We estimate a small structural model for inflation, the output gap, the domestic interest rate and the exchange rate for Hungary during the period of the transition (1991-1999). The transmission of monetary policy impulses to macro variables is characterized in a similar fashion to that of...

The evaluation of the output cost of monetary stabilization is one of the main macro questions to be addressed when comparing alternative strategies and paths to monetary convergence in the economies in transition. In general, the evaluation of the output costs of stabilization (and hence of the...

We estimate a small structural model for inflation, the output gap, the domestic interest rate and the exchange rate for Hungary during the period of the transition (1991-99). The transmission of monetary policy impulses to macro variables is characterized in a similar fashion to that of...

In this paper we discuss some of the monetary policy issues that have involved major central banks worldwide since the 2008 financial crisis, and which remain open. We provide an excursus of the unconventional monetary policies adopted by central banks in the last decade, focusing on the...