started on Mar 19, 2001. It says that although the procedures are intended to produce the same effects as the "Zero…
Comparing price competitiveness of SE Asia exports
CENTRAL BANK RESEARCH - Zelal Kotan from the Central Bank of Turkey and Serdar Sayan from Bilkent University have written a paper titled "A comparison of the price competitiveness of Turkish and South East Asian exports in the European Union market in…
Hayami-BoJ to increase JGB outright buys if needed
Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami reiterated Mar 22, 2001 that the central bank will increase its outright purchases of government bonds only when needed.