The monetary policy decision, as any other decision, is the product of a procedure assembling a lot of primary information, but also what type of other ingredients contribute finally to a certain monetary policy decision.

Monetary policy should be guided by macroeconomic models with limited nominal rigidity – ‘New Classical’ or even for some issues just plain Classical (i.e. with no nominal rigidity at all) models are perfectly adequate for understanding various aspects of the economy that have previously...

The paper analyses the presuppositions (often implicit) the actual quantitative and logical modelling is based on. In the context, some points of view are proposed, aimed at to eliminate or reduce the incertitude and vagueness generated by the actual way of understanding the macroeconomic modelling.

Adoptarea euro intr-un stat membru al Uniunii Europene este grevata de necesitatea respectarii, intre altele, poate chiar in primul rand, a unor criterii de natura bugetar-fiscala care, implicit, limiteaza spatiul de manevra al guvernelor nationale. Cel putin in ultimii patru ani, indisciplina...

Real convergence represents an essential objective for Romania\'s integration into the EU.