Inflation
Lower inflation in Australia
AUSTRALIA - Australia's second-quarter inflation figure has come in slightly lower than expected at 0.7 per cent, reducing the chances of another increase in interest rates next month.
IMF Survey, July 2002
REPORT - In the latest issue of its survey the International Monetary Fund announce the advisory panel appointed for Argentina, discuss the outlook for the euro-area economy and report on a Working Paper, Making the transition to inflation targeting.
SA experts - Inflation targeting needs propagation
SOUTH AFRICA - While the Reserve Bank's inflation targeting is an appropriate and essential programme, it still is in need of more public knowledge and communication among the majority of South Africans, a gathering of professionals decided on Friday.
Euro did cause price prices - Eurostat
GERMANY - The changeover to euro banknotes and coins might have added as much as 0.2 percentage points to eurozone inflation in the first half of this year, Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency, said on Wednesday.
BofE chief George saved from letter to chancellor
UK - The prospect of an imminent rise in interest rates receded yesterday after an unexpectedly sharp fall in underlying inflation to its lowest level for at least 27 years.
Zero-inflation man debates fine points at U.S. Fed
ARTICLE - He was a loyal foot soldier in a decades-long inflation battle, vowing to seek a total victory that left no sign of the enemy. But now that some say the war is won, he finds himself debating the finer points. St. Louis Fed President William…
Speech by Eva Srejber of Sveriges Riksbank, 9 July
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Inflation targeting and bubbles' Srejber said "there are many indications that the real economy effects of the severe stock market fall will be limited". But cautioned that, "it is not possible to write off the risk of…
IMF Working Paper No. 02/ 102
WORKING PAPER - Establishing Initial Conditions in Support of Inflation Targeting, Author/Editor: Alina Carare, Andrea Schaechter, Mark R Stone, Mark D Zelmer, Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department, June 2002.
Norges Bank Press Conference, 3 July
PRESS CONFERENCE - Monetary policy meeting of Norges Bank's Executive Board / Inflation Report 2/ 2002.
Norges Bank's Inflation Report 2, 2002
REPORT - The Inflation Report discusses developments in the Norwegian economy and other factors that influence the inflation outlook. In addition, the balance of risks and uncertainty associated with the inflation projections are assessed.
Banco Central do Brasil Inflation Report June 2002
REPORT - Banco Central do Brasil, Brazil's central bank, has released it's Quarterly Inflation Report for June 2002.
Brazil may widen inflation target's 2 point band
BRAZIL - The finance ministry and the central bank may decide to widen the existing two-percentage points leeway above the inflation target set by the central bank, financial daily Valor Economico reported.
Ignatyev wants stronger ruble
RUSSIA - Sergei Ignatyev, chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, on Tuesday reaffirmed his desire for a stronger ruble, saying that the bank is adopting a policy that implies a "gradual inflation decline and a certain appreciation of the ruble to…
Is it too early to call an end to deflation?
ARTICLE - Prices have stopped falling and the balance of Bank of Japan banknotes circulating in the market is on a sharp rise. So is it too early to worry about the possibility of inflation asks the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper on Monday.
European Central Bank Working Paper
RESEARCH - G-7 Inflation forecasts by Fabio Canova, June 2002.
Brazil maintains steady interest rates
BRAZIL - Brazil's central bank yesterday maintained its prime interest rate at 18.5 per cent for the third consecutive month after recent market turmoil began fuelling inflation fears.
SA Reserve Bank to learn about inflation targeting
SOUTH AFRICA - Experts from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) are to learn more about inflation targeting from their Canadian counterparts, in terms of an agreement signed in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Bank of England Inflation Attitudes Survey May 02
SURVEY - The Bank of England has published the results to its Inflation Attitudes Survey which is conducted quarterly. An article in the summer Quarterly Bulletin, also published today, examines the trends seen in the four surveys up to and including…
Eurozone inflation to end yr above 2% says Caruana
SPAIN - Jaime Caruana, governor of the Banco de Espana and member of the ECB board said that inflation in the euro zone this year has been worse than expected. Although he said that it would be difficult to assess where it would head in the medium term,…
Trichet says France wont balance budget by 2004
FRANCE - Jean-Claude Trichet, the governor of the Banque de France, suggested that it is unlikely that France will manage to clean up its budget deficit by 2004 when he agreed with finance minister Francis Mer's comments that to achieve this will take…
Eurozone inflation falls within ECB target of 2%
BELGIUM - Inflation in the euro zone slowed sharply to 2% in May, Eurostat confirmed on Tuesday. The drop put inflation within the upper limit of the European Central Bank's inflation target of 2%.
Parry said Fed can be "deliberative" over rates
USA - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Robert Parry said that doubt over how long the current "modest expansion" would last leaves the Federal Reserve room to be "deliberative" over hiking interest rates.
ECB raises inflation forecast
GERMANY - The European Central Bank on Thursday raised its projection for inflation this year, underlining pessimism about prices that suggests the bank may raise interest rates later this year.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem, Norges Bank, 10 June
SPEECH - Svein Gjedrem, governor of the Norges Bank gave a speech titled 'One year of inflation targeting' at the Norwegian School of Management's Centre for Monetary Economics on 10 June. He discusses Norway's experience of inflation targeting and…