How Central Bankers See It: The First Decade of ECB Policy and Beyond / Stephen G. Cecchetti, Kermit L. Schoenholtz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cecchetti, Stephen G.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Schoenholtz, Kermit L.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w14489.

NBER working paper series no. w14489

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

How Central Bankers See It

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2008.

Summary:

In this history of the first decade of ECB policy, we also discuss key challenges for the next decade. Beyond the ECB's track record and an array of published critiques, our analysis relies on unique source material: extensive interviews with current and former ECB leaders and with other policymakers and scholars who viewed the evolution of the ECB from privileged vantage points. We share the assessment of our interviewees that the ECB has enjoyed many more successes than disappointments. These successes reflect both the ECB's design and implementation. Looking forward, we highlight the unique challenges posed by enlargement and, especially, by the euro area's complex arrangements for guarding financial stability. In the latter case, the key issues are coordination in a crisis and harmonization of procedures. As several interviewees suggested, in the absence of a new organizational structure for securing financial stability, the current one will need to function as if it were a single entity.

Notes:

Print version record

November 2008.