Monetary policy
Speech by Christopher Allsopp of Bank of England
SPEECH - Charles Allsopp said in the speech that maintaining a stable rate of economic growth should be given a clearer role in the policy framework of the European Central Bank and that greater symmetry in inflation targetting had worked well in Britain…
Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting
MINUTES - Minutes of the Bank of Japan, Monetary Policy Meeting on 29 November 2001.
Bank of Japan Statement - Monetary Policy Meeting
NEWS RELEASE - Statement from the Bank of Japan regarding the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 16 January 2002.
Gov't intends changes to Poland's MPC and c bank
POLAND - Poland's ruling coalition, a tripartite of social democrats, agrarians and labor, followed a Wednesday no-decision from Poland's Monetary Policy Council on rates with plans to force monetary loosening on the Council through legislation.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem Governor of Norges Bank
SPEECH - Address given by Norway's Central Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem at a conference hosted by the Federation of Norwegian Agricultural Cooperatives,Trondheim, 11 January 2002.
ECB Working Papers Series
RESEARCH - European Central Bank Working Paper, Monetary policy rules, macroeconomic stability and inflation: a view from the trenches, by Athanasios Orphanides.
Speech by Bruno Gehrig of the Swiss National Bank
SPEECH - Speech by Bruno Gehrig, Vice-Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, University of St Gallen, St Gallen, 9 January 2002.
Bank of England Working Paper Series
RESEARCH - Bank of England Working Paper by Nicoletta Batini, Richard Harrison and Stephen P Millard. 'Monetary policy rules for an open economy'.
Ukraine's monetary policy will toughen in 2002
UKRAINE - Chairman of the board of governors of the National Bank of Ukraine Anatoly Halchynsky warned on 4 January against overly optimism with regard to the 6.1% inflation rate for 2001, stressing that, given the present conditions in Ukraine, the NBU…
South Africa restructures policy committee
SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which oversees the country's financial policies, has been restructured and will meet four times this year, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced on Tuesday.
Paper by Charles Bean C Economist, Bank of England
SPEECH /PAPER - Paper by Charles Bean, Chief Economist and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Jens Larsen and Kalin Nikolov, Monetary Assesment and Strategy Division at the Bank of England to the Monetary Transmission Network Conference at the…
Bank of England MPC Minutes
MINUTES - Minutes of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Meeting - 4 & 5 December 2001.
Monetary Policy Transmission in the Euro Area
CONFERENCE - Monetary Policy Transmission in the Euro Area, at the ECB (by invitation only), 18-19 December 2001.
BOE Dec Minutes - MPC Voted 7-2 To Hold Repo Rate
UK - Seven of the nine members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep the repo rate on hold at 4.0% in the Dec. 4-5 meeting, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday.
Speech by Jarle Bergo, Dep Governor Norges Bank
SPEECH - Speech by Deputy Central Bank Governor Jarle Bergo of Norges Bank. The speech titled 'Monetary policy in an uncertain world' considers Norway's current inflation policy and looks at the influence monetary policy has on the economy.
Speech by Wim Duisenberg, President of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech by Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank. In the speech titled 'Current fiscal and monetary policy issues in the euro area' Wim Duisenberg repeated that exerting political pressure on the central bank would…
Speech by Federal Reserve Governor Ed Gramlich
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Edward M. Gramlich at the New Technologies and Monetary Policy International Symposium, Bank of France, Paris, France, 30 November.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Monetary policy decisions, 6 December 2001.
Afghanistan's central banker invited home
AFGHANISTAN - Afghanistan's former central banker has been asked by the leader of the Northern Alliance to return to run the country's monetary policy.
EU won't protest changes at Polish c bank
POLAND - An amendment to Poland's central bank law increasing the size of the bank's interest rate-setting Monetary Policy Council, or RPP, shouldn't draw protests from the European Union, Prime Minister Leszek Miller said Friday in an interview on…
Egypt - New central bank role enshrined in law
EGYPT - The cabinet on 27 November approved a new law giving the Central Bank of Egypt greater authority over monetary policy and extending its supervisory role.
South Africa's central bank reduces MPC meetings
SOUTH AFRICA - The South African Reserve Bank is to reduce the frequency of its regular six-weekly monetary policy committee meetings to once every quarter, the bank said Thursday.
Reserve Bank of Australia - Official Media Release
MEDIA RELEASE - Statement by the Governor, Mr Ian MacFarlane - Monetary Policy.
Monetary Policy statement from Sveriges Riksbank
NEWS RELEASE - Repo rate retained unchanged at 3.75 per cent, 5 December.