Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Current Issues in Economics and Finance
Monetary policy implementation: common goals but different practices
AbstractWhile the goals that guide monetary policy in different countries are very similar, central banks diverge in their methods of implementing policy. This study of the policy frameworks of four central banks—the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and the Swiss National Bank—focuses on two notable areas of difference. The first is the choice of an interest rate target, a standard feature of conventional monetary policy. The second is the choice of instruments for managing the central banks’ expanded balance sheets—a decision made necessary by the banks’ unconventional practice of acquiring large quantities of assets during the financial crisis.
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Marlene Amstad & Antoine Martin, "Monetary policy implementation: common goals but different practices"
, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Current Issues in Economics and Finance, volume 17, issue Nov, 2011.
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Keywords: Banks and banking; Central ; Monetary policy ; European Central Bank ; Federal Reserve System ; Bank of England ; Swiss National Bank ; Interest rates ; Assets (Accounting)
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