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Norway to tap oil wealth
The Norwegian is expected to spend more of its oil revenues to avoid a severe recession, and might draw on the assets of its $332 billion (£222 billion) sovereign wealth fund to finance a new fiscal spending package.
UK inflation falls as King writes letter
British inflation fell in November but remains far above the Bank of England's target, obliging Mervyn King, the governor of the central bank, to write another letter explaining why inflation remains so high and what the Bank is doing to bring it down.
South Africa explains changes to exchange-rate ind
This note by the South African Reserve Bank explains historic changes to calculation of the country's effective exchange-rate indices.
Global monetary policy and domestic stability
This paper by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority examines the implication of improvements in global monetary-policymaking on the macroeconomic performance of small open economies.
Explaining female labour participation
This paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston examines the reasons for changes in the participation of married woman in the US labour market.
ECB - Financial Stability Review
The European Central Bank released their bi-annual Financial Stability Review on Monday, which highlighted four key risks and vulnerabilities for the financial system.
Venezuelan governor passes away
The governor of the Central Bank of Venezuela, Gaston Parra Luzardo, died in hospital over the weekend. He was 75.
BoE survey confirms household squeeze
The results of a survey of household finances, published on Monday by the Bank of England, finds that 71% of British homeowners and tenants have experienced declines in their disposable income in September compared with the same month last year.
IMF to cut growth forecast
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will cut its forecast for growth in the global economy in 2009, its managing director said.
Fingers pointed at SEC in Madoff affair
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a leading American regulator, is under fire for failing to spot alleged investment fraud by Bernard Madoff.
Ireland announces €10bn bank bailout
The government of Ireland pledged up to €10bn for recapitalising ailing banks in a bid to encourage lending and limit the damage on the real economy.
Bank Indonesia - Annual Report 2007
In 2007 Indonesia's growth exceeded 6% for the first time since the Asian crisis, notes the latest Annual Report from the Bank Indonesia.
Supervisory colleges to take lead - ECB's Trichet
Colleges of supervisors should become the main supervisory interface for banking groups in Europe, said Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank.
Riksbank's Oberg on wage bargaining
The sector of the economy that is exposed to international competition should also set the norm for wage increases in Sweden, said Svante Oberg, a deputy governor of the Riksbank.
IMF's lending framework needs to change
The framework governing the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) lending operations is no longer appropriate, says a paper from the Bank of England.
Vietnam shuffles senior managers
The State Bank of Vietnam announced eight new senior managers in a major reshuffle at the central bank.
China, Korea sign new swap line
Monetary authorities in China and South Korea have signed a new foreign-currency swap deal, the Chinese central bank announced on Friday.
RBNZ to accept corporate debt
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has announced a number of changes to its market operations, mostly significantly accepting domestic corporate securities as collateral for central bank loans. The paper must have a long-term credit rating of BBB- or higher.
Rouble's slide continues
The Russian central bank on Thursday allowed the rouble to depreciate further, as the drain on its foreign reserves continued unabated.
Economists call for European stabilisation fund
The absence of a single European debt market is holding the euro back as a reserve currency in a time of extreme risk aversion, argue Daniel Gros and Stefano Micossi.
Britons lower inflation expectations
The British public significantly lowered its inflation expectations, the latest Inflation Attitudes Survey from the Bank of England reveals.
Fed's Kroszner on restoring confidence in MBS
Comprehensive and standardised loan-level data covering the entire pool of loans backing mortgage-backed securities (MBS) was needed so that the underlying credit quality could be analysed more easily, said Randall Kroszner, the governor of the Federal…
A new GDP forecasting model for the eurozone
A paper from the European Central Bank derives a new forecasting model for euro-area real GDP growth.
IMF's Strauss-Kahn: monetary policy limited
When the real economy has stalled looser monetary policy has only a limited effect, said Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund.