In this paper we show how interbank market frictions can play an important role in propagating and enhancing the effects of shocks in a currency union, and discuss the efficacy of two unconventional policy measures; multi-period central bank refinance operations and large scale asset purchases....

The paper examines the implications of strategic wage-setting behaviour by an inflation-averse monopoly union for the appropriate specification of central bank objectives. Our principal findings are as follows. First, the optimal setting of the parameters of the central bank's objective function...