We study the intraday interest rate in a CCP-based GC pooling repo market and its key determinants. Since collateral used in this market is identical to collateral eligible for the daylight overdraft facility of the Eurosystem, any intraday rate in this market cannot be a result of collateral...

In this paper we investigate the impact of UK macroeconomic news announcements on selected futures contracts and exchange rates. We include a wide set of scheduled public news announcements in our study, including official interest rate decisions. We investigate whether the reaction to these...

Im Falle der Transformationsländer Mittel- und Osteuropas formierte sich 1989/90 parallel zu den wirtschaftspolitischen Empfehlungen der Neoklassik ein alternativer monetärkeynesianischer Ansatz in Form der Berliner Schule. Die Politikempfehlung der Berliner Schule lautete Währungsreform und...

Introduction -- Commodity money -- Fiat money and international law -- The inflation-output conundrum -- Currency substitution and management -- Financial crises and money managements -- Exchange rates as monetary policy tool -- Intervention in foreign exchange markets and the future of money --...