Beitrag zu den kurzfristigen Zielen der täglichen Beeinflussung des US-Dollar-/Deutschmarkkurses seitens der Deutschen Bundesbank und des Federal-Reserve-System Zweck dieses Artikels ist es, eine kurzfristige Reaktionsfunktion der Interventionen der Deutschen Bundesbank und des...

The integration of financial markets is a fast growing phenomenon worldwide, but especially in the EU. Along with the positive aspects such as simplifying financial transactions, there are also negative implications attached to it. As was the case with the current economic and financial crisis,...

Central banks have become more and more transparent about their monetary policy making process. In the central bank transparency literature the distinction between actual and perceived transparency is often lacking. However, as perceptions are crucial for the actions of economic agents this...

The rationale for the independence of central banks is the so-called 'Rules versus Discretion' debate, which is described in this article. Central bank independence is considered an effective measure against governments from manipulating policy instruments to spur short-term economic growth and...

The rationale for the independence of central banks is the so-called 'Rules versus Discretion' debate, which is described in this article. Central bank independence is considered an effective measure against governments from manipulating policy instruments to spur short-term economic growth and...