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monetary authorities exhibit somewhat different status and tasks, which reflect different historical conditions and national … the differences among these three world’s principal monetary authorities. A comparison based on simple “over …-the-counter” policy reaction functions shows no striking differences in terms of monetary policy implementation. …
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) term the "macroeconomic allegories" that influence monetary policy decision-making. The contacts that make up the "network …
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properties and historical decompositions. This framework rationalizes the monetary transmission mechanism as well as the effects … of major shocks influencing the macroeconomic variables and can assess the role of monetary policy in reacting to … monetary policy and helping policymakers mainly to react strongly to inflation. …
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Like the Bank of Japan (BOJ) a decade ago, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) has recently taken a number of unprecedented steps to stabilize its foundering financial system. This paper describes the Fed’s and the BOJ’s responses to their countries’ crises, highlighting the similarities and...
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We apply complexity theory to financial markets to show that excess liquidity created by the Eurosystem has led to critical transitions in the configuration of interest rates. Complexity indicators turn out to be useful signals of tipping points and subsequent regime shifts in interest rates. We...
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A Three-Point Plan for Monetary Reform Prominent economists such as John B. Taylor and William White have argued that … monetary policy mistakes have triggered the current financial crisis. Central banks, however, seem to be mainly concerned with … Depression, this paper proposes a new strategy for monetary policy with three main elements: a target for the growth of nominal …
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Central bank intervention in the form of quantitative easing (QE) during times of low interest rates is a controversial topic. This paper introduces a novel approach to study the effectiveness of such unconventional measures. Using U.S. data on six key financial and macroeconomic variables...
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Communication has become a vital part of modern monetary policy, and its importance is even higher during a crisis when …
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