The BIS Review is a collection of important articles and speeches by senior central bankers. This month, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William J. McDonough discusses the importance of sound financial systems and FRB BOG member Roger W. Ferfuson, Jr. remarks on themes in international bank supervision.

The June/July 2000 edition of International Economic Review from the USITC includes a special report on the World Trade Organization.

According to this issue of International Banking and Financial Market Development, equity markets, especially those trading technology stocks, marked the first several months of this year as "a period of heightened market volatility."

The 1997 edition of this report, which chronicles the activities of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) for the last fiscal year, discusses Bank programs, operations, financial highlights, and approved projects. Central to this report are the detailed regional progress reports. The full report, excluding the financial...

"Fiscal year 1999 (FY99) was a year of continued -- and formidable -- challenges," begins the World Bank Annual Report 1999. It goes on to list the financial crises in Brazil, Asia, and Russia and the natural disasters that struck the Caribbean, Asia, and Central America. And through it all, the World Bank was there. This report charts global economic progress and explains the World Bank's...