Business & Economics : Money & Monetary Policy

Why is Money, a) The thing that most of us worry about the most, and b) The thing that you understand and were educated in school about the least? ...

The Pursuit of Wealth is a fascinating 5,000 year journey through the evolution of money and investing. From risk versus return in Mesopotamia through today'......

In a concise, accessible, and nontechnical style, Understanding the Euro explains the new currency and its worldwide ramifications. Author: Chabot, Christia......

This chapter comes from Stabilizing an Unstable Economy, the seminal work by Hyman Minsky. It reveals his groundbreaking financial theory of investment, one ......

This chapter comes from Stabilizing an Unstable Economy, the seminal work by Hyman Minsky. It reveals his groundbreaking financial theory of investment, one ......

In this keenly argued book, Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds offer the most powerful defense of economic liberalism since F. A. Hayek published The Road to Serfdo......

The prevailing view among economists and policy makers is that money has no impact on production in a longer term characterised by full price and wage flexib......

How and for whose benefit the European Central Bank (ECB) will work is the most important issue facing Europe, and has been the subject of vast media and aca......

This upper-level undergraduate textbook, now in its second editon, approaches monetary economics using the classical paradigm of rational agents in a market ......

In mainstream economic theory money functions as an instrument for the circulation of commodities or for keeping a stock of liquid wealth. In neither case is......

This book examines monetary policy by focusing on how the President and the Senate influence monetary policy by appointing Fed members. The book attempts to ......

Proper conduct of monetary policy requires understanding the monetary transmission mechanism, to monitor the economy, make decisions on the stance of policy,......

The New Keynesian framework has emerged as the workhorse for the analysis of monetary policy and its implications for inflation, economic fluctuations, and w......

The paper describes the operational characteristics of hawala in Afghanistan. It describes the system's geographic characteristics, convenience, effectivenes......

Financial Sector Policy and the Poor is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's ongo......

In the past ten years, the world of microfinance has changed dramatically. The field has moved rapidly from early innovations in providing loans to help poor......

"Business firms have employed strategic alliances with other firms to effectively manage costs, overcome resource and technology constraints, and enhance com......

"The Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) is a major initiative, undertaken jointly by the World Bank and the IMF, in response to the financial crises ......

This study investigates the relationship between financial sector development and progress in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It assesses t......

Domestic government debt markets play a critical role in managing public debt effectively and reducing the vulnerability of developing countries to financial......