In den letzten Jahren drehte sich die geldpolitische Debatte vorrangig um Inflationssteuerung (inflation targeting) und Vermögenspreisblasen. Der vorliegende Text untersucht, wie solchen Blasen direkt begegnet werden kann, was die US-amerikanische Zentralbank, die Fed, bislang immer abgelehnt...

Romer (2000) provides an alternative model to the AS/AD and IS/LM models that abandons the LM schedule by having the short-term interest rate set by the central bank. His framework acknowledges the critical role of the central bank in determining short-term interest rates, which moves mainstream...

The financial crisis and Great Recession have prompted a rethink of monetary policy and central banking. The status quo insider rethink focuses on the role of monetary policy in dealing with asset bubbles; making the central bank the banking system supervisor; and how to deal with the problem of...