Central Banks
Hartmann on international payment systems
Hartmann speech to the Belgian Financial Forum.
Liebscher on globalisation of financial markets
On the occasion of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank's conference "Financial Crisis - A Never-Ending Story ?", governor Klaus Liebscher highlighted the roles of public policy and central banks in a highly dynamic and complex transformation process of our…
Tumpel-Gugerell: The eternal financial crisis?
Financial crises may hit anywhere, may affect any market, any country, any region, and may erupt all of a sudden, underlined OeNB vice governor Tumpel-Gugerell in her address on the occasion of the opening of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank's 1999 East…
Speech by Jean-pierre Roth of the Swiss Nat Bank
SPEECH - Speech by Jean-Pierre Roth, Vice-Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank at the 22nd Annual FT World Gold Conference in London, 14 June 1999. Mr Roth discusses demonitisation of gold in Switzerland.
Speech by David Clementi of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Speech by David Clementi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England at the FT World Gold Conference, Intercontinental Hotel, London on Monday 14 June 1999.
Interbank rates fall as year-end passes
Pressure on the banking industry eased slightly on Wednesday with spreads between money market and central banks' benchmark interest rates narrowing as the end-of-year liquidity panic passed. The falls indicate that the central banks' efforts to…