The financial crisis was much more than the result of an excess of risk. It is essential to understand that the same policies that created each subsequent bust are the same ones that have been implemented in the past years, through Quantitative Easing (QE) to allegedly "solve" t…
The age of the euro has cast central banks in a newly prominent role in European integration and in macro-economic policy making in Europe. This text examines the effects of the euro as the new European single currency on the central banks of the member states of the European Un…
The authors evaluate 19 inflation targeting central banks according to: how convincing their Inflation Report is overall, the bank?́?s level of expertise, the completeness of the report, the clarity of the writing style, the quality and fullness of the information provided, and w…
How do central banks write?: an evaluation of inflation reports by inflation t…
by Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), Fracasso, Andrea, Genberg, Hans, Wyplosz, Charles, International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies, Norges bank
fromGeneva reports on the world economy
Central banks are major players in today's economic and financial policy making. While respected for their technical acumen and their pivotal role in defusing the global financial crisis, they are at the same time mistrusted by others and considered to be too powerful. In order …
Central banks are major players in today's economic and financial policy making. While respected for their technical acumen and their pivotal role in defusing the global financial crisis, they are at the same time mistrusted by others and considered to be too powerful. In order …
In response to the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks have used all available instruments in their monetary policy tool-kit to avoid financial market disruptions and a collapse in real economic activities. These actions have expanded the size of the…
In response to the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks have used all available instruments in their monetary policy tool-kit to avoid financial market disruptions and a collapse in real economic activities. These actions have expanded the size of the…
It is well known that the balance sheets of most major central banks significantly expanded in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007-2011, but the consequences of this expansion are not well understood. This book develops a unified framework to explain how and why centra…
It is well known that the balance sheets of most major central banks significantly expanded in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007-2011, but the consequences of this expansion are not well understood. This book develops a unified framework to explain how and why centra…
It is well known that the balance sheets of most major central banks significantly expanded in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007-2011, but the consequences of this expansion are not well understood. This book develops a unified framework to explain how and why centra…
Quels sont les rôles des banques centrales, du FMI, des gouvernements et leur capacité d'action sur l'inflation, le chômage et les taux d'intérêt? Comment réduire la dette des PVD sans déstabiliser les économies du Nord? Doit-on opter pour une monnaie mondiale ou régionaliser l'…