Challenges for Central Banking

2001
ISBN: 978-0-7923-7346-9
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1290 g

It may be possible to claim that, generally speaking, central banks around the world have never before held such a central and well-respected position in their respective countries as they hold now. Their tasks seem to be reasona­ bly well defined and the mandate given to them to guarantee price stability has so far worked more successfully than was perhaps expected. Inflation is lower than it has been for a long time. One central bank after the other has been given a position independent of normal party political processes. Re­ search concerning monetary policy and other topics of relevance for central banking has made good progress during the past decade. Much of the mys­ tique that has typically surrounded the internal work and decision-making of central banks has gradually disappeared. Instead, openness and transparency have become the key words of the day. The communication channels of central banks; speeches, inflation reports, minutes of meetings, etc. receive considerable attention and often give rise to headlines in the media. The en­ vironment in which central banks work and act today has thus undergone changes that in my view are very positive. However, we should always be on our guard against complacency. It would be most dangerous for central bankers today to sit back and relax in the belief that all of the important problems have been resolved and need no further consideration. Unless central bankers remain constantly alert and vigilant, their policy-making can easily deteriorate.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Santomero, Anthony M.

Vredin, Anders

Viotti, Staffan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Bankwirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Unternehmensfinanzierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen Finanzierung, Investition, Leasing
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geldwirtschaft, Währungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Challenges for Central Banking: An Introduction.- 2. Financial Stability, Regulation, Supervision, and Modern Central Banking.- 3. Regulation and the Evolution of the Financial Services Industry.- 4. Regulatory Capital and the Supervision of Financial Institutions: Some Basic Distinctions and Policy Choices.- 5. Central Bank Supervision in the Digital Age.- 6. Central Banks and Supervision with an Application to the EMU.- 7. Clearing and Settling Financial Transactions, Circa 2000.- 8. Central Banks and the Payment System.- 9. Central Banking and the Economics of Information.- 10. Designing a Monetary Authority.- 11. Maintaining Low Inflation: Rationale and Reality.- 12. Monetary Transmission Lags and the Formulation of the Policy Decision on Interest Rates.- 13. Shrinking Money and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy.- 14. Bank Credit versus Nonbank Credit and the Supply of Liquidity by the Central Bank.