Bücher der Reihe Macroeconomic Policy Making

Macroprudential policy is perhaps the most important development in central bank policymaking circles since the global financial crisis, and reliance on such policies continues to spread. This is a guide to the latest theoretical developments, showing how they relate to monetary policy, and supported by empirical evidence from many countries.

Bringing together senior central bank economists and leading academic monetary economists, this book offers a state-of-the-art analysis of how the financial crisis has changed the way in which macroeconomic policymakers model longer term interest rates, and the challenges posed to the conduct of monetary policy.

Bringing together senior central bank economists and leading academic monetary economists, this book offers a state-of-the-art analysis of how the financial crisis has changed the way in which macroeconomic policymakers model longer term interest rates, and the challenges posed to the conduct of monetary policy.

Provides academics and practitioners with a broader understanding of the origins of financial capitalism. A specially commissioned group of historians and economists examine and challenge North and Weingast's (1989) 'credible commitment' thesis and show that parliamentary backing of public finance alone is insufficient to create confidence in a state's credit-worthiness.

The recent financial crisis forced central banks to resort to a wholly new set of largely untested instruments to restore order, including quantitative easing and the purchase of toxic financial assets. This book assesses the effectiveness of these policy instruments and explores what lessons have so far been learned.

The recent financial crisis forced central banks to resort to a wholly new set of largely untested instruments to restore order, including quantitative easing and the purchase of toxic financial assets. This book assesses the effectiveness of these policy instruments and explores what lessons have so far been learned.

Not enough attention has been paid to the long business cycle expansion that started in 1992 and provided an exceptional period of macroeconomic stability in the UK. This book brings together senior macroeconomists to look at what policy-making lessons can be learned from this period of expansion.

Macroprudential policy is perhaps the most important development in central bank policymaking circles since the global financial crisis, and reliance on such policies continues to spread. This is a guide to the latest theoretical developments, showing how they relate to monetary policy, and supported by empirical evidence from many countries.

Not enough attention has been paid to the long business cycle expansion that started in 1992 and provided an exceptional period of macroeconomic stability in the UK. This book brings together senior macroeconomists to look at what policy-making lessons can be learned from this period of expansion.