Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Part One. Aims and Theoretical Context -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Explaining Institutional Change: An Agents- in-Contexts Approach -- Part Two. The Institutional Rise of the PBC -- 3. The People's Bank in the Shadow of the Plan, 1978-92 -- 4....

The world economic landscape has experienced seismic changes in the fifteen years after restoration of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to China. Fortunately the Hong Kong economy has remained steadfast and is still making progress, but public confidence in the governance of the SAR...

Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy -- Contents -- Introduction -- Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy -- How Cautious Must the Fed Be? -- Monetary Policy Guidelines for Employment and Inflation Stability -- Comments -- Responses -- Rejoinder -- Contributors -- Notes --...

The Political Economy of Japanese Monetary Policy -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The Political Economy of Japanese Monetary Policy -- Introduction -- The Evolution of Central Banking in Japan, up to the 1950s -- Phases of Japan s Monetary- Policy Experience -- Exchange Rates, Policy...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Part I: How Money Lives and Dies -- Chapter 1: What Is Money, and Why Do We Need It? -- A Pre-Money Society -- Money as a Unit of Account -- Money as a Store of Value -- Money...

Die Bilanz der Bundesbank und jene anderer Notenbanken des Euroraums weisen aktuell hohe "operative" Verluste auf, bedingt durch die Diskrepanz aus den weiterhin niedrig verzinsten Wertpapierbeständen aus Anleihekäufen und den mittlerweile höher verzinsten Einlagen der Geschäftsbanken. Indes...