Central Banks
Padoa-Schioppa to Head BIS payments committee
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, ECB's banking supervision supremo, has been appointed chairman of the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) based at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel
ECB posts loss in 1999
During 1999, in its first full year of operation, the European Central Bank(ECB) posted a loss of EUR 247m.
ECB posts loss in 1999
During 1999, in its first full year of operation, the European Central Bank(ECB) posted a loss of EUR 247m.
Greenspan on US retail payment system
Speech before the National Automated Clearinghouse Association Annual Meeting.
The euro - a stable anchor for Europe: Liebscher
Dr Klaus Liebscher, governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, gives a speech at a conference in Budapest entitled "Hungarian capital markets: On the verge of convergence".
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…