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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337673703321

Autore

Herger Nils

Titolo

Understanding Central Banks / / by Nils Herger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

9783030051624

3030051625

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 200 p. 47 illus., 45 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

330

332.11

Soggetti

Economics

Macroeconomics

Finance, Public

Economic history

Popular Science in Economics

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

Public Finance

Economic History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- A Brief History of Central Banks -- Money: Lubricant of the Economy -- Monetary-policy Instruments -- Money, Credit, and Banking -- The Initial and Final Effects of Monetary Policy on Inflation, Output, and (Un)employment -- Central-bank Independence -- International Monetary Policy -- Final chapter: The Past, Present, and Future of Central Banking. .

Sommario/riassunto

Issues related to central banks feature regularly in economic news coverage, and in times of economic or financial crisis, especially when a commercial bank is bailed out, they become the focus of the policy debate. But what role do central banks play in a modern economy? How do central banks wield influence over the financial system and the broad economy? Through which channels does monetary policy impact macroeconomic fundamentals such as inflation or unemployment? For



example, how does a central bank alter the money supply? What are the benefits of central bank independence, and what are the up- and downsides of having a common currency? This book provides easily accessible answers to these and other questions associated with central banking.