Abstracts of papers to be presented at the IFC Conference "Challenges to Central Bank Statistical Activities", Basel, August 2002

Coming events	page
Basle and Berlin	5
Session 1
Central bank statistics and monetary stability	15
Session 2
Central bank statistics and financial stability	20
Workshop A
Constraints on central bank statistical activities	23
Workshop B
Cooperation with national statistical offices	27
Session 4
Developments with respect to statistical analysis at central Banks	32
Session 5
Central bank cooperation on statistical issues	36
Workshop C
Issues relating to balance of payments compiling	37
Workshop D
Monetary and financial statistics and international accounting standards	42
Workshop E
Deriving information from financial market data	43
Fisher's short stories
Fisher's short stories on wealth 65-70: A remedy for unstable money	47
Short stories on wealth	58

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