Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System diverging current account positions in Europe have prevailed. While the Southern and Western European countries have tended to run current account deficits, the current accounts of the Central and Northern European countries, in particular Germany,...

Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System diverging current account positions in Europe have prevailed. While the Southern and Western European countries have tended to run current account deficits, the current accounts of the Central and Northern European countries, in particular Germany,...

Die Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank steckt in der Klemme. Die konjunkturelle Entwicklung im Euroraum ist so unterschiedlich, dass eine weitere Senkung des einheitlichen Zinses nur wenigen Ländern gerecht werden würde. Der Beitrag diskutiert, ob die EZB im Rahmen ihrer...

The last three days of January 2014 all have material relevance to the rise of forward guidance as the premier policy tool of the Federal Reserve. On January 29, the US Treasury will introduce Floating Rate Notes, the first new bond exactly 17 years since the introduction of TIPS. January 30...

Die Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank steckt in der Klemme. Die konjunkturelle Entwicklung im Euroraum ist so unterschiedlich, dass eine weitere Senkung des einheitlichen Zinses nur wenigen Ländern gerecht werden würde. Der Beitrag diskutiert, ob die EZB im Rahmen ihrer...

This paper presents case studies of central bank crisis interventions during the Covid-19 and the Global Financial Crises in four jurisdictions (Canada, Chile, the United Kingdom, and the United States). The paper serves as an Annex to the main IMF Working Paper WP/23/114 ‘Quasi-Fiscal...

We develop a stylized balance sheet framework to help identify ‘quasi-fiscal’ components of central bank crisis interventions and show how sources of fiscal risk are created from both the new claims and how they are funded. Combining central bank balance sheet data with survey evidence from...

This paper examines the effects of expenditure-based fiscal consolidation when credibility as to whether the cuts will be long-lasting is imperfect. We contrast the impact limited credibility has when the consolidating country has the means to tailor monetary policy to its own needs, with the...

This paper examines the effects of expenditure-based fiscal consolidation when credibility as to whether the cuts will be long-lasting is imperfect. We contrast the impact limited credibility has when the consolidating country has the means to tailor monetary policy to its own needs, with the...

This paper examines the effects of expenditure-based fiscal consolidation when credibility as to whether the cuts will be long-lasting is imperfect. We contrast the impact limited credibility has when the consolidating country has the means to tailor monetary policy to its own needs, with the...