Reserves
Chicago Fed's new internet banking web page
CHICAGO - The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has added a new Internet Banking Supervisory Resources section to its web site www.chicagofed.org.
Taiwan c bank may up euro weight in forex reserves
TAIWAN - Taiwan's central bank may raise the weighting of the euro in its foreign exchange reserves in the wake of possible strengthening in the euro and higher interest rates, Commercial Times reports.
Dutch Kusters engineering granted India contract
INDIA - Dutch company Kusters Engineering, a manufacturer of machines for the destruction of banknotes, has been granted a 25 mln Dutch guilders ($10.2 mln/11.3 mln euro) contract by the Central Bank of India.
Central Bank to increase bond purchases by 50%
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan announced today it will increase bond purchases by 50%, adding 1 trillion yen (8.1 billion dollars) to the banking system.
Venezuelan c bank stokes fears of capital controls
VENEZUELA - Venezuela's central bank is rolling out measures aimed at bolstering its currency and stemming the flow of dollars out of the country.
C Bank names another bank to manage forex reserves
BRAZIL - The Central Bank has named Credit Agricole Asset Management as one of the financial institutions that will manage part of the US$35.3 billion of the bank's foreign currency reserves.
Banks rushing to spruce up risk management
INDIA - Banks are rushing to put in place safeguards and controls to improve their risk management ability. Even as the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) draft guidelines on "risk management systems in banks" were put in October 1999, banks - especially…
Argentine contagion has not spread far says IMF
ARGENTINA - Financial distress in Argentina and Turkey has failed to spread to emerging markets in general despite a bleak outlook for investors, according to the International Monetary Fund, reports the Financial Times, London, 9 August.
IMF corrects its estimate of Philippine reserves
PHILIPPINES - The International Monetary Fund has acknowledged that the Philippine central bank's gross international reserves position is stronger than the fund's initial estimate, the bank said.
IMF Quarterly Emerging Market Financing Report
REPORT - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday, 8 August, published on its website the latest Emerging Market Financing: Quarterly Report on Developments and Prospects, which covers the second quarter of 2001.
Manila's Arroyo not pushing for currency control
PHILIPPINES - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said on 9 August she was not pushing for currency controls but added: "Never say never."
India c bank revises CRR rules for deposits
INDIA - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has clarified that scheduled commercial banks, excluding regional rural banks, are exempt from the minimum cash reserve ratio (CRR) requirement of three percent on inter-bank term deposits/ term borrowing…
Argentina's int'l reserves fall another 2.2%
ARGENTINA - Argentina's international reserves fell by 2.2% between 1 August and 2, according to latest data issued by the country's central bank.
Latvian c bank says liquidity returning to normal
LATVIA - Latvia's central bank said on 8 August that interbank liquidity was returning to normal after a months' long squeeze and it was now able to offer more funds to the market.
Nigeria c bank weans banks off govt loan addiction
NIGERIA - The Nigerian central bank's drive to discourage commercial bank lending to regional and local governments should control money supply and inflation but at the expense of bank profits, bankers and analysts said.
Taiwan beefs up reserves
TAIWAN - Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves last month rose by US$983 million, month on month, to US$110.11 billion.
Lebanon c bank remains main supplier of dollars
LEBANON - Demand for U.S. dollars was limited in the Lebanese market this week, with the central bank the main supplier of the hard currency, dealers said.
ECB Working Paper Series, No 70
RESEARCH - Central Bank Forecasts of liquidity factors: Quality, publication and the control of the overnight rate, by Ulrich Bindseil, July 2001.
The securities activities of banks
SPEECH - Testimony of Governor Laurence Meyer, before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S…
Japan profits on yen interventions
JAPAN - The Japanese government has made a profit of about YEN 6,000bn ($49bn) on its foreign exchange reserves during the last decade, partly due to heavy bouts of intervention, a former Ministry of Finance official has said.
OECD recommends more power to banks regulator
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Republic can best minimise risks to its banking sector by creating preconditions for a more effective functioning of the regulator, the Czech National Bank (CNB), says a recently published study by the OECD on the Czech economy.
UAE c bank plans personal credit rating agency
UAE - The Central Bank is understood to be working on a local credit rating agency (credit bureau) to carry out credit ratings on individuals seeking bank loans, according to informed sources.
Uzbekistan eases foreign currency restrictions
UZBEKISTAN - Uzbekistan's Central Bank increased from 31 July the maximum amount of freely convertible currency that can be sold to Uzbek citizens travelling to countries outside the territory of the former Soviet Union to 400 dollars (from 300 dollars),…
Philippine Ctrl Bk mulls hiking liquidity reserves
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Central Bank is considering hiking anew the liquidity reserve requirement of commercial banks to help boost the ailing peso.