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Central Bank Losses and Economic Convergence
Cincibuch, Martin; Holub, Tomáš; Hurník, Jaromír - In: Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver) 59 (2009) 3, pp. 190-215
This paper discusses central bank losses and develops a formal framework for assessing the sustainability of its balance sheet. Analyzing the consequences of economic convergence in depth, it emphasizes the role played by the risk premium and equilibrium real exchange rate appreciation. A...
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Central bank capital as an instrument of monetary policy
Hampl, Mojmír; Havránek, Tomáš - 2018
We examine the use of central bank capital as an unconventional monetary policy tool. In this setting, a central bank employs digital currency to transfer digital cash to each household, thus supporting consumption directly when needed. The asset side of the central bank's balance sheet remains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011833686
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Central bank capital as an instrument of monetary policy
Hampl, Mojmír; Havránek, Tomáš - 2018
We examine the use of central bank capital as an unconventional monetary policy tool. In this setting, a central bank employs digital currency to transfer digital cash to each household, thus supporting consumption directly when needed. The asset side of the central bank's balance sheet remains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906669
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Can the Central Bank alleviate fiscal burdens?
Reis, Ricardo - 2017
Central banks affect the resources available to fiscal authorities through the impact of their policies on the public debt, as well as through their income, their mix of assets, their liabilities, and their own solvency. This paper inspects the ability of the central bank to alleviate the fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704682
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The financial market effects of the ECB's asset purchase programs
Lewis, Vivien; Roth, Markus - 2017
The European Central Bank's asset purchase programs, while intended to stabilize the economy, may have unintended side effects on financial stability. This paper aims at gauging the effects on financial markets, the banking sector, and lending to non-financial firms. Using a structural vector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011712553
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Unconventional Monetary Policies and Central Bank Profits : Seigniorage as Fiscal Revenue in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis
Bibow, Jörg - 2018
This study investigates the evolution of central bank profits as fiscal revenue (or: seigniorage)before and in the … monetary policies are seeing their gradual“normalization.”Seigniorage exposes the connections between currency issuance and … normal times seigniorage largely derives from the note issue supplementedby “own” resources. Essentially, the central bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910166
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Broadening Narrow Money : Monetary Policy with a Central Bank Digital Currency
Meaning, Jack - 2018
This paper discusses central bank digital currency (CBDC) and its potential impact on the monetary transmission mechanism. We first offer a general definition of CBDC which should make the concept accessible to a wide range of economists and policy practitioners. We then investigate how CBDC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918967
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Unconventional monetary policies and central bank profits : seigniorage as fiscal revenue in the aftermath of the global financial crisis
Bibow, Jörg - 2018
This study investigates the evolution of central bank profits as fiscal revenue (or: seigniorage) before and in the … as monetary policies are seeing their gradual "normalization". Seigniorage exposes the connections between currency … seigniorage, and in normal times seigniorage largely derives from the note issue supplemented by "own" resources. Essentially, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011910944
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Can the Central Bank Alleviate Fiscal Burdens?
Reis, Ricardo - 2017
Central banks affect the resources available to fiscal authorities through the impact of their policies on the public debt, as well as through their income, their mix of assets, their liabilities, and their own solvency. This paper inspects the ability of the central bank to alleviate the fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948206
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The financial market effects of the ECB's asset purchase programs
Lewis, Vivien; Roth, Markus - 2017
The European Central Bank's asset purchase programs, while intended to stabilize the economy, may have unintended side effects on financial stability. This paper aims at gauging the effects on financial markets, the banking sector, and lending to non-financial firms. Using a structural vector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011714654