Monetary policy
Speech by M R P Devakula, Bank of Thailand, 26 Sep
SPEECH - An address by M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, Governor, Bank of Thailand at the Seminar on "Where Does Thailand Stand Now?", Bangkok Post - Reed Tradex Economic Forum, Bangkok, 26 September 2001.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Monetary policy decisions, 11 October 2001.
Australia RBA Stevens cautious on monetary policy
AUSTRALIA - Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Glenn Stevens struck a cautious note on monetary policy in a speech given on Wednesday, indicating that the actual level of interest rates is more important than changes in rates.
Bank of Japan warns on loosening monetary policy
JAPAN - Masaru Hayami, governor of the Bank of Japan, warned yesterday that loosening monetary policy could trigger hyperinflation, highlighting the growing gap between the Bank of Japan's thinking and that of the government and many private sector…
Speech by Jean-Pierre Roth of Swiss National Bank
SPEECH - Jean-Pierre Roth, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, Swiss Bankers Day of the Swiss Bankers Association, Lugano, 14 September.
'No prior talks' on emergency interest rate cuts
UK - The world-wide cuts in interest rates in the wake of the terror attacks on New York and Washington was not coordinated in advance, according to a prominent former member of the Bank of England's policy-making Monetary Policy Committee.
Bank of England cuts interest rates, quarter point
UK - The Bank of England has cut UK interest rates by a further quarter point as it tries to stem the economic turbulence triggered by last month's terror attacks.
CBR submits draft 2002 monetary policy guidelines
RUSSIA - The Central Bank of Russia /CBR/ has submitted Monday 1 October the draft 2002 monetary policy guidelines to the State Duma, lower house of parliament, Deputy CBR Chairman Georgy Luntovsky told Prime-TASS Tuesday.
Speech by Christopher Allsopp of Bank of England
SPEECH - Speech by Christopher Allsopp, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, delivered in the Scott Policy Seminar Series of the Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre (NIERC), 19 September.
Bank of Japan - Monetary policy meeting minutes
REPORT - Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting of the Bank of Japan held on 13 and 14 August.
Bank of Japan board voted 8-1 to ease policy
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Tuesday released the minutes of its monetary policy meeting held on August 13-14.
What Monetary Policy Can and Cannot Do
SPEECH - Remarks before the National Association of Business Economists, New York, NY 10 September by Anthony Santomero President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Speech by William Poole of the St. Louis Fed Bank
SPEECH - William Poole President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Prepared for Panel on Promoting Economic Growth: What Monetary Policy Can And Cannot Do. National Association For Business Economics 43rd Annual Meeting, New York, New York, 10…
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting
NEWS RELEASE - The Bank of England has published the minutes from its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held on 5 and 6 September.
Report - Central banks did not act together
US - Unlike the co-ordinated monetary policy moves that were the hallmark of international economic co-operation of the 1980s, the spate of interest rate cuts that rippled around the world on Monday and Tuesday was not a pre-arranged exercise by G7…
Bank of England cuts interest rates 0.25%
UK - The Bank of England Tuesday 18 September said it has cut its repo rate to 4.75% from 5.0% at a special monetary policy committee meeting held Tuesday morning.
Bank of England News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Meeting of Monetary Policy Committee, 18 September
Speech by William Poole, St. Louis Fed
SPEECH - William Poole, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis gave a speech at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois on 5 September.
BoE/ Fed Rate Cut Suggests no coordinated effort
UK - The Bank of England said Monday 17 September that it does not comment on monetary policy decisions carried out by other central banks.
Speech by Sushil Wadhwani of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Sushil Wadhwani, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, deliveved at a CEPR/ESI Conference, Helsinki, 14 September.
Challenges for Japan's Economy and Monetary Policy
SPEECH - Remarks by Sakuya Fujiwara, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on 25 July.
Turkish c bank to publish inflation report in Oct
TURKEY - Turkey's central bank plans to announce next month future inflation estimates and details of the monetary policy that will back a plan to cut stubbornly high inflation, a senior central banker said on Monday 10 Sep.
Reserve Bank of Australia - Press release
PRESS RELEASE - Statement by the governor, Mr Ian MacFarlane - Monetary Policy 5 September.
Speech by Stephen Nickell of the Bank of England
SPEECH - Speech by Stephen Nickell, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England and Glenda Quintini, Credit Suisse First Boston, to the economics section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Glasgow, 4 September.