We investigate the consequences of excessive international debt overhang as they relate to both debtor and creditor countries. In particular, we assess the impact of monetary policy on financial stability and how it can be used to smooth borrowers, as well as creditors, consumption over the...

The Bank of England’s ‘consultative document’ on Competition and Credit Control was published on May 14th, 1971. It was a landmark occasion, representing a decisive break with the prior system of maintaining direct controls over the, main components of the, UK banking system; the intention...

Goodhart's Law states that 'any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes'. This article explores whether the inflation experience in EMU and the critique of the monetary policy strategy of the ECB can be understood in the light of...