This paper argues that the loose monetary policy of two of the world’s most important financial institutions-the US Federal Reserve Board and the European Central Bank-were ultimately responsible for the outburst of global financial crisis of 2008 - 09. Unusually low interest rates in 2001 -...

Der Beitrag behandelt die Auswirkungen der expansiven Geldpolitik auf das Sparen und die Sparkultur. Dem Konstrukt der sogenannten Sparschwemme oder "savings glut" als Erklärungsansatz niedriger Zinsen wird eine Absage erteilt. Gerade in Deutschland gibt es für das Sparen nach wie vor gute...

While the goals that guide monetary policy in different countries are very similar, central banks diverge in their methods of implementing policy. This study of the policy frameworks of four central banks—the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and the Swiss...

The ECB has taken a range of actions to address bank funding problems, eliminate excessive risk in sovereign markets, and safeguard monetary transmission. But euro area financial markets have remained fragmented, driving retail interest rates in stressed markets far above those in the core. This...