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Transparency, Flexibility and Macroeconomic Stabilization

Geraats, Petra - CESifo - 2014

Many central banks have become more transparent during the last decade, in particular about macroeconomic prospects. This paper shows that such economic transparency could give central banks greater flexibility to respond to macroeconomic shocks. In particular, it allows central banks to...

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How Expoerts Decide: Preferences or Private Assessments on a Monetary Policy Committee?

Hansen, Stephen; McMahon, Michael; Rivera, Carlos Velasco - CESifo - 2013

Using voting data from the Bank of England, we show that different individual assessments of the economy strongly influence votes after controlling for individual policy preferences. We estimate that internal members form more precise assessments than externals and are also more hawkish, though...

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Escaping from a Combination of Liquidity Trap and Credit Crunch

Heinemann, Frank - CESifo - 2008

This brief exposition suggests that the Federal Reserve System temporarily guarantee a lower bound on stock prices in order to escape the current combination of liquidity trap and credit crunch. It shortly discusses reasons for this measure, consequences, and some alternatives. It is meant as a...

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The Effects of Monetary Policy on Unemployment Dynamics under Model Uncertainty - Evidence from the US and the Euro Area

Altavilla, Carlo; Ciccarelli, Matteo - CESifo - 2009

This paper explores the role that the imperfect knowledge of the structure of the economy plays in the uncertainty surrounding the effects of rule-based monetary policy on unemployment dynamics in the euro area and the US. We employ a Bayesian model averaging procedure on a wide range of models...

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Central Bank Boards around the World: Why does Membership Size Differ?

Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker; Lybek, Tonny - CESifo - 2007

This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards across countries. Defining a board as the body that changes monetary instruments to achieve a specified target, we discuss the possible determinants of a board’s size. The empirical relevance of these factors is...

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A Role Model for China? Exchange Rate Flexibility and Monetary Policy in Japan

Schnabl, Gunther; Danne, Christian - CESifo - 2007

Few papers have tried to project how Chinese monetary policy will behave under flexible exchange rates. As Japan provides an important role model for China, this paper studies the role of the yen/dollar exchange rate for Japanese monetary policy after the shift of Japan from a fixed to a...

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Inflation Targets Versus International Monetary Integration - A Canadian Perspective

Laidler, David - CESifo - 2002

,rather than exchange rate regimes and questions of policy credibility and political accountability are crucial. Canada’s recent … performance are assessed. The most economically attractive among alternative monetary orders, the adoption by Canada of the US … politically attainable. Intermediate arrangements are unattractive and clearly inferior to Canada’s current monetary order. …

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Does Money Matter in the ECB Strategy? New Evidence Based on ECB Communication

Berger, Helge; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - CESifo - 2006

We examine the role of money in the policies of the ECB, using introductory statements of the ECB President at the monthly press conferences during 1999-2004. Over time, the relative amount of words devoted to the monetary analysis has decreased. Our analysis of indicators of the monetary policy...

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The Stress of Having a Single Monetary Policy in Europe

Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Wollmershäuser, Timo - CESifo - 2008

This paper estimates forward-looking Taylor rules for the euro area. Using the asymmetries in inflation and cyclical output developments across countries, we investigate the adequacy of the single monetary policy for each of the European Monetary Union (EMU) member countries. Notable differences...

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Monetary Policy Transparency

Geraats, Petra - CESifo - 2014

There has been a remarkable rise in the transparency of monetary policy during the last two decades. This paper provides an overview of the ways in which central banks have been providing more information about their monetary policymaking. Furthermore, it reviews the theoretical literature on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010737509

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