The article examines the potential implications of e-commerce for central banks in general and the National Bank of Slovakia in particular. Drawing on the current state of the art in economic literature and available data, both the current situation and future outlook are examined. The main...

Bargeld, Zinsen für Sparer, rein staatliche Währungen: Jahrhundertealte Gewissheiten des Geldes sind plötzlich passé. Wer spart, zahlt jetzt drauf. Münzen und Scheine verschwinden, bald auch durch Kryptowährungen, die staatlichem Geld Konkurrenz machen. Alexander Hagelüken, Leitender...

Zu den wesentlichen Veränderungen in den Umgebungsbedingungen des Finanzgewerbes in den letzten beiden Jahrzehnten zählen die Deregulierung und vor allem die erheblichen Fortschritte in der Kommunikationstechnologie, speziell der Übermittlung, Aufbereitung und Interpretation von...

Proponents of the so-called New Economy claim that it entails a structural change of the economy. Such a change, in turn, would require the central bank to rethink its monetary policy to the extent that traditional relationships between inf1ation and economic growth are no longer valid. But such...

We describe the medium-run macroeconomic effects and long-run development consequences of a financial Dutch disease that may take place in a small developing country with abundant natural resources. The first move is in financial markets. An initial surge in foreign direct investment targeting...

Why did monetary authorities hold large gold reserves under Bretton Woods (1944-1971) when only the US had to? We argue that gold holdings were driven by institutional memory and persistent habits of central bankers. Countries continued to back currency in circulation with gold reserves,...