Instability in the world dollar standard, as most recently manifested in the US Federal Reserve's near-zero interest rate policy, has caused consternation in emerging markets with naturally higher interest rates. China has been provoked into speeding RMB “internationalization”; that is,...

This indispensable book provides a comprehensive analysis of monetary and financial integration in East Asia. It assesses the steps already taken toward financial integration and brings forward different proposals for future exchange rate arrangements in what has now become the world’s...

China's fixed its exchange rate at 8.28 yuan to the dollar from 1994 to July 2005, and has only allowed for a small appreciation since then. China's productivity growth has been very high relative to most other countries: its trade surplus has been rising and it continues to accumulate large...

Eine ausgewogene Konjunkturpolitik verlangt, dass in Boomphasen Rücklagen gebildet werden, die in der Rezession zur Stimulation der Konjunktur verwendet werden. Doch in der Realität kommt es zu Asymmetrien, denn die schuldenfinanzierten Ausgabenprogramme in der Krise werden nur unzureichend...