Die Leitzinssenkung der EZB im November 2013 hat die Diskussion über negative Einlagezinsen im Euroraum erneut angefacht. Die Erfahrungen in Dänemark zeigen allerdings, dass dabei unbedingt auf eine effiziente Ausgestaltung zu achten ist. Insbesondere müssen Schlupflöcher geschlossen und...

In this paper, we discuss the management of monetary policy of the Latin American central banks that have fully established inflation targeting. An optimal monetary rule is estimated for these economies using the Generalized Method of Moments. This analysis allows us to conclude that these...

The complexity of the monetary phenomenon as well as the effects that it induces in the social and economic life of the countries around the world have represented and still represent the subject of much controversy and dispute. The current forms of the monetary circulation organization in...

The recovery from the Global Financial Crisis was characterized by sluggish output growth and by inflation remaining persistently below the inflation targets of central banks in many advanced economies despite an unprecedented monetary expansion. Ten years after the Global Financial Crisis, GDP...

In this article, the issue of the monetary independence problem in view of the Romania's European Monetary Union accession is investigated empirically. It is frequently argued that for such a country, the main cost of participation in a currency area is the loss of monetary policy independence....

Repurchase agreements (repos) are secured money market transactions. The cash taker provides collateral in the form of securities and in return receives money from the cash provider. To ensure the continuous covering of the cash amount, the definition of eligible collateral, its handling and...

In January 2000 the Swiss National Bank adopted a new monetary policy framework incorporating a price stability objective defined as (any rate of) CPI inflation below 2 percent. We contrast this framework with inflation targeting strategies and review the SNB's policy decisions since its...

We apply complexity theory to financial markets to show that excess liquidity created by the Eurosystem has led to critical transitions in the configuration of interest rates. Complexity indicators turn out to be useful signals of tipping points and subsequent regime shifts in interest rates. We...

Der vorliegende Beitrag befaßt sich mit den Auswirkungen alternativer Geldmarktsteuerungsverfahren auf den Informationsgehalt der Zinsstruktur am kurzen Laufzeitende und diskutiert die Implikationen für die Unsicherheit im Finanzsektor. Die empirische Analyse verwendet Tagesdaten für den...