Monetary Policy
India rates hit lowest level since 1970s
INDIA - Interest rates in India have slid to their lowest rate for almost 30 years after the country's central bank - Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - cut interest rates by half a percentage point.
Speech by Urban Backstrom of Sweden's central bank
SPEECH - Speech by Urban Backstrom, Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, Sweden's central bank at the Swedish Shareholders' Association rebro, 30 October.
International Finance Discussion Papers
RESEARCH - Federal Reserve Board Working Papers, Evidence Uncovered: Long-Term Interest Rates, Monetary Policy, and the Expectations Theory by Jennifer E. Roush, October 2001.
Minutes from Federal Reserve Board meeting
PRESS RELEASE - The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings from May 21, 2001 to September 17, 2001.
US economy shrinks
US - The US economy has shrunk for the first time in eight years, official figures have revealed.
ECB: Monetary conditions not hindering growth
SPAIN - Current monetary conditions in the euro zone aren't hindering growth, European Central Bank executive board member Eugenio Domingo Solans said Wednesday, echoing similar remarks made recently by other ECB Governing Council members.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem, Governor of Norges Bank
SPEECH - Address by central bank of Norway, Norges Bank, Governor Svein Gjedrem at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Savings Banks Association, Haugesund, 18 October.
BIS International Consolidated Banking Statistics
PRESS RELEASE - Bank for International Settlements International Consolidated Banking Statistics - second quarter of 2001, 29 October.
BIS International Consolidated Banking Statistics
REPORT - Bank for International Settlements International Consolidated Banking Statistics - second quarter of 2001, 29 October.
Shock rise in Japanese jobless
JAPAN - Unemployment in Japan rose to 5.3% in September, another record high.
Buba Welteke: Euro-12 price pressure to ease soon
DENMARK - Early indicators signal price pressure in Germany and the euro-12 will ease further in the near term, but euro-12 financing conditions are favourable, Deutsche Bundesbank President Ernst Welteke said Monday.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem Governor of Norges Bank
SPEECH - Address by Governor Svein Gjedrem, of Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, at a meeting of the Mid-Norway Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 17 October.
Greenspan - Informed consumers make better choices
US - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in a speech on Friday stressed the importance of education in helping consumers make better choices in their financial lives.
Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting
REPORT - Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting, 29 October. Outlook and Risk Assessment of the Economy and Prices (October 2001).
Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting
REPORT - Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting, 29 October. Announcement of the Monetary Policy Meeting decisions (unchanged).
Bank of Japan warns of recession
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan has acknowledged the world's second largest economy will shrink this year by cutting a growth forecast for 2001 that many economists have long viewed as unrealistic.
Japanese output slumps
JAPANESE - Industrial production in the world's second largest economy slumped by a worse-than-expected 2.9% in September following last month's attacks on the US.
Japan in new territory after two years deflation
JAPAN - The Japanese government admitted Friday that the country had notched up two entire years of deflation - a phenomenon not seen since the second world war in an industrialised country and only rarely experienced in history.
Fed's Poole - More rate cuts to be made if needed
US - The U.S. economy may show some signs of recovery toward the end of this year, said William Poole, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Several ECB members wanted 11 Oct rate cut: Report
GERMANY - Several members of the European Central Bank's governing council wanted to cut interest rates at its 11 October meeting in Vienna, according to a report to be published late Monday in French daily Le Monde.
Trichet: Have confidence in inflation deceleration
FRANCE - Bank of France Governor and European Central Bank Executive Board member Jean-Claude Trichet said Friday that he's confident inflation in the euro zone will continue to decelerate.
Ukraine attractive to foreign investors - Nat Bank
UKRAINE - The economy of Ukraine is becoming increasingly attractive to foreign investors, a Ukrainian source quotes Anatoliy Shapovalov, First Deputy Board Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine, as saying in a speech.
Bank of Japan - Annual Report 2001
ANNUAL REPORT - The Bank of Japan has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2001.
Speech by Otmar Issing of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech by Professor Otmar Issing, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank at the German British Forum, London, 17 October.