Speech
International Monetary Conference speech
SPEECH - Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has given the luncheon address at the International Monetary Conference, Singapore on 4 June. It was titled Financial Centres Today and Tomorrow: A Singapore Perspective.
Meeting the challenge of the global economy
SPEECH - Lim Hng Kiang, Singapore's second minister for finance has made the opening remarks at the 36th SEACEN Governors' Conference, Singapore. Among other things he discusses the challenges for Asia with the slowing of the US economy and the much…
Speech by Bank of England Governor
SPEECH - The Governor of the Bank of England, Edward George, has spoken at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank Economics Conference in Vienna.
Support for the European Central Bank
SPEECH - Edward George, the Governor of the Bank of England, has defended the ECB in a speech to Japanese businessmen at the JiJi Press London Top Seminar, The Savoy Hotel, London on 30 May 2001.
Speech by Fed chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan gave a speech on 24 May at the Economic Club of New York. In it he assesses the US economy's recent performance and speculates on the future.
MAS chairman on building one financial world
SPEECH - Lee Hsien Loong, chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has delivered the keynote address at the ACI world congress, Singapore. The speech was delivered on 25 May and concerned Asia's experience of managing financial integration.
Monetary policy formulation in the euro area
SPEECH - Christian Noyer, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, spoke at the "Monetary Policy and the Markets" conference of the National Association for Business Economics, Washington, DC on 23 May.
Banks and Systemic Risk - Theory and Evidence
SPEECH - David Clementi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and a member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee spoke on 23 May at a conference of the Bank of England in London.
Low inflation may erode bank's credibility
SPEECH - The Bank of England's credibility could be at risk if it continues to undershoot its 2.5 per cent inflation target for more than another two years, according to a member of the bank's Monetary Policy Committee.
The outlook for the economy
SPEECH - President Santomero of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on the outlook for the US economy. He was speaking on 22 May at the County Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia.
Putting euro banknotes and coins into circulation
Speech - Eugenio Domingo Solans, Member of the Governing Council and the Executive Board of the European Central Bank delivered a speech at the Euro 2002 Information Campaign conference hosted by the Banco de Portugal on 15 May.
Monetary Authority of Singapore Amendment Bill
SPEECH - Second reading speech of the Banking Amendment Bill by Lee Hsien Loong, DPM, Singapore and Chairman, MAS.
Speech by Clifford Smout of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Speech by Clifford Smout, Head of Foreign Exchange Division at the Bank of England at the 'Euromoney' Forex Forum on 16 May 2001. Foreign Exchange as a Business in the 21st Century.
Monetary policy and the economic outlook in Japan
SPEECH - Given by Kazuo Ueda, Member of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan, at Council on Foreign Relations in New York, May 11.
Closing speech of 2001 ADB annual meeting
SPEECH - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) concluded its 34th annual meeting of the board of governors on 11 May. The meeting, which was held in Hawaii, finished with a speech from the President of ADB Tadao Chino.
Address to the Asian Development Bank Meeting
SPEECH - Address by Paul H. O'Neill, Chairman of the Board of Governors and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting, Hawaii 2001.
Sir Eddie George at the University of Zurich
SPEECH - The Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Eddie George, gave a speech at the Swiss Institute of International Studies, University of Zurich on May 7.
Interview with Governor of Malaysian CB
SPEECH - The Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia gave an Interview for the Banking Supplement 2001 of The Star newspaper on 30 April 2001. The Governor gave his views on the developments, challenges and opportunities facing the Malaysian banking…
Main comments from ECB's Issing speech
SPEECH - Edited highlights of a speech by Otmar Issing, chief economist of the European Central Bank, at a business seminar in London on May 3.
China CBank criticises IMF supervision remit
Speaking at the IMF/World Bank meetings, Li Ruogu, vice-governor of the People's Bank of China argued that the IMF's supervision remit should not include anti-money-laundering
Brown rejects switching inflation target
In a keynote speech to the International Monetary Fund's international monetary and financialcommittee, attended by 24 finance ministers, UK Chancellor, Gordon Brown, rejected calls for the UK to adopt a 2% inflation target to fit in with the euro-area
Speeches at the SNB's annual shareholder meeting
SPEECH - At the annual general meeting of the Swiss National Bank in Berne on Apr 20, the president of the Bank Council, Eduard Belser, and SNB chairman, Jean-Pierre Roth, both gave speeches to present the central bank's annual report. Belser reports on…
Rationale for transparency in central banking
SPEECH - The vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, Roger Ferguson, in a speech on central bank transparency, said that a transparent central bank will not always make its decision widely predictable.
Clementi-Basel Accord must avoid pro-cyclicality
UNITED KINGDOM - The world's banks and the financial system as a whole should make sure risk-sensitive capital requirements set out in the new Basel Accord don't aggravate cyclical economic downturns, Bank of England deputy governor David Clementi said…