Add to ORKGUnlike other facets of monetary policy renormalisation, there has been little discussion yet of what principles should determine the optimum size of a Central Bank's balance sheet, the end-point to which on-going portfolio reductions should approach. In this note I start by addressing the arguments of those who would leave this balance sheet very large, much as now; and then continue with the counter-arguments, also stressing the nature of the relationships between monetary and fiscal policies, and between the Central Bank and the Treasury's Debt Management Office
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During the crisis, the ECB resorted to a number of unconventional monetary tools. This paper discuss...
In this paper, we analyse why the changing and growing roles of independent Central Banks now do req...
This paper considers the efficiency of money creation by banks and the principles of the central ban...
What is the case for adding the unconventional balance sheet policies used by major central banks si...
We explore the effects of reducing the overall size of the central bank's balance sheet and lowering...
While many analyses of monetary policy consider only the adjustment of a central bank's target for a...
In spite of the mystique behind a central bank's balance sheet, its resource constraint bounds the d...
While many analyses of monetary policy consider only a target for a short-term nominal interest rate...
I discuss six tools available to monetary policy makers. Three of these have been used since the inc...
The paper discusses key elements of optimal central bank design and applies its findings to the Euro...
The authors examine the experience of selected central banks that have used large-scale balance-shee...
Balance sheet analysis is standard practice for assessing private sector businesses. No such analysi...
The study of quantitative easing (QE) policies has so far focussed on which assets the central bank ...
Under ordinary circumstances, the fiscal implications of central bank policies tend to be seen as re...
The balance sheet of the European Central Bank (ECB) represents a very small fraction (onetenth) of ...
During the crisis, the ECB resorted to a number of unconventional monetary tools. This paper discuss...
In this paper, we analyse why the changing and growing roles of independent Central Banks now do req...
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