Central Banking Systems Compared: The ECB, The Pre-Euro Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve System: Apel,Emmanuel: 9780415300421: Book: Business & Economics: eCampus.com

This new study provides a comprehensive survey of the recently established European financial system in comparison to previous European systems and the U.S. Federal Reserve.

List of illustrations

List of abbreviations and acronyms

xii

Preface

xiv

1 Historical background and basic institutional features

(27)

The European Central Bank

(13)

The pre-euro Bundesbank

(3)

The Federal Reserve system

(11)

2 Objectives, independence, transparency and accountability

(36)

Principal statutory objective(s) of, and interpretation by, the three central banks

(5)

Central bank independence

(24)

Transparency and accountability

(7)

3 Monetary policy: strategy, instruments and actions

(79)

Monetary policy strategy of the Eurosystem

(16)

Operational instruments of the Eurosystem

(9)

Monetary policy decisions of the Eurosystem

(27)

Monetary policy strategy and instruments of the pre-euro Bundesbank

117

(16)

The Fed's monetary policy strategy

133

(6)

The Fed's principal operational instruments

139

(4)

4 Economic policy coordination in the eurozone

143

(50)

The economic policy framework

144

(31)

Banking prudential supervision and financial stability

175

(15)

Concluding remarks

190

(3)

Appendix

193

(2)

Notes

195

(10)

References

205

(8)

Index

213




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