committee have a lower probability of casting inconsistent votes. Further results suggest that Board members and bank presidents … differ significantly, with bank presidents casting inconsistent votes more often than Board members do. This relation holds … after the change in transparency differences between Board members and bank presidents remain, whereas differences between …

information search patterns, of German citizens on trust in the ECB. We rely on a unique representative public opinion survey of …

This paper investigates the information content of the Norges Bank's key rate projections. Wavelet spectrum estimates … central bank communication. -- Central bank communication ; interest rate projections ; wavelets ; jump probabilities …

This paper outlines a new method for using qualitative information to analyze the monetary policy strategy of central … banks. Quantitative assessment indicators that are extracted from a central bank's public statements via the balance …

meet the liquidity needs of dysfunctional financial markets. As the eligibility criteria for central bank borrowing have … been tweaked, it is legitimate to ask, 'How elastic should the supply of central bank currency be?' Even when the central … bank has the ability to create abundant official liquidity, there should be some limits to its support for the financial …

We assess whether the voting records of central bank boards are informative about future monetary policy using data on …

We assess whether the voting records of central bank boards are informative about future monetary policy. First, we … specify a theoretical model of central bank board decision-making and simulate the voting outcomes. Three different versions …