The issue of central bank profit distribution is both complex and often politically controversial. Based on the replies … of 57 central banks worldwide to an ECB questionnaire, this paper analyses how profit distribution rules can affect the … amounts distributed and the financial strength of central banks. The paper also investigates the link between profit …

(i.e., real riskless rate, expected inflation, and expected equity risk premium) further supporting the theory of …

windfall profits and provide an impulse for further price hikes. (2) To protect profit margins from rising costs, downstream …