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Credibility and transparency of Central Banks : new results based on Ifo s world economicy survey
Hamella, Sandra; Haan, Jakob de - 2004
This paper reports the results of a survey among private sector economists about credibility and transparency of … Survey to answer questions on the importance and determinants of credibility. The results of both surveys are very comparable …. Credibility is considered to be important to attain price stability at low cost, while the best ways to earn credibility are a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399168
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The impact of macro news and central bank communication on emerging European forex markets
Égert, Balázs; Kočenda, Evžen - 2013
We employ two-stage empirical strategy to analyze the impact of macroeconomic news and central bank communication on the exchange rates of three Central and Eastern European (CEE) currencies against the euro. First we estimate the nominal equilibrium exchange rate based on a monetary model....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764449
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Monetary policy transparency
Geraats, Petra M. - 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/10010237274
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Forward guidance contracts
Gersbach, Hans; Hahn, Volker; Liu, Yulin - 2015 - This version: May 2015
We examine "Forward Guidance Contracts", which make central bankers' utility contingent on the precision of interest-rate forecasts for some time. Such Forward Guidance Contracts are a exible commitment device and can improve economic performance when the economy is stuck in a liquidity trap....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528970
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Statements of ECB officials and their effect on the level and volatility of the Euro-Dollar exchange rate
Jansen, David-Jan; Haan, Jakob de - 2003
This paper studies the reaction of the mean and volatility of the euro-dollar exchange rate to statements of ECB officials during the first years of EMU. We focus on statements on monetary policy and the (potential) strength of the euro. We find that the Bundesbank has dominated the news...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507830
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Optimal conservatism and collective monetary policymaking under uncertainty
Hefeker, Carsten; Zimmer, Blandine - 2014
We study how the optimal degree of conservatism relates to decision-making procedures in a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). In our framework, central bank conservatism is required to attenuate the volatility of monetary decisions generated by the presence of uncertainty about the committee...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010391838
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Consumers' macroeconomic expectations
Dräger, Lena; Lamla, Michael - 2023
After the financial crisis of 2008, central banks around the world have increased their communication efforts to reach consumers, with the aim of both guiding and anchoring their inflation expectations. For the expectations channel of monetary policy to work as intended, central banks need a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014383922
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Central bank communication with the general public
Dräger, Lena - 2023
This paper surveys the literature on the role and effects of central bank communication with the general public, particularly regarding the formation of macroeconomic expectations. It starts by giving a brief overview of the recent "communication revolution" in central bank communication. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014384011
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Look who's talking : ECB communication during the first years of EMU
Jansen, David-Jan; Haan, Jakob de - 2004
This paper studies ECB and Bundesbank communication on monetary policy during the first years of the European Economic and Monetary Union. We study whether statements by different (groups of) central bankers have been contradictory and whether differences have diminished over time. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450560
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Optimal degree of public information dissemination
Cornand, Camille (contributor); Heinemann, Frank (contributor) - 2004
In currency exchange markets, there is a conflict between individual decisions and the socially optimal solution. Whereas agents have a coordination motive to take the same position, at the social level effective market coordination per se is not socially valuable, and the central bank aims at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002521683