Zur Beurteilung der Wirkungen der Geldpolitik der EZB sind in den neunziger Jahren verschiedene Indikatoren entwickelt worden. Im diesem Beitrag wurden aus dieser Gruppe zwei besonders prominente Indikatoren, der Taylor-Zins und der Monetary Condition Index (MCI), ausgewählt und ihr Verlauf im...

Das ANFA-Abkommen ist eine vertragliche Vereinbarung über Nettofinanzanlagen (NFA) zwischen den 19 nationalen Zentralbanken (NZB) der Eurostaaten und der Europäischen Zentralbank. Es beinhaltet Regeln und Obergrenzen von Wertpapierbeständen, die die NZBen eigenständig erwerben können, und...

This paper outlines important lessons for monetary policy. In particular, the role of inflation targeting, which was much acclaimed prior to the financial crisis and since then has not lost much of its endorsement, is critically reviewed. Ignoring the relation between monetary policy and asset...

This paper discusses possible links between monetary arrangements in particular monetary union and economic growth. It is stressed that growth depends ultimately on how the real economy works: there is no monetary magic that can conjure up growth. But monetary policy can contribute to conditions...

This paper develops and estimates a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model with sticky prices and wages for the euro area. The model incorporates various other features such as habit formation, costs of adjustment in capital accumulation and variable capacity utilisation. It is...

In monetary policy strategies geared towards maintaining price stability conditional and unconditional forecasts of inflation and output play an important role. In this paper we illustrate how modern sticky-price dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models, estimated using Bayesian...

This paper estimates a DSGE model with many types of shocks and frictions for both the US and the euro area economy over a common sample period (1974-2002). The structural estimation methodology allows us to investigate whether differences in business cycle behaviour are due to differences in...

In this paper we derive a microfounded macro New Keynesian model for open economies, be them large or small. We consider habit formation in consumption, sectoral linkages, domestic and foreign governments, tradable and non-tradable final and intermediate goods and imperfect pass-through in these...

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...