In different ways, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden pegged their foreign exchange rates against the German mark during 1973-1992. This paper assesses the credibility of the German mark exchange rates of these Nordic countries. The test is based on the assumption that estimated systematic...

The credibility of the exchange rate bands in the Nordic countries during 1987-91 is examined with two tests. The results suggest that the credibility of Finland’s exchange rate band within a twelve-month horizon could not be rejected except in the fall of 1991; however, the band lacked...

This paper examines the emerging challenges to the art of monetary policymaking using the case study of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in light of developments in the Indian economy during the last decade (2003-04 to 2013-14). The paper uses Hyman P. Minsky's financial instability hypothesis as...