Home Research & publications Proceedings of the IFC Conference on "Challenges to Central Bank Statistical Activities", Basel, August 2002 PDF (232 Pages) Type Publication Series IFC Bulletin 12 Date Published 01 October 2002 Sources IFC Events page Between Basle and Berlin 5 Proceedings Keynote AddressWilliam R White 12 Session 1 Issues PaperJack Selody 21 Banco de Mexico's experience in measuring the risk position in Mexican pesos of foreign investors and its relevance for Monetary PolicySamuel Alfaro 24 Transaction technology innovation and overnight deposits demand in ItalyFrancesco Columba 45 Statistical implications of the chosen monetary policy strategy: the Czech casePetr Vojtisek 60 Gathering predictive information for implementing inflation targeting: the case of PeruAdrian Armas 63 New challenges for a central bank under dollarization: the experience of Ecuador Amelia Pinto 77 The value of discrepanciesGrazia Marchese 84 Quarterly Monetary Union Financial Accounts for ECB Monetary Policy AnalysisReimund Mink 98 The International Investment Position: Measurement aspects and usefulness for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability issuesFrederic Lambert and Laurent Paul 116 Euroconversion in international databanksHenk Lub 134 Discussion comments 141 Session 2 Issues paperPaul Tucker 147 The use of macro prudential indicators: The case of Costa RicaWilliam Calvo V 149 The use of Central Registers for statistical activities in the light of Financial Stability: The experience of the Portuguese central bankOrlando Caliço 158 Early warning indicators for emerging economiesJohn Hawkins and Marc Klau 166 The statistical challenges in monitoring Financial StabilityCeleste J Wood 177 The use of supervisory or other micro-prudential informationRangachary Ravikumar 178 UK Bank exposures: data sources and financial stability analysisAndrew Gracie and Andrew Logan 185 Role of financial soundness indicators in surveillance: data sources, uses and limitationsR Sean Craig 199 Macro-prudential indicators: A pilot compilation exercise for the NetherlandsKees Elfferich and Marjo de Jong 210 Are data sources adequate for the Federal Reserve?Richard D Porter 216 Discussion comments 218 Fisher's short stories Fisher's short stories on wealth 71-74: Prevention of economic wasteArthur Vogt 222 Short stories on wealth 228 The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Committee, its members or the BIS. PDF (232 Pages)