The paper presents a methodology for measuring the clarity of central bank communication, illustrating it with the case of the European Central Bank (ECB) in 1999-2007. The analysis identifies the ECB's written communication as clear about 95 percent of instances, which is comparable to, or even...

Central bank liquidity lines have gained momentum since the global financial crisis as a crosscurrency liquidity management tool. We provide a complete timeline of the ECB liquidity line announcements and study their signalling and spillback effects. The announcement of an ECB euro liquidity...

This paper reviews the trade-offs involved in the choice of the ECB's monetary policy operational framework. As long as the ECB's supply of reserves remains well in excess of the banks' demand, the ECB will likely continue to employ a floor system for implementing the target interest rate in...

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. A LARGE DIVERSITY OF MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEES -- III. NORMATIVE ISSUES IN MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE DESIGN -- IV. PREFERENCE AGGREGATION IN MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEES -- V. BELIEF AGGREGATION IN MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEES -- VI. SUMMARY AND...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. WHAT IS AN FSR AND WHO PUBLISHES IT? -- III. ASSESSING THE FSRS -- IV. HOW DO EXISTING FSRS COMPARE TO THE PROPOSED CRITERIA? -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.

This paper sets out general principles for the design of financial stability frameworks, starting from an analysis of the objectives and tools of financial regulation. The paper then offers a comprehensive analysis of the costs and benefits of the two main models that have emerged for modern...

Since the early 1990s, the IMF has been advising countries to shift to the use of indirect instruments for executing monetary policy. This paper provides information about a monetary policy instruments database, maintained by the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the IMF. We offer an...