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Speech by U Backstrom of Sveriges Riksbank, 19 Mar
SPEECH - "If resource utilization is more strained than the Riksbank now assumes or if potential growth has been overestimated, there is a risk of future inflation being higher than in the main scenario," Backstrom said in a speech following the release…
Speech by Dr Reddy, Reserve Bank of India, 21 Mar
SPEECH - "Establishment of a Gold Exchange would help in efficient price discovery and emergence of healthy and transparent practices in the market," RBI's Deputy Governor Y V Reddy said in a speech at a conference organised by the World Gold Council.
Speech by Ian Macfarlane, Governor, RBA, 4 Apr
SPEECH - In a speech titled 'The Australian Economy: Past, Present and Future' Macfarlane said the central bank was under no pressure to rush a move on interest rates, seeking to dampen market speculation of an imminent rate rise.
Speech by M Moskow, President, Chicago Fed, 3 Apr
SPEECH - In his speech 'The Impact of Open Markets and Expanded Trade on Economic Development' the Chicago Fed chief noted that economists have recently become more bullish on the prospects for U.S. economic growth and said, "On balance, we believe the…
Speech by H Kohler, Managing Director, IMF, 21 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'The Monterrey Consensus and Beyond: Moving from Vision to Action' Kohler hailed the proposed document Monterrey Consensus saying that he was encouraged by the unprecedented degree of agreement about what is required to…
Speech by Anne Krueger of the IMF, 20 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Growth and Reform in Russia' Krueger said Russia should aim for economic growth of between 4%-6% a year for the next 10-15 years.
Speech by Anne Krueger of the IMF, 1 Apr
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'New Approaches to Sovereign Debt Restructuring: An Update on Our Thinking' Krueger said "Under the approach I have in mind, the essential decision-making power would be vested in the debtor and a supermajority of its…
Speech by Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, 2 Mar
SPEECH - Dr Ishrat Hussain, Governor of State Bank, delivered his keynote address at the 51st annual general meeting and prize award ceremony of the Institute of Bankers Pakistan. The address was titled 'Strategy for External Debt Management 1999 - 2004'.
Speech by David Dodge of Bank of Canada, 26 Mar
SPEECH - In his most recent speech titled 'The Conduct of Monetary Policy in the Presence of Economic Shocks' Dodge touted the importance of core inflation as a wind vane for monetary policy, but offered few clues on the bank's stance on interest rates.
Speech by Fed Reserve Governor Mark Olson, 26 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Career Development in a Changing Economy' Federal Reserve Governor Mark Olson predicted the U.S. economy will soon see a renaissance of long-term productivity and production growth.
Speech by Otmar Issing of the ECB, 26 Mar
SPEECH - Issing said in a speech titled 'The role of monetary policy in managing economic risks' that he did not currently see any threats to the inflation outlook in the euro zone, but said on balance the risks are to the upside.
Speech by Paul Jenkins, Bank of Canada, 20 Mar
SPEECH - The speech was titled 'Global Economic and Financial Trends: Implications for Canadian Monetary Policy'. In the speech Jenkins took aim at the argument that the weak Canadian dollar reduces productivity growth.
Speech by A Santomero of Philadelphia Fed, 27 Mar
SPEECH - Santomero gave a speech titled 'The Importance of Financial Services' in which he said the U.S. economic recovery is well underway and the Fed has time before considering policy adjustments since inflation is contained.
Speech by Sirkka Hamalainen of the ECB, 20 Mar
SPEECH - European Central Bank executive board member Hamalainen said on Wednesday she was disappointed by euro zone financial market integration and urged private sector firms to work together to improve it.
Speech by Christian Noyer of the ECB, 22 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'France, Europe, the euro and the ECB' Noyer said that fiscal policy changes in the euro zone would not automatically result in a shift in the ECB's monetary policy.
Speech by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, 26 Mar
SPEECH - In a speech titled 'Corporate governance' Greenspan cautioned lawmakers against responding to the wave of corporate governance and accounting scandals by increasing regulation, arguing the market already is enforcing higher ethical standards.
Speech by A Santomero of Philadelphia Fed, 21 Mar
SPEECH - The early stages of the U.S. economic recovery are going "extremely well," but the outlook for consumer and business demand critical to sustaining the recovery remains uncertain, Santomero said on Thursday.
Speech by Sushil Wadhwani, Bank of England, 25 Mar
SPEECH - Wadnwani, known as an arch-dove for his views on interest rates has played down the danger of debt in Britain. Speaking to local business leaders in the north of England he also suggested that house prices might not be overvalued. The speech was…
Speech by Sirkka Hamalainen of the ECB, 26 Mar
SPEECH - Hamalainen gave a speech on Tuesday titled 'Implementing monetary policy in the euro area'. In the speech she said that short term deviations in the euro zone inflation rate from the bank's two percent inflation ceiling were perfectly acceptable.
Testimony of Otmar Issing of the ECB, 20 Mar
TESTIMONY - Issing said in his testimony to the European Parliament that the euro area economy will speed up in the course of the year but inflation would remain subdued. "Recent data point to a recovery starting moderately in early 2002 and accelerating…
Speech by Ian Macfarlane, Governor, RBA, 22 Mar
SPEECH - Macfarlane's address, on 'Sir Leslie Melville: His Contribution to Central Banking in Australia', outlined Melville's role at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia when it served as both the central bank and a commercial bank.
Speech by T Padoa-Schioppa of the ECB, 21 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Accession Countries on the Way to the Euro: A Central Banker's View' Padoa-Schioppa said a carefully chosen timeframe for euro adoption by new members after they join the EU would ensure that fighting inflation would not…
Speech by Susan Schmidt Bies of the Fed, 21 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Current Challenges of Community Banks' Bies stressed to bankers the need for effective management oversight by bank directors, especially in the wake of the spectacular collapse of energy-trading giant Enron.
Speech by Edward George, Bank of England, 19 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech George again sought to reassure markets that last year's series of interest rate cuts was unlikely to be reversed any time soon.