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Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority

The Saudi Arabian GDP expanded by 8.8% in nominal terms in 1999, amid strong oil prices since April last year, the central bank said in its annual report.

BoE issues inflation warning on wages

The Bank of England has released a report, co-written by chief economist Charlie Bean and other bank staff, warning that an increase in the share of national income being taken by wages may lead to a rise in inflation.

Calls for fundamental reform of the ECB

The UK government's favourite foreign policy think-tank has published a paper calling for fundamental reform of the European Central Bank and European economic policy-making to restore confidence in the euro.

Kurt Schuler on monetary sovereignty

Kurt Schuler, who works in the US Senate’s joint economic committee and one of the leading experts on currency boards and dollarisation, has just released on his website a new paper he has written on monetary sovereignty.

US bought 1.5 bn euros in Sept. 22 intervention

The US monetary authorities intervened in the foreign exchange markets on one occasion during the third quarter, on 22 September, buying a total of 1.5 bn euros, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said today in its quarterly report to the US Congress.

The role of payment systems in systemic stability

In May this year there was a high-level payment system workshop held by the BIS' Committee for Payment and Settlement Systems in Mexico. The papers presented at that meeting have now been published.

The Zero Bound in an Open Economy

A very interesting paper by Professor Svensson (Lars.Svensson@iies.su.se) going against the grain oftraditional theories of the cause and solution of Japan's economicdifficulties.

Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies

Book Review: "Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies, EMU and Central and Eastern Europe" by D. Begg, L. Halpern, C. Wyplosz (Forum Report of the Economic Policy Initiative (EPI)), (Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), 1999) 108pp, £25, ISBN…

The Politics of Central Banks

Book Review: "The Politics of Central Banks" by R. Elgie and H. Thompson (Routledge, 1999) 200pp, £60, ISBN 04151442

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