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Causes of the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis : the role of the USA and the European Central Bank monetary policy
Białek, Natalia - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 11 (2015) 2, pp. 47-63
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 -...
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Disinflation and monetary independence in Romania
Goczek, Lukasz - In: Baltic journal of economics 15 (2015) 1, pp. 65-79
In this article, the issue of the monetary independence problem in view of the Romania's European Monetary Union accession is investigated empirically. It is frequently argued that for such a country, the main cost of participation in a currency area is the loss of monetary policy independence....
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Measuring nominal and real convergence of selected CEE countries by the Taylor rule
Böing, Tobias; Stadtmann, Georg; Sydykova, Meerim - In: International journal of management and economics 52 (2016) 1, pp. 9-22
We propose using a simple Taylor rule to evaluate business cycle convergence of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland with the Eurozone. Our findings indicate an ongoing convergence of those CEE countries to the Eurozone, but with instabilities and heterogeneity between the countries....
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Central Bank communication and monetary policy predictability under uncertain economic conditions
Lehtimäki, Jonne O.; Palmu, Marianne - In: Journal of central banking theory and practice 8 (2019) 2, pp. 3-32
Modern central banks increasingly value monetary policy transparency, and attempt to build credibility by communicating their decisions to the public. This paper studies whether the communication of central banks can be used to explain upcoming changes in their most important monetary policy...
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Is monetary integration economically viable in the Economic Community of West African States?
Agboola, Olayode W.; Olayeni, Olaolu Richard - In: West African journal of monetary and economic integration 22 (2022) 1, pp. 1-32
The introduction of a common currency in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been the subject of extensive research over the past couple of decades, with extant issues ranging from viability and feasibility to sustainability of monetary integration in the region. This...
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Despite crises, the stability of the euro is rooted in the middle class
Bayer, Christian; Kriwoluzky, Alexander; Müller, Gernot J. - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 29/31, pp. 217-222
In the 24 years since its introduction, the euro has experienced a financial crisis, a government debt crisis, a global pandemic, and an energy crisis-and survived. Using a model focusing on households, this Weekly Report shows that the monetary union’s stability is rooted in the fact that the...
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Central bank cooperation and Lending of Last Resort in the Scandinavian Monetary Union
Ögren, Anders; Trautwein, Hans-Michael - In: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte 63 (2022) 2, pp. 433-494
The functioning of multi-nation monetary unions with several central banks is conditioned by many factors and considerations, such as the capacity to deal with crises, the political will and operational skill to foster financial integration and to develop a mix of rules and discretion in the...
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Ready or not? : constructing the Monetary Union Readiness Index
Erhart, Szilárd - In: Journal of central banking theory and practice 11 (2022) 1, pp. 23-66
While all EU Member States can join the group's monetary union, the euro area, some members are far more ready for the adoption and use of the single European currency. Here, we construct a new Monetary Union Readiness Index (MURI) for the EU Member States. The theoretical framework of the index...
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Geldpolitik im heterogenen Währungsraum und die offene Frage der Konvergenz
Afflatet, Nicolas - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 96 (2016) 3, pp. 193-197
Innerhalb einer Währungsunion ist eine souveräne nationale Geldpolitik nicht möglich. Solange die einzelnen Länder sich … in verschiedenen ökonomischen Situationen befi nden, wirkt sich auch die gemeinsame Geldpolitik unterschiedlich aus. Sind … die Länder zu heterogen, kann die gemeinsame Geldpolitik zu verstärkter Divergenz führen. Der Autor hat die Entwicklung …
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20 years of common European monetary policy : reasons to celebrate
Fritsche, Jan Philipp; Harms, Patrick Christian - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 20/21, pp. 179-187
Twenty years after the introduction of the euro, this Weekly Report uses an empirical analysis to assess the performance of monetary policy in the EMU founding states. It is often claimed that the monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB) cannot outperform its national predecessors, as...
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