In Reaktion auf die Finanzkrise hat das Eurosystem seine Geldpolitik massiv gelockert. So hat die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) nicht nur den maßgeblichen Leitzins deutlich gesenkt, sondern auch mit außergewöhnlichen liquiditätspolitischen Maßnahmen den Geschäftsbanken unbegrenzt...

This paper analyses the effects of containment measures and monetary and fiscal responses on US financial markets during the Covid-19 pandemic. More specifically, it applies fractional integration methods to analyse their impact on the daily S&P500, the US Treasury Bond Index (USTB), the S&P...

Für die Teilnahme an der Währungsunion sollten nur Staaten zugelassen werden, die alle Konvergenzkriterien erfüllen. Bislang tun dies nur Deutschland, Irland und Luxemburg. In allen anderen Ländern bedarf es einschneidender Maßnahmen — insbesondere bei der Verringerung der öffentlichen...

In this paper we model the volatility of the spread between the overnight interest rate and the central bank policy rate (the policy spread) for the euro area and the UK during the two main phases of the financial crisis that began in late 2007. During the crisis, the policy spread exhibited...

This paper analyses the stochastic properties of and the bilateral linkages between the central bank policy rates of the US, the Eurozone, Australia, Canada, Japan and the UK using fractional integration and cointegration techniques respectively. The univariate analysis suggests a high degree of...

This paper analyses the stochastic properties of and the bilateral linkages between the central bank policy rates of the US, the Eurozone, Australia, Canada, Japan and the UK using fractional integration and cointegration techniques respectively. The univariate analysis suggests a high degree of...

This paper examines the usefulness of shadow rates to measure the monetary policy stance by comparing them to the official policy rates and those implied by three types of Taylor rules in both inflation targeting countries (the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) and others that have only...

This paper examines the usefulness of shadow rates to measure the monetary policy stance by comparing them to the official policy rates and those implied by three types of Taylor rules in both inflation targeting countries (the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) and others that have only...