Contents of Periodicals published by Banks

received in October 2009

韓 国 / Korea

韓國銀行:Economic papers (v. 12, no. 1 ; July 2009)

  • A look at habit persistence over business cycles / Yongseung Jung.
  • Optimal interest rate rule in an open economy under external supply shocks / Geun-young Kim.
  • Opening to capital flows and implications from Korea / Kyungsoo Kim, Byoung-Ki Kim and Young Kyung Suh.
  • Explaining the cyclical behavior of the Korean labor market / Weh-Sol Moon.
  • Chinese banks' efficiency and productivity change during the financial reform era of 1998 to 2006 / Dae-Won Oh.

E U / European Union

European Central Bank : Monthly bulletin (Aug. 2009)

  • Housing finance in the euro area.
  • Recent developments in the retail bank interest rate pass-through in the euro area.

アイルランド / Ireland

Banc Ceannais agus Údarás Seirbhísí Airgeadais na hÉireann : Quarterly bulletin (no. 4 ; Oct. 2009)

  • Wage setting and wage flexibility in Ireland : results from a firm-level survey / Mary Keeney, Martina Lawless and Alan Murphy.
  • Housing finance developments in Ireland / Nicola Doyle.

アメリカ / United States

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia : Business review (3rd quarter 2009)

  • The exchange rate : what's in it for prices? / George Alessandria and Jarcy Zee.
  • Beautiful city / Gerald Carlino.
  • Convertible securities and venture capital finance / Yaron Leitner.
  • Changes in the use of electronic means of payment : 1995-2007 / Loretta J. Mester.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis : Review (v. 91, no. 5 ; Sept./Oct. 2009)

  • The credit crisis and cycle-proof regulation / Raghuram G. Rajan.
  • Systemic risk and the financial crisis : a primer / James Bullard, Christopher J. Neely and David C. Wheelock.
  • Can the term spread predict output growth and recessions? : a survey of the literature / David C. Wheelock and Mark E. Wohar.
  • Mexico's integration into NAFTA markets : a view from sectoral real exchange rates / Rodolphe Blavy and Luciana Juvenal.

オーストラリア / Australia

Reserve Bank of Australia : Bulletin (Oct. 2009)

  • Australian corporates' sources and uses of funds.
  • Updating the RBA's index of commodity prices.
  • Housing market developments.

ニュージーランド / New Zealand

Reserve Bank of New Zealand : Reserve Bank of New Zealand : Bulletin (v. 72, no. 3 ; Sept. 2009)

  • Quality of bank capital in New Zealand / Kevin Hoskin and Stuart Irvine.
  • Anchoring fiscal expectations / Eric M. Leeper.
  • 'Mordacious years' : socio-economic aspects and outcomes of New Zealand's experience in the Great Depression / Matthew Wright.
  • Financial crises, sound policies and sound institutions : an interview with Michael Bordo.
  • The financial crisis : whodunnit? / Howard Davies.
  • Economic recovery / Alan Bollard.