US dollar
Dlr swap seen as more than a confidence measure
UK - In another move to ensure market liquidity, central banks Thursday 13 September established swap facilities to alleviate the tight dollar market in Europe - a move welcomed by the financial industry.
A History of the Canadian Dollar
BOOK - An extensively illustrated book tracing the intriguing story of Canada's dollar from colonial times to the present day. The book provides a lively and informative account of Canadian money from colonial times to the present.
Seoul pays off its IMF debts
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea has fully repaid the last instalment of a multi-billion dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Regulator denies responsible for bank intervention
NICARAGUA - Nicaragua's banking regulator Noel Sacasa has denied responsibility for the multimillion dollar costs of intervening and liquidating six banks during his term a report says.
What they said about the dollar
ARTICLE - Policymakers' comments about the US currency, whether planned or off-the-cuff, seldom go unnoticed. Todays, 21 August, London edition of the Financial Times reprises some quotes about the dollar.
Tinkering with currency can't solve economic woes
ARTICLE - John Devine, chief financial officer at General Motors Corp., last week was the latest in a string of corporate executives complaining about the strength of the U.S. dollar. His timing wasn't perfect. The dollar has actually softened relative…
Euro breaks 90 cents barrier
EUROPE - The euro broke through the 90 cent level today, 15 August, and hit a five-month high against the pound for the third consecutive day as the single currency benefited from losses by the US dollar.
Ex-Im Bank signs MOU with Iranian bank
IRAN - The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Ex-Im Bank) has signed a 500-million-dollar deal with the Central Bank of Iran that would facilitate trade between the two countries.
IMF - Quiet caution for Argentina's currency shift
ARTICLE - Centralbanknet's report on the IMF's Stanley Fischer who has visited Argentina. He has warned that the planned Argentine currency move may set a worrying precedent.
Lithuanian c-bank to switch some reserves to euro
LITHUANIA - Lithuania's central bank said on 28 June it would "soon" start exchanging some of its reserves into euro to prepare for the change of the national currency's anchor to the euro from the dollar in February.
Argentina links to euro
ARGENTINA - The Argentine Senate has approved a new law that will fix its currency to the euro as well as to the dollar.
Egypt central bank dollar requests mount up
EGYPT - Egyptian banks have accumulated requests for hundreds of millions of dollars with the Central Bank which has not released any dollars into the market in over a month, banking sources and newspapers said on 7 June.
ECB cuts interest rates by 0.5%
Summary - The European Central Bank (ECB) has made a surprise cut in its key interest rate reducing it by a quarter point to 4.5%.
Singapore MAS to brief on mon policy twice a year
The Monetary Authority of Singapore said on Feb 26, 2001 it will hold a media briefing twice a year on its monetary policy in an effort to raise transparency.
Speech by Antonio Fazio, Governor, Bank of Italy
SPEECH - Speech by Antonio Fazio, Governor of the Bank of Italy at the World Gold Council International Conference "The Euro, the Dollar and Gold" held in Rome on 17 November 2000. The relationship between currencies and gold.