Comparison of the activities of the Fed and the ECB

This bachelor thesis is devoted to the activities of the Federal Reserve System and European Central Bank. It is consistent with the historical development since the FED and ECB came into existence. The aim of the thesis is to compare these two central banks. The first chapter describes the history of the FED, its' organizational structure and the tasks that it is responsible for, as about second part, it deals with the historical development of the European central bank, its' structure and tasks and third chapter focuses directly on a comparison of activities of the FED and ECB, particularly of their monetary policies. This part compare FED and ECB in terms of independence, accountability and transparency. The last chapter tries to analyse the economic developments in the USA and euro area and the answer to the question what the role FED and ECB plays in managing the economy