The Future of Monetary Policy: The Central Bank as an Army With Only a Signal Corps / Benjamin M. Friedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Benjamin M.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w7420.

NBER working paper series no. w7420

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

The Future of Monetary Policy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1999.

Summary:

The influence of monetary policy over interest rates, and via interest rates over nonfinancial economic activity, stems from the central bank's role as a monopolist over the supply of bank reserves. Several trends already visible in the financial markets of many countries today threaten to weaken or even undermine the relevance of that monopoly, and with it the efficacy of monetary policy. These developments include the erosion of the demand for bank-issued money, the proliferation of nonbank credit, and aspects of the operation of bank clearing mechanisms. What to make of these threats from a public policy perspective in particular, whether to undertake potentially aggressive regulatory measures in an effort to forestall them depends in large part on one's view of the contribution of monetary policy toward successful economic performance

Notes:

Print version record

November 1999.