The construction of an Aggregate Financial Stability Index represents one of the methods used for assessing the level and dynamics of financial sector stability.

Three industrial organization (IO) models suggested by Dornbusch (1987) are here adapted to study the labor-cost effects on relative prices of tradable goods between the regions of a monetary union. The assumption of imperfect and segmented goods and labor markets makes the analysis best suited...

This paper examines regional inflation divergence within the European EMU aiming at characterizing the properties of inflation differentials. The empirical evidence suggests that a process of price level convergence in the EMU is well on its way.

The study defines the three types of convergence – institutional, nominal and real ones –, the connection among them and their main measurement indicators. 

Toate ţările membre ale Uniunii Europene trebuie să asigure armonizarea instrumentelor de politică monetară utilizate cu cele ale Băncii Centrale Europene. Analizând comparativ instrumentele de politică monetară ale Băncii Naţionale a Românei şi pe cele ale Băncii Centrale...