Description | Spring 2006. Articles and speeches: 'Markets and operations' p3; 'New information on inflation swaps and index-linked bonds' p24; 'The distribution of assets, income and liabilities across UK households: results from the 2005 NMG Research survey' p35; 'Understanding the term structure of swap spreads' p45; 'The information content of aggregate data on financial futures positions' p57; 'The forward market for oil' p66. Summaries of recent Bank of England working papers: 'Modelling manufacturing inventories' p75, 'The New Keynesian Phillips Curve in the United States and the euro area: aggregation bias, stability and robustness' p76; 'Modelling the cross-border use of collateral in payment systems' p77; Assessing central couterparty margin coverage on futures contracts using GARCH models' p78; 'The price puzzle: fact or artefact?' p79. MPC speeches: 'The Governor's speech in Ashford, Kent' for Kent Business Contacts 16 Jan p80; 'Reform of the International Monetary Fund' edited speech given by the Governor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) 20 Feb p83; 'Global financial imbalances' by Rachel Lomax delivered at Chatham House conference on Global Financial Imbalances 24 Jan p90; 'Monetary policy, demand and inflation' by Stephen Nickell for contacts of the South East and East Anglia Agency 31 Jan p95; 'Has oil lost the capacity to shock?' by David Walton at University of Warwick Graduates' Association Senior Directors' Forum 23 Feb p105. |