The focus of the paper is to analyze how the concept behind central bank policy developed over time and how the recent financial crisis and its consequences will have an influence. While the principles of the institutional arrangement for central banks (independence, clear mandate, prohibition...

Am 1. Januar 1999 wurde der Euro als Buchgeld eingeführt. Schon ein halbes Jahr zuvor war die Europäische Zentralbank gegründet worden. Die Europäische Währungsunion hat mittlerweile einige Krisen überstanden. Probleme gab es vor allem, weil die gesetzten Rahmenbedingungen ihre Wirkung...

In this paper I outline - from a practitioner's as well as from a researcher's perspective - several of the key developments that took place during the last century in monetary policy. In particular, I describe how the monetary system evolved from gold standard, prevailing throughout most of the...

In this paper I outline – from a practitioner’s as well as from a researcher’s perspective – several of the key developments that took place during the last century in monetary policy. In particular, I describe how the monetary system evolved from gold standard, prevailing throughout...