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The "too-big-to-fail" policy in Japan

RESEARCH - Mark Spiegel and Nobuyoshi Yamori of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco analyse evidence from market equity values of the too-big-to-fail" policy in Japan in a working paper for the economic research department of the Federal Reserve…

IMF will lose a third senior official

WASHINGTON - Jack Boorman is planning to leave the IMF, probably later this year. Fund officials were quick to stress that Mr Boorman had been at the IMF for 25 years and that his leaving was not a shock.

Central Banking Journal May 2001 edition now out

Central Banking Vol. XI, No. 4 was published 8 May 2001. This edition includes exclusive interviews with Maurice O'Connell, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, Syahril Sabirin, Governor of Bank Indonesia and Hans Tietmeyer, former Bundesbank…

Bank of England revamps its web site

UK - The Bank of England has transformed its online presence with a complete makeover to its external website and details on the Centre for Central Banking Studies handbooks.

Financial Stability and Central Banks

BOOK - This book is published by the Bank of England and includes papers presented at the banks 7th annual Central Bank governors' symposium in June 2000. The 2000 symposium considered financial stability and the role of central banks.

Banks refusing funds from BOJ

JAPAN - Japanese monetary policy encountered a significant hitch yesterday, 9 May, after it failed to persuade banks to accept any more funds. The money was virtually free as interest rates in Japan are close to zero.

Central banks not to blame for weak gold price

According to a study into the gold derivatives market by Professor Anthony Neuberger of the London Business School, the five-fold increase in gold lending since 1990 cannot account for the slump in the gold price over the period.

Fischer to leave the Fund

Stanley Fischer, the IMF's deputy managing director, announced yesterday that he would leave the fund before the end of the year.

Klein to hold talks with Israel's prime minister

ISRAEL - David Klein, governor of the Central Bank of Israel is to meet with Ariel Sharon, the prime minister of Israel, in the next few days in an attempt to resolve the dispute which led Mr Klein to shelve a cut in interest rates at the end of April.

MAS to welcome more foreign banks

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the new managaing director of Singarpore's monetary authority, has indicated that the authority plans to issue more banking licenses to foreign banks.

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