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IMF Working Paper - Exchange Rate Policy
RESEARCH - Post-Crisis Exchange Rate Policy in Five Asian Countries: Filling in the "Hollow Middle"? by Leonardo Hernandez and Peter Montiel, International Monetary Fund, November 2001.
Speech by William Poole of the St. Louis Fed Bank
SPEECH - Speech by William Poole, President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis at the Session on: "How Transparent Should a Central Bank Be?" The Philadelphia Fed Policy Forum, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 30 November…
Two new Fed governors will attend policy meeting
US - Two new governors will take part in the Federal Reserve's interest-rate deliberations tomorrow.
US central bank HQ anthrax-free - fed reserve
US - The US Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington has been declared anthrax-free after testing negative for the germ, a spokesman said.
Speech by Laurence Meyer of the Federal Reserve
SPEECH - Remarks by Governor Laurence H. Meyer of the Federal Reserve Board at the Distinguished Lecture Program, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 5 December.
Speech by Federal Reserve Governor Ed Gramlich
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Edward M. Gramlich at the New Technologies and Monetary Policy International Symposium, Bank of France, Paris, France, 30 November.
IMF approves $1.3bn loan to Pakistan
US - The International Monetary Fund has approved a $1.3bn loan for Pakistan, to help it battle poverty and offset the economic impact of the war in Afghanistan.
Anthrax found in Federal Reserve mail facility
US - The Federal Reserve Board that sets U.S. interest rates and guides the world's most powerful economy, announced on Thursday that mail possibly contaminated with anthrax had been found at its off-site postal facility set up to head off suspect mail.
U.S. Senate okays Bies, Olson to Fed board
US - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed the nominations of bankers Susan Schmidt Bies and Mark Olson to the seven-member Federal Reserve Board, whose most visible job is setting U.S. interest rates.
Report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
REPORT - A slight increase in the nation's economic growth for 2002 is anticipated by participants at the Chicago Fed's Economic Outlook Symposium. The group provided forecasts for major components of real GDP and other key statistics.
World Bank: more globalisation
US - A new report from the World Bank argues that globalisation has helped reduce world poverty, but still has more to do.
IMF Working Paper - Inflation Targeting
RESEARCH - Inflation Targeting and the Unemployment-Inflation Trade-off by Eric Clifton, Hyginus Leon and Chorng-Huey Wong, International Monetary Fund, October 2001.
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan at George Washington University, the Robert P. Maxon Lecture, Washington, D.C. 3 December.
Chicago Fed finds U.S. economic gloom deepening
US - An index tracking U.S. economic activity fell in October to its lowest level since the last recession, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said on Wednesday.
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan before the Euro 50 Group Roundtable, Washington, D.C., 30 November.
Greenspan says little doubt euro a sound currency
US - A belief that U.S. productivity, or output per worker, will continue to outstrip Europe's accounts for more robust demand for dollars over euros, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in a speech on Friday.
Speech by Laurence Meyer of the Federal Reserve
SPEECH - Remarks by Governor Laurence H. Meyer of the Federal Reserve Board before the National Association of Business Economics, St. Louis, Missouri, 27 November.
Federal Reserve Board - Beige Book
REPORT - Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and based on information collected before November 19, 2001. This document summarizes comments received from business and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and is not a commentary on the…
Fed survey finds further slowing of the economy
USA - Contradicting growing confidence elsewhere that the recession is bottoming out, a Federal Reserve survey found more signs of further slowing than of recovery.
FOMC officials say they're armed and ready
US - Federal Reserve officials are seeking to quell suspicions they're running out of manoeuvring room.
Speech by Anne Krueger of the IMF
SPEECH - Address by Anne Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, given at the National Economists' Club Annual Members' Dinner, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC, 26 November.
IMF in support of bankruptcy plan
UK - The International Monetary Fund's management has thrown its weight behind a radical plan for an international bankruptcy procedure, allowing indebted governments to seek legal protection from their private sector creditors.
US in recession since March, panel confirms
US - The struggling U.S. economy slipped into a recession in March, snapping a record 10-year-long expansion on its anniversary date, a panel of economists that dates U.S. business cycles said on Monday.
IMF considers sovereign debt protection
US - The International Monetary Fund has unveiled a radical plan to make itself the gatekeeper for a system designed to give heavily-indebted countries bankruptcy protection.