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The fiscal footprint of macroprudential policy
Monetary policies leave a fiscal footprint. When the central bank cuts the policy interest rate, this footprint comes through multiple
channels: The demand for currency rises, so the central bank prints more banknotes to accommodate it, and this creates seignorage revenues. Inflation unexpectedly ...
Independence, credibility, and communication of central banking: an overview
The institution of central-bank independence is often lauded as a great conquest of the accumulation of knowledge and the sensible
setting of policy. The economic literature is filled with arguments for why an independent central bank would lead to better outcomes.
To this prior, the experience of ...