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Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review 2nd Quarter 2005

The Sveriges Riksbank has published its Economic Review for the 2nd Quarter 2005. This year's second issue contains four articles: Thoughts on how to develop the Riksbank's monetary policy work; Basel II - the new framework for bank capital; Monetary…

Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin, Jun 2005

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has published the June 2005 issue of its Bulletin. The first article of the Bulletin discusses the outcome of the recent review of New Zealand's 'silver' coinage, which will see the move to smaller and lighter 10, 20 and…

The future of the International Monetary System

Is the international financial architecture debate over? Not according to leading experts gathered together in a new book which tries to identify the key trends that will fashion the international financial system in the years ahead.

Norges Bank Inflation Report, June 2005

Norway's central bank, Norges Bank, published its latest Inflation Report for June 2005 on Thursday 30 June. The Bank raised the sight deposit rate to 2% from 1.75% but conceded that recent developments such as weaker economic growth prospects for Europe…

SARB's Quarterly Bulletin, June 2005

The South African Reserve Bank released its June 2005 Quarterly Bulletin on 23 June. In the Bulletin the SARB said firm increases in economic activity in recent quarters have improved employment prospects materially.

Danmarks Nationalbank, Monetary Review 2nd Q 2005

The Danmarks Nationalbank's Monetary Review for the Second Quarter 2005 includes articles on: Recent economic and monetary trends, Memorandum of understanding on financial supervision, Capital flows and the exchange rate of the krone, The German labour…

Bank of England Financial Stability Review, Jun 05

The Bank of England published its latest Financial Stability Review for June 2005 on Monday 27 June. Near-term risks to the UK financial sector from default by households, firms and overseas borrowers have remained low since the December Review, the…

Chicago Fed National Activity Index, May 2005

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for May 2005 was +0.10, up from +0.05 in April. Two of the four broad categories of indicators that make up the index - production and income and consumption and housing - made positive contributions.

Canada paper on central bank credibility

The Bank of Canada Working Paper "Endogenous central bank credibility in a small forward-looking model of the U.S. economy" considers linkages between inflation and the economy's cyclical position, which are thought to be strongly affected by the…

HKMA Quarterly Bulletin, June 2005

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has published the June 2005 issue of its Quarterly Bulletin. This issue contains the regular Half-Yearly Monetary and Financial Stability Report, which analyses recent external and domestic influences on Hong Kong's…

Sveriges Riksbank Inflation Report, No. 2, 2005

Sweden's central bank, the Sveriges Riksbank, published its Second Inflation Report for 2005 on 21 June. The bank also announced it had decided to lower the repo rate from 2 per cent to 1.50 per cent. It said over the coming years UND1X inflation is…

Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, Summer 2005

The Bank of England released its Quarterly Bulletin Summer 2005, on 20 June. The Bulletin includes the article "The inflation-targeting framework from an historical perspective" which provides an historical perspective on the post-1992 inflation…

Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report, May 2005

The Deutsche Bundesbank published the English version of its May 2005 Monthly Report on 16 June. The report said the ECB's monetary policy does not pose an obstacle to economic growth in Germany, where the pace of recovery is slowing down in the second…

Bank of Japan Monthly Report, June 2005

The Bank of Japan published the English version of its June 2005 monthly report on Friday 17 June. In the report the BOJ said the economy continues to recover because of higher capital investment and consumer spending.

Riksbank's workshop on inflation targeting

The Sveriges Riksbank held a workshop titled "Inflation targeting: implementation, communication and effectiveness" between 10-12 June. Papers presented at the workshop included "Central-bank communication and the publication of interest rate projections…

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