Research
Bank of Japan Monthly Report, September 2002
REPORT - The Bank of Japan published its Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments, September 2002, on 20 September. In its report the Bank of Japan left its assessment of the Japanese economy unchanged for the second consecutive month…
Minutes of Japan's Monetary Policy Meeting
MINUTES - Minutes of the Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy Meeting on 8 and 9 August 2002, released 24 September. On the current state of Japan's economy, members concurred that despite persistent weakness in domestic demand and increasing uncertainty…
Transparency at the IMF
REPORT - A Factsheet published by the International Monetary Fund on 20 September 2002.
Business Survey Barometer August 2002
REPORT - The National Bank of Belgium's Business Survey Barometer for August 2002 stabilised in August after declining in the previous two months.
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin Autumn 2002
REPORT - Of particular interest in the Autumn Quarterly Bulletin, released Monday, are the articles 'Committees versus individuals: an experimental analysis of monetary policy decision-making' where a simple experiment with students apparently confirmed…
Customer due diligence for banks
REPORT - Customer due diligence: a new level of commitment among bank supervisors. Basel Committee Publications, 19 September 2002.
South African Reserve Bank Quarterly Bulletin
REPORT - The South African Reserve Bank has published its Quarterly Bulletin for September 2002. In the Bulletin the SARB report that deteriorating financial market conditions could dampen the global recovery. Falling stock market prices, through various…
ECB Monthly Bulletin, September 2002
REPORT - The European Central Bank published its September 2002 Monthly Bulletin on 19 September. In the bulletin the ECB said that while the euro zone economy was still on a path of modest growth for this year, "there are downside risks to the economic…
IMF Global Financial Stability Report
REPORT - The International Monetary Fund on 12 September published its Global Financial Stability Report, Market Developments and Issues, September 2002. In the report the IMF said there were "signs of contagion" from Brazil to other emerging market bond…
Federal Reserve Board - Beige Book, September 2002
REPORT - The Federal Reserve Beige Book released 11 September showed slow and uneven growth across the country, and that manufacturers, hit hard by the recession, continued to experience weak demand. Other findings included little job growth.
Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report, August 2002
REPORT - Germany's central bank, on 11 September published its Monthly Report for August 2002. The Bundesbank finds that although the global economic recovery continued at a moderate pace in the second quarter, the outlook for the coming months has…
Articles from the Federal Reserve Bulletin
PUBLICATION - Retail Fees of Depository Institutions, 1997-2001, by Timothy H. Hannan in the Federal Reserve Bulletin, September 2002. Since 1990, the Federal Reserve Board has reported annually on changes in the availability of retail banking services…
BIS Quarterly Review September 2002
REPORT - BIS Quarterly Review, International Banking and Financial Market Developments, September 2002. The BIS Quarterly Review released today, 9 September, is divided into two parts. The first part analyses recent developments in financial markets,…
Bank of England Working Paper
RESEARCH - Regulatory and 'economic' solvency standards for internationally active banks by Patricia Jackson, William Perraudin and Victoria Saporta, Bank of England. In this paper, light is shed on the solvency standards implied by current and possible…
BIS Working Paper Series
RESEARCH - China's asset management corporations by Guonan Ma and Ben S C Fung, August 2002.
Chicago Fed Letter, Special Issue, September 2002
PUBLICATION - The September 2002 Special Issue of the Chicago Fed Letter looks at Asset price bubbles and their implications for monetary, regulatory, and international policies. Difficulties in identifying asset price bubbles were discussed by attendees…
International Monetary Fund Working Paper
RESEARCH - Central Bank Financial Strength, Transparency, and Policy Credibility by Peter Stella, Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department, IMF, August 2002.
IMF assessment of Macau's financial regulation
REPORT - Macao SAR, Assessment of the Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector, International Monetary Fund, Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department, 3 September.
Bank of Japan Research Papers
RESEARCH - How Should the Recent Increase in Japan's Monetary Base Be Understood?, Bank of Japan, Policy Planning Office, 5 September.
Chicago Fed Letter, September 2002
PUBLICATION - The September 2002 issue of Chicago Fed Letter looks at how inequality is perpetuated over generations and how financial constraints among low income families may contribute to this cycle.
3rd Annual Payments Symposium Presentations
PRESENTATIONS - 'Using new technologies to transform the future of payments', sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Columbus Marriott Northwest, Ohio, held between 6-7 June 2002.
ECB Working Paper Series
RESEARCH - 'Constructing quality-adjusted price indices: a comparison of hedonic and discrete choice models' by Nicole Jonker, September 2002. The Boskin Report (1996) concluded that the US consumer price index (CPI)overestimated the inflation by 1.1…
HKMA Quarterly Bulletin, August 2002
REPORT - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has published its Quarterly Bulletin for August 2002. The report contains an article Hong Kong's Currency Board Today: The Unexpected Challenge of Deflation.
Joint publication of statistics on external debt
PUBLICATION - On 30 August 2002 the BIS, the IMF, the OECD and the World Bank jointly published a new quarterly release of statistics on the external debt of 176 developing and transition countries, together with data on international reserves.