Balance sheet

• Monetary Policy

Taiwan acts on banking reform

Taiwan's finance ministry is encouraging banks to clean up their balance sheets by offering streamlined product approval for those with non-performing loan (NPL) ratios of below 5 per cent.

• 16 Jan 2003

• Monetary Policy

Central Bank of Russia boosts assets 24%

The Central Bank of Russia boosted assets 23.8% in the first ten months of 2002 from 1.713 trillion to 2.120 trillion rubles, including a rise of 2.8% in October, the Central Bank balance sheet shows.

• 05 Dec 2002

• Regulation

Eichel unveils new financial taskforce

GERMANY - Hans Eichel, Germany's finance minister, announced on Tuesday the creation of a new financial taskforce to combat balance sheet manipulation by corrupt managers and auditors.

• 04 Sep 2002

• Monetary Policy

UAE central bank profits fall

UAE - A steep decline in interest rates slashed the net profits of the UAE central bank by nearly a third in 2001, reports Gulf News, but its deposits with other banks almost doubled, its balance sheet showed.

• 22 Jul 2002

• Monetary Policy

Federal Reserve Bulletin, June 2002

REPORT - Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2001 William F. Bassett and Mark Carlson, released 18 June.

• 19 Jun 2002