This paper analyzes the implications of international asset risks for the operation of the international adjustment process, with special emphasis on the scope for monetary policy. After a brief review of actual practice in the evaluation of country risk, the paper discusses a number of...

The paper considers three methods for eliminating the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates and thus for restoring symmetry to domain over which the central bank can vary its policy rate. They are: (1) abolishing currency (which would also be a useful crime-fighting measure); (2) paying...

Transatlantic policy coordination with sticky labour markets : the reality of the real side / A.J. Hughes Hallett and Yue Ma -- Discussion / Nouriel Roubini -- Foreign exchange intervention and international policy coordination : comparing the G3 and EMS experience / Axel A. Weber -- Discussion...