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We examine the euro area monetary policy transmission process using post-1999 data, with two main questions in mind: has it changed after u0096 and because of u0096 EMU and, if so, is it becoming homogeneous across countries. Given the data limitations, we concentrate on three blocks of...
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This paper analyses the Nairu in the Euro Area and the influence that monetary policy had on its development. Using the Kalman-filter technique we find that the Nairu has varied considerably since the early seventies. The Kalman-filter technique is applied here for the first time using explicit...
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Die stark expansive Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank zeigt positive Wirkungen. Die Zinsen sind weiter gesunken, die Kreditvergabe erholt sich etwas und der Euro hat abgewertet. Allerdings ist die Inflation weiterhin deutlich zu niedrig und die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung zu schwach, um...
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This paper offers a comprehensive comparison of the structure of banking and financial markets in the euro area. Based on this, several hypotheses about the role of banks in monetary policy transmission are developed. Many of the predictions that have been proposed for the U.S. are deemed...
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In einzelnen europäischen Ländern bewegen sich die Vermögenspreise in Folge der Niedrigzinspolitik und Quantitativen Lockerung auf einem Niveau, das erhöhte Wachsamkeit verlangt. Gefordert ist nicht die Geldpolitik im engeren Sinne, deren Kurs angesichts der wirtschaftlichen Lage im Euroraum...
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This paper provides a summary of current knowledge on inflation persistence and price stickiness in the euro area, based on research findings that have been produced in the context of the Inflation Persistence Network. The main findings are: i) Under the current monetary policy regime, the...
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Der schwache Euro ist nicht Resultat von Währungsmanipulation, sondern Folge der Wirtschaftspolitik im Euroraum, die seit der internationalen Finanzkrise nicht expansiv genug und zeitweise sogar restriktiv war. Während die US-Wirtschaft mittlerweile nahezu voll ausgelastet ist, bleibt die...
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Current best practice in central banking views a high level of monetary policy predictability as desirable. A clear distinction, however, has to be made between short-term and longer-term predictability. While short-term predictability can be narrowly defined as the ability of the public to...
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