Research
Bank of Japan Monthly Report, July 2002
REPORT - On 18 July the Bank of Japan published its Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments, July 2002. In the report the BOJ says that Japan's economy, despite continued weakness in domestic demand, has almost stabilized as a whole…
Historical Model Describes 1900s Gold Standard
RESEARCH - An article in the latest edition of Economic Perspectives, from the Chicago Fed, looks at how the United States adopted the gold standard in the late nineteenth century, pegging the dollar to the British pound sterling and other currencies.
Federal Reserve Board Report
REPORT - Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, 16 July.
European Central Bank Publication
REPORT - Task force on portfolio investment collection systems, Final Report, June 2002.
ECB Monthly Bulletin, July 2002
REPORT - The European Central Bank published its July 2002 Monthly Bulletin on 11 July. The ECB reiterated its current wait-and-see stance on interest rates, saying inflation remained a concern but mixed signals about the state of the euro zone economy…
Research paper from the HKMA
RESEARCH - Research papers on economic and financial subjects prepared by staff members in the Research Department of the HKMA. "Price Convergence between Hong Kong and the Mainland" by Jiming Ha and Kelvin Fan, June 2002, published 11 July 2002.
IMF Working Paper No. 02/ 102
WORKING PAPER - Establishing Initial Conditions in Support of Inflation Targeting, Author/Editor: Alina Carare, Andrea Schaechter, Mark R Stone, Mark D Zelmer, Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department, June 2002.
Chicago Fed Executive Update
REPORT - The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has published its Second Quarter 2002 Executive Update, released 9 July.
National Institute Economic Review, April 2002
RESEARCH - Research articles from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
Reserve Bank of Australia Discussion Paper
RESEARCH - Reserve Bank of Australia Discussion Paper: Options for EFTPOS Interchange Fee Reform, EFTPOS Industry Working Group, July 2002.
Norges Bank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Norges Banks Annual Report on Payment Systems for 2001, 2 July.
IMF Working Paper
RESEARCH - On the Origins of the Fleming-Mundell Model, Working Paper by James M. Boughton, Policy Development and Review Department, June 2002.
Research from the St Louis Federal Reserve Bank
RESEARCH - The Stock Market: Beyond Risk Lies Uncertainty, By Frank A. Schmid, published in The Regional Economist - A Quarterly Review of Business and Economic Conditions from The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
RESEARCH - The Behavior of Federal Funds Futures Prices over the Monetary Policy Cycle by Jeff Moore and Richard Austin, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Economic Review, Second Quarter 2002.
ECB Working Paper Series, No 154
WORKING PAPER - The Euro bloc, the Dollar bloc and the Yen bloc: how much monetary policy independence can exchange rate flexibility buy in an interdependent world?, by Marcel Fratzscher, June 2002.
Chicago Fed National Activity Index
REPORT - In May, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index increased to -0.07 from -0.28 in April. The index has been negative in 22 of the 23 months since June 2000. Released 1 July.
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
REPORT - Results of Quantitative Impact Study 2.5, July 2002, released 1 July.
Banco Central do Brasil Inflation Report June 2002
REPORT - Banco Central do Brasil, Brazil's central bank, has released it's Quarterly Inflation Report for June 2002.
Central Bank of Ireland, Summer 2002 Bulletin
REPORT - The Central Bank of Ireland published on Friday its Quarterly Bulletin for Summer 2002. The report highlights that economic activity in Ireland seems to have picked up modestly from its nadir in the third quarter of last year.
European Central Bank Publication
REPORT - Task force on portfolio investment collection systems, Final Report, June 2002.
Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report, May 2002
REPORT - Germany's central bank has released its Monthly Report for May 2002.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin, June 2002
REPORT - The Reserve Bank released the June 2002 issue of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin on Thursday.
Bank of England Financial Stability Review
REPORT - Bank of England Publishes Financial Stability Review, Issue 12, June 2002, 27 June.
IMF Working Paper No. 02/101
RESEARCH - 'Structural Balances and All That: Which Indicators to Use in Assessing Fiscal Policy' by Nigel Chalk, Fiscal Affairs Department, examines structural indicators of a country's fiscal position and evalutes their usefulness in measuring the size…