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- Bank Voted 8-1 For Steady Rates
- By Sumeet Desai and Matt Falloon LONDON (Reuters UK) - Some Bank of England policymakers considered raising interest rates this month before deciding to join the eight to one decision to keep borrowing costs pegged at 5 percent. Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee's June 4-5...
- News items 2008-06-18
- Retail Sales Sizzle in May Sun
- By Matt Falloon and David Clarke LONDON (Reuters UK) - An early summer heatwave sent Britain on a shopping spree in May, driving retail sales up at the sharpest pace in more than two decades, boosting expectations the Bank of England will raise interest rates. Policymakers,...
- News items 2008-06-19
- Do Capital Adequacy Requirements Matter for Monetary Policy?
- Central bankers and financial supervisors often have different goals. While monetary policymakers want to ensure that there are always sufficient lending activities to maintain high and stable economic growth, supervisors work to limit banks lending capacities in order to prevent excessive risk-taking. To avoid working at cross-purposes, central bankers need...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Evidence of Evidence-Based Health Policy: The Politics of Systematic Reviews in Coverage Decisions
- U.S. policymakers are making greater use of findings from systematic reviews, the principal product of the discipline of research synthesis. This paper summarizes the methodology and availability of systematic reviews and the brief history of their introduction to policymakers in the public and private sectors and health professionals in the...
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Evidence-Based Medicine and Policy: The Case of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
- This white paper provides information about the implantable cardioverter defibrillator ICD which is a costly new treatment for patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death. Randomized trials of the ICD showed it to be effective in some groups of patients but not in others. While new trials testing the...
- White papers 2004-12-09
- Non-cooperative Monetary and Fiscal Policy: The Value of Leadership
- This paper considers leadership equilibria in dynamic linear rational expectations models with specific reference to monetary and fiscal policy interactions. One must pay particular attention to the strategic relationships between policymakers and the private sector. One finds that in a dynamic game that although leadership may not matter much, giving...
- White papers 2004-05-14
- Has The Tradeoff Between Productivity Gains And Job Growth Disappeared?
- Policymakers' efforts to boost trend output growth may be hampered by the presence of a tradeoff between productivity gains and job creation. This paper presents empirical evidence that the negative relationship between productivity growth and employment growth that prevailed in the 1960s and 1970s has disappeared since then. This finding...
- White papers 2004-02-02
- Monetary Policy Transparency: Transparent About What?
- This paper puts the issue of monetary policy transparency into a broad economic perspective. In so doing, it narrows the focus from that which frequently appears in this literature. I argue that the sole economic argument for transparency is policy effectiveness. Transparency is desirable if it enhances the effectiveness of...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- What Can Account for Fluctuations in the Terms of Trade?
- Fluctuations in the terms of trade the price of a country's exports relative to the price of its imports are a source of perennial concern to policymakers in developing countries and industrialized nations alike. This paper seeks to understand the sources of fluctuations in the terms of trade. The goal...
- White papers 2000-12-01
- Recent Initiatives to Improve the Regulation and Supervision of Private Capital Flows
- In this paper, an attempt is made to put the changing attitudes of policymakers towards international capital flows into a broader economic and historical context. The paper then goes on to suggest that policymakers today wish, on the one hand, to achieve the benefits of freer capital flows while trying...
- White papers 2000-10-01
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- A triple whammy of bad economic news came out on the first Friday of June
- A triple whammy of bad economic news came out on the first Friday of June. The unemployment rate for May was released, and it had jumped 0.5 percent over April. The price of oil, meanwhile, jumped $10 a barrel in one day. And the stock market dropped. But the statistics...
- Articles 2008-06-30
- After years in decline, the Maoist "Shining Path" movement has made a startling comeback in Peru
- After years in decline, the Maoist "Shining Path" movement has made a startling comeback in Peru. The 1992 capture of its leader, an ex-philosophy professor named Abimael Guzman, led to a steep decline in the group, which numbered up to 10,000 at its peak and murdered tens of thousands in...
- Articles 2008-06-30
- Inflation Risk the New Global Challenge, Says Barclays Capital
- Barclays Capital, the investment bankingdivision of Barclays Bank PLC, today said in its latest quarterly "GlobalOutlook: Implications for Financial Markets," that inflation risk hasrapidly replaced credit risk as the predominant issue facing the globalfinancial markets. The effects of higher inflation are poised to workthrough the global economy in...
- Articles 2008-06-26
- US new home sales fall 2.5 pct in May
- WASHINGTON AFP — Sales of new homes across the United States fell 2.5 percent in May from the prior month to a seasonally adjusted pace of 512,000 homes, according to a government survey Wednesday. Most economists had expected sales to fall more steeply to around 510,000 new properties...
- Articles 2008-06-25
- Asian cities struggling against urbanisation woes: ADB
- SINGAPORE AFP — Asian cities need help to cope with an unprecedented period of urbanisation, the Asian Development Bank ADB said Wednesday, stressing that their future prosperity is at stake. Providing adequate water supplies and infrastructure are among the key issues facing urban planners and policymakers, ADB president...
- Articles 2008-06-25
- US new home sales fall as Fed mulls interest rates
- WASHINGTON AFP — A government survey Wednesday showed sales of new homes tumbled 2.5 percent across the United States in May amid unsettled economic times, as Federal Reserve policymakers deliberated over interest rates. A monthly Commerce Department report said that new home sales declined to a seasonally adjusted...
- Articles 2008-06-25
- Leaders in Business, Academia and Policy to Meet at Future of Thought Conference in Tampa, FL October 22-24, 2008
- The Economist recently reported, "Wirelesscommunication is changing the way people work, live, love and relate toplaces -- and each other." How these evolving changes impact corporations,educational institutions, governmental policy and society will be the focusof a unique two-day executive conference in October entitled "Future ofThought." Dr. Karen Sobel...
- Articles 2008-06-25
- US new home sales drop as Fed holds rates steady
- WASHINGTON AFP — A government survey Wednesday showed sales of new homes tumbled 2.5 percent across the United States in May amid unsettled economic times, as Federal Reserve policymakers opted to keep interest rates on hold. A monthly Commerce Department report said that new home sales declined to...
- Articles 2008-06-25
- Mortgage approvals slump 20% to new low
- More housing misery on both sides of the Atlantic puts pressure on policymakers The number of mortgages approved for house purchases slumped to an all-time low in May, leading lenders warned yesterday, as Britain's housing market crisis took a turn for the worse. The...
- Articles 2008-06-25
- S&P Calls for Globally Consistent Approach to Ratings Oversight
- NEW YORK, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Deven Sharma, President of Standard & Poor's, today called for a globally coordinated approach to the oversight of credit rating agencies, in order to ensure consistency for investors and issuers operating in international markets. Mr. Sharma, who was speaking in London...
- Articles 2008-06-24
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