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The European Central Bank and why things are the way they are : a historic monetary policy pivot point and moment of (relative) clarity
Dubois, Robert - 2012
Not since the Great Depression have monetary policy matters and institutions weighed so heavily in commercial, financial, and political arenas. Apart from the eurozone crisis and global monetary policy issues, for nearly two years all else has counted for little more than noise on a relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009503821
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Bank Bailouts and Redistributive Monetary Policy : Voting on Central Bank Independence
Masciandaro, Donato - 2013
In this paper bank bailout rules and central bank independence (CBI) are determined by majority voting. The failure of a bank is socially costly, since bailouts are financed by distortionary taxation. The tax distortion can be reduced via monetization, i.e. lowering CBI; but monetization causes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071502
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Central Banking, Macroprudential Supervision and Insurance
Masciandaro, Donato - 2014
This paper offers a positive analysis of the relationships between central banking, macro prudential supervision and insurance, presenting three contributions. Starting from the review of the recent theoretical models, which directly or indirectly take the issue of the central bank involvement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059267
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The European Central Bank and Why Things are the Way They Are : A Historic Monetary Policy Pivot Point and Moment of (Relative) Clarity
Dubois, Robert - 2012
Not since the Great Depression have monetary policy matters and institutions weighed so heavily in commercial, financial, and political arenas. Apart from the eurozone crisis and global monetary policy issues, for nearly two years all else has counted for little more than noise on a relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109818
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Exigent and Unusual Circumstances : The Federal Reserve and the U.S. Financial Crisis
Johnson, Christian A. - 2013
The U.S. Federal Reserve has committed hundreds of billions of dollars in unprecedented lending activities and purchases of mortgage-backed securities based upon its authority under the Federal Reserve Act, and particularly upon its interpretation of Section 13(3), a formerly untested and unused...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094881
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Does low inflation pose a risk to economic growth and central banks reputation?
Dąbrowski, Marek - 2020
Inflation in advanced economies is low by historical standards but there is no threat of deflation. Slower economic … growth is caused by supply-side constraints rather than low inflation. Below-the-target inflation does not damage the … reputation of central banks. Thus, central banks should not try to bring inflation back to the targeted level of 2%. Rather, they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230450
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Global Inflation and Global Monetary Policy Tightening: Implications for the Euro Area
Moessner, Richhild; Xia, Fan Dora; Zampolli, Fabrizio - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 3, pp. 151-154
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Is the green transition inflationary?
Del Negro, Marco; Di Giovanni, Julian; Dogra, Keshav - 2023
do not force a central bank to tolerate higher inflation, but may generate a tradeoff between the central bank …'s objectives for inflation and real activity. The presence and size of this tradeoff depends on how flexible prices are in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013548986
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Reading between the lines : using text analysis to estimate the loss function of the ECB
Paloviita, Maritta; Haavio, Markus; Jalasjoki, Pirkka; … - 2020
estimations, that the ECB has been either more averse to inflation above 2% ceiling or that the de facto inflation aim has been … considerably below 2%. Our results suggest further that an inflation aim of 2% combined with asymmetry is a plausible specification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239727
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The Phillips curve at the ECB
Eser, Fabian; Karadi, Peter; Lane, Philip R.; Moretti, Laura - 2020
We explain the role of the Phillips Curve in the analysis of the economic outlook and the formulation of monetary policy at the ECB. First, revisiting the structural Phillips Curve, we highlight the challenges in recovering structural parameters from reduced-form estimates and relate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012212851