Monetary policy
Profiles of bank of Japan policy board members
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) today, 17 August, released the minutes of its monetary policy meeting held on 28 June and 12-13 July.
Federal Reserve Bulletin - August 2001
REPORT - The Federal Reserve Board has published its August 2001 Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
Monetary policy in Thailand, Pridiyathorn Devakula
SPEECH - Pridiyathorn Devakula, The Governor of the Bank of Thailand, gave a speech at the APFA 2001 Conference, Bangkok, 24 July. The speech was titled Monetary Policy in Thailand: Current Challenges and Prospects.
Power of monetary policy is greatly exaggerated
ARTICLE - Greenspan's 10-year honeymoon is over - By Jack Carr, National Post, 1 August 2001.
Comments on the Economy and Monetary Policy
SPEECH - Remarks by J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr., President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Washington Association of Money Managers, The Embassy Row Hotel, Washington, DC, 5 June.
Surprise cut in UK interest rates
UK - The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has cut interest rates by 0.25%.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem of Norway's central bank
SPEECH - Speech by Central Bank of Norway Governor Svein Gjedrem at The Norwegian School of Management's Centre for Monetary Economics, 7 June.
Bank set to defy rate cut calls
UK - The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is widely expected to leave UK interest rates unchanged, despite a mixed picture for the British economy. The MPC began its monthly meeting today, 1 August, and is due to reveal its interest rate…
Paper - Reserve Bank of Australia 2001 Conference
RESEARCH - A paper titled 'Setting Monetary Policy in East Asia: Goals, Developments and Institutions' was presented at the RBA's 2001 conference, Future Directions for Monetary Policies in East Asia.
Speech by Sushil Wadhwani of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Sushil Wadhwani of the Bank of England's MPC committee spoke on 24 July.
S.African central bank says launching MPC review
SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa's central bank said today, 26 July, it was launching a review of the operations of its 14-member monetary policy committee (MPC) which would be completed by the end of September 2001.
Monetary Policy: The End of History?
SPEECH - Stephen Grenville, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia gave a speech on 20 July at the Monetary Authority of Singapore 30th Anniversary Conference on Central Banking in The New Economic and Financial Landscape, Singapore.
Research calls for change to China monetary policy
CHINA - With the development of the capital market, the fluctuation of asset prices will have an increasingly greater influence on the stability of money demand and in turn affect the quantity and mix of money supply. For this, the monetary policy should…
Greenspan says monetary policy still works
US - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said today, 24 July, that changes in monetary policy are still able to boost the economy, even as the U.S. economy has continued to drag after a series of Fed rate cuts.
Interview - Stephen Nickell of the bank of England
ARTICLE - The Bank of England has created faith in the UK economy and maintained a strong pound, Stephen Nickell tells Ed Crooks of the Financial Times, 23 July.
Testimony of Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, has given testimony today, 18 July, before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives. His testimony is the Federal Reserve Board's semiannual monetary policy report…
Bank backs Aussie-Kiwi policy
NEW ZEALAND - A journal published by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has called on Australia and New Zealand to adopt a common monetary policy.
NZ central bk seeks additional mon policy advisors
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on 11 July placed advertisements in local newspapers for one or two recruits to provide additional monetary policy advice to the central bank.
Bank of Finland Bulletin No. 2, 2001
RESEARCH - The Bank of Finland has published its second bulletin of 2001. It includes articles on the Bank of Finland's macroeconomic forecast 2001-2003 and looks at the Eurosystem's monetary policy instruments.
Advisers join Thai monetary policy board
THAILAND - Aran Thammano and Chaiyawat Vibulsawat have been appointed as advisers to the Bank of Thailand's monetary policy board. They have been authorised to give suggestions and opinions to the board, which convenes on a monthly basis.
Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged
UK - The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has left UK interest rates unchanged for the second month in a row. The committee concluded their two day meeting on 5 July. The Bank's base rate remains at 5.25%.
Bank of England minutes show rates firmly on hold
UK - The Bank of England has published the minutes to it's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held on 5 and 6 June. The minutes show that the MPC were strongly in favour of keeping interest rates on hold.
Chilean economy minister leaves post for bank seat
CHILE - Chile's Economy Minister Jose de Gregorio announced late on 18 June that he will step down from his post in order to seek congressional approval to join the Central Bank's five-member monetary policymaking board.
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.