Money, Interest Rates and Inflation offers a coherent and informative assessment of how monetary policy affects the economy. In addition, the essays in this collection illustrate how rational expectations econometrics can be used in empirical research on a broad range of topics and issues. The...

This paper first outlines the key stylized facts about changes in inflation dynamics in recent years: (1) inflation persistence has declined, (2) the Phillips-curve has flattened and (3) inflation has become less responsive to other shocks. These changes in inflation dynamics are interpreted as...

This paper argues that much of the debate on choosing an exchange rate regime misses the boat. It begins by discussing the standard theory of choice between exchange rate regimes, and then explores the weaknesses in this theory, especially when it is applied to emerging market economies. It then...

Understanding of monetary transmission mechanisms is crucial to answering a broad range of questions. These transmission mechanisms include interest-rate effects, exchange-rate effects, other asset price effects, and the so-called credit channel. This introduction to the symposium provides an...

Conference was entitled "Beyond Pillar 3 in International Banking Regulation: Disclosure and Market Discipline of Financial Firms," Proceedings of a Conference Cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business...

Many prominent critics regard the international financial system as the dark side of globalization, threatening disadvantaged nations near and far. But in <i>The Next Great Globalization</i>, eminent economist Frederic Mishkin argues the opposite: that financial globalization today is essential for...