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Euro € - Warning on readiness for euro

USA - Oracle, the world's second largest software company, has warned that companies could hit an "information technology bottleneck" in the run-up to the introduction of euro notes and coins on 1 January.

Mervyn King at the Cardiff Business School, Wales

SPEECH - The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King spoke at Cardiff University on 18 June. He suggested that growing imbalances in the UK economy risk sharp swings in inflation and growth and an uncontrollable fall in sterling.

Soros avoids the euro

EUROPE - In an interview with the German Sunday newspaper, Welt Am Sontag, George Soros says that betting on the euro is a mug's game.

Basle 2 'rules will leave banks short of capital'

SWITZERLAND - New rules on the amount of capital international banks must hold have been criticised as failing to meet necessary standards for the regulation of the global banking industry. It is suggested that banks will have an incentive to 'game' the…

Basle 2 'Developing countries fear poor loan loss'

GUATEMALA - The Basle 2 regulations, requiring banks in industrialised countries to make increased provisions for loans to their counterparts in developing countries, would make funds more expensive and scarce for those countries classed as the biggest…

Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin - Summer 2001

RESEARCH - A section of the bulletin, Markets and Operations, reviews developments in international and domestic financial markets, drawing on information from the Bank of England's market contacts, and describes the Bank's market operations in the…

Riksbank publish 2001 Financial Stability Report

RESEARCH - The Sveriges Riksbank, Sweden's central bank, has published its Financial Stability Report for May 2001. They report that the banking sector appears well-equipped to manage the effects that could ensue from a general economic slowdown.

PPP and the real exchange rate - data evidence

RESEARCH - Georgios Chortareas and Rebecca Driver of the Bank of England have published a working paper titled "PPP and the real exchange rate - real interest rate differential puzzle revisited: evidence from non-stationary panel data

Monetary policy and financial markets

SPEECH - Professor Otmar Issing, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, has given a speech 'Monetary policy and financial markets' at the ECB Watchers Conference, Frankfurt, June 2001.

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