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Speech by Dr Y.V. Reddy of Reserve Bank of India
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Indian Banking: Paradigm Shift in Public Policy' Reddy said the country's central bank desired to move to a 3 per cent cash reserve ratio (CRR) regime.
Speech by Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
SPEECH - In his speech Ishrat Hussain said that a full-fledged 'Islamic' bank would shortly start functioning in Pakistan to switch over to interest-free banking in the country as per the verdict of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Speech by M R P Devakula, Bank of Thailand, 23 Jan
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Commercial Banking and Financial Services: our Vision for Thailand' Devakula optimistically predicted that growth in gross domestic product (GDP) this year will stand at 2 to 3 per cent - well above the central bank's…
Speech by Urban Backstrom of Sveriges Riksbank
SPEECH - In the speech Backstrom said "The picture of inflation continues to be a problem that cannot be disregarded...the Riksbank must keep a close eye on new inflation statistics, deepen the analysis in the event of deviations and weight this into the…
Testimony of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan
TESTIMONY - In his testimony titled 'Financial literacy' Greenspan said "for an increasingly complex financial system to function effectively, widespread dissemination of timely financial and other relevant information among educated market participants…
Speech by Senior Minister from Singapore gov't
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Disclosure and corporate governance - Challenges in Moving Ahead' Shanmugaratnam said "We have made good progress in the four years since we embarked on a shift towards disclosure-based regulation. Our listed companies have…
Speech by Joseph Yam of the HKMA
SPEECH - The speech by Yam titled 'Briefing to the Legislative Council Panel on Financial Affairs' was divided into four topics currency, banking, financial infrastructure, exchange fund.
Speech by Antonio Fazio Governor Bank of Italy
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Recovery and growth of the Italian economy' Fazio said that the Bank of Italy expects economic growth in the European Union to slow to 1.5 percent in 2002 from 1.7 percent last year. But that EU growth was likely to recover…
Speech by Lars Heikensten of Sweden's central bank
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Swedish economic policy in the EMU' Lars Heikensten said that participation in European economic and monetary union would be beneficial for the Swedish economy.
Speech by Jarle Bergo, Deputy Governor Norges Bank
SPEECH - In the speech titled '' Jarle Bergo said that "if the growth in the global economy picks up again as we have assumed, we expect consumer price inflation to be about 2.5 percent in two years time."
Speech by David Dodge, Governor of Bank of Canada
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Inflation Targeting During a Difficult Year' Dodge reiterated his view that the Canadian economy will grow between 1% and 2% in the year's first half and then accelerate. "As I have already noted, it is becoming clearer…
Speech by David Carse of the HKMA
SPEECH - In the speech made Thursday and titled '2001 End-Year Review and Prospects and Priorities for 2002' Carse said the challenging operating environment last year will have put pressure on the earnings of Hong Kong banks.
Speech by Horst Kohler, Managing Director, IMF
SPEECH - In his speech titled 'Working for a Better Globalization' Kohler urged Argentine authorities to develop a comprehensive and coherent economic strategy that the lender can back with loans.
Speech by Dr Y.V. Reddy of Reserve Bank of India
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Parameters of Monetary Policy in India' Reddy said the central bank might consider a package of measures announcing a one-time reduction in the CRR to three percent, to expedite development of markets, accompanied by…
Speech by David Dodge, Governor of Bank of Canada
SPEECH - Dodge said in the speech titled 'Challenges and Changes in an Eventful Year' that an unhelpful depreciation of the Canadian dollar over recent weeks did not reflect the encouraging signs of a pickup in the economy and that the exchange rate was…
Speech by Masaru Hayami, Governor, Bank of Japan
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Toward Revitalization of Japan's Economy' Hayami said it was neither possible nor desirable for Japan to try manipulating foreign exchange rates, maintaining that a weaker yen was no solution to its economic woes.
Speech by Stanley Fischer of the IMF
SPEECH - In his speech titled 'Breaking Out of the Third World: India's Economic Imperative' Fischer said the Indian monetary policy of not trying to peg a particular value for the rupee was good economics and that all the eight countries which…
Testimony of Richard Spillenkothen of the Fed
TESTIMONY - In his testimony titled 'Antiterrorism initiatives' Spillenkothen said that the Federal Reserve has a significant commitment to the bank regulatory community's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism mission and that we will continue our…
Speech by Shigemitsu Sugisaki of the IMF
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Global Prospects after September 11 and Implications for Japan' Sugisaki said that the Bank of Japan should set a deadline to end deflation and stop a cycle of falling prices in the world's second largest economy.
Speech by Urban Backstrom of Sveriges Riskbank
SPEECH - Urban Backstrom said in the speech that in order to reduce the risk of financial market imbalances, it is important that we have a well thought-out legislative, regulatory and supervisory infrastructure that functions properly and follows any…
Speech by Dr Bimal Jalan, Reserve Bank of India
SPEECH - In the speech 'India and Globalisation' Bimal Jalan said that Indians have to increase their work efficiency and productivity to match global standards. India is nowhere even close to being globalised in terms of the commonly used indicators…
Testimony of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - In his testimony before the US Senate titled 'The state of the economy' Greenspan said that the US economy seemed finally to be climbing out of recession.
Speech by Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'An indebted people' Brash said that there are "encouraging" signs of improvement from the U.S. but Japan remains the biggest risk to the local economy.
Speech by Jarle Bergo, Dep Governor Norges Bank
SPEECH - Bergo says in the speech we must be prepared for changes in the functioning of the economy over time and that one knows precisely how different shocks will affect the economy or what effects fiscal and monetary policy instruments will have. A…