Author: Otmar IssingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Background Studies for the ECB's Evaluation of Its Monetary Policy Strategy
Author: Otmar IssingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Overview of the Background Studies for the Reflections on the ECB's Monetary Policy Strategy
Author: European Central BankPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The ECB and the Euro
Author: Otmar IssingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Describes the success of the first five years of the euro's life. This book describes the mechanisms that have been used by the ECB to achieve its objectives. It also states that EU governments must address structural difficulties in their economies, particularly in labour markets.
Inflation Targets and the Liquidity Trap
Author: Matthias KlaefflingThe ECB’s Monetary Analysis Revisited
Author: Helge BergerPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Monetary aggregates continue to play an important role in the ECB's policy strategy. This paper revisits the case for money, surveying the ongoing theoretical and empirical debate. The key conclusion is that an exclusive focus on non-monetary factors alone may leave the ECB with an incomplete picture of the economy. However, treating monetary factors as a separate matter is a second-best solution. Instead, a general-equilibrium inspired analytical framework that merges the economic and monetary "pillars" of the ECB's policy strategy appears the most promising way forward. The role played by monetary aggregates in such unified framework may be rather limited. However, an integrated framework would facilitate the presentation of policy decisions by providing a clearer narrative of the relative role of money in the interaction with other economic and financial sector variables, including asset prices, and their impact on consumer prices.
Why Has Broad Money Demand Been More Stable in the Euro Area Than in Other Economies?
Author: Alessandro CalzaForecasting Real GDP
Author: Claus BrandThe Monetary Policy Strategy of the ECB Reconsidered
Author: Jordi GalíPublisher: Centre for Economic Policy Research
ISBN: 1898128731
Category : Eurozone
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
As one of the world's key central banks, the European Central Bank comes under intense public scrutiny. Yet, its constituency is diverse, with different national traditions of central banking and varied views about the conduct of monetary policy. The ECB acts on behalf of all the members of EMU, but belongs to no particular member state. It is accountable to the European Parliament, which has only a very recent tradition of oversight of monetary policy. For these reasons, there is a need for a regular, rigorous, non-partisan and pan-European analysis of the options facing the ECB and the policies it pursues. Monitoring the European Central Bank addresses this need. Written by a team of distinguished academic economists known internationally for their work on macroeconomics and monetary policy, MECB produces a full report and an Update each year. The full report describes the issues faced by the ECB during the preceding year; assesses the policy choices that were made; and sets out the issues likely to arise during the coming year. The Update offers a follow-up to the main report, and is written in the light of the Bank's own annual report. 'Duisenberg record' and the recent review by the ECB of its monetary policy strategy. It finds that the ECB has failed to achieve its stated key objective of avoiding inflation in excess of 2 per cent. Tough rhetoric without delivery has been a strategic mistake. Actual inflation appears to be adrift due to inattentive policy. This could lead to a dangerous and costly-to-correct climb in the inflation rates, unless sufficient attention is paid soon to this issue by the ECB. The ECB should have used its review of the monetary policy strategy to admit this failure and to adjust its inflation target range upwards, bringing words in line with actual policy. It did not, and stresses continuity instead. Money still continues to play too prominent a role in the ECB's stated strategy. The report examines several of the arguments often given for a prominent role of money, and finds none of them convincing. Inflation at present and in the future should be the central focus of the ECB's analysis, not money growth rates. Deflation is a risk that is always present when inflation is low. The ECB should admit this rather than avoi
The European Central Bank
Author: D. HowarthPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230503101
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
David Howarth and Peter Loedel provide a theoretically inspired account of the creation, design and operation of the European Central Bank. Issues explored include the theoretical approaches to the ECB, the antecedents of European monetary authority, the different national perspectives on central bank independence, the complex organisation of the bank, the issues of accountability and the difficult first years of the ECB in operation.
The Birth of the Euro
Author: Otmar IssingPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139473573
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Today, 318 million people in 15 countries use the Euro, which now rivals the importance of the US Dollar in the world economy. This is an outcome that few would have predicted with confidence when the Euro was launched. How can we explain this success and what are the prospects for the future? There is nobody better placed to answer these questions than Otmar Issing, who as a founding member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (1998–2006), was one of the Euro's principal architects. His story is a unique insider account, combining personal memoir with reference to the academic and policy literature. Free of jargon, this is a very human reflection on a unique historical experiment and a key reference for all academics, policy makers, and 'Eurowatchers' seeking to understand how the Euro has got to where it is today and what challenges lie ahead.