This volume considers whether the first major overhaul of U.S. communications policy in more than sixty years is accomplishing its purposes.

Monetary policy in the euro area is conducted within a multi-country, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual context involving multiple central banking traditions. How does this heterogeneity affect the ability of economic agents to understand and to anticipate monetary policy by the ECB? Using a...

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...

This volume considers whether the first major overhaul of U.S. communications policy in more than sixty years is accomplishing its purposes.