European Central Bank. This study brings together in slightly edited form the four papers presented at the seminar and the …

types of sovereign government debt in default. To help fill this gap, the Bank of Canada (BoC) developed a comprehensive … database of sovereign defaults that is posted on its website and updated in partnership with the Bank of England (BoE). Our …. These include bonds and other marketable securities, bank loans and official loans, valued in US dollars, for the years 1960 …

, they come with costs. We provide a literature review of the costs associated with these central bank actions, without …-seeking and unproductive uses of the liquidity provided by the central bank. We discuss measures that may mitigate the negative …

regulated throughout the world as of end 2006. Part III contains three chapters that analyse, and make recommendations about …