Description
The transmission mechanism of monetary policy is given particular emphasis and the book discusses the behaviour of a number of central banks, in particular the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve. The worldwide credit crunch and subsequent recession and non-conventional monetary policies such as quantitative easing are also given extensive treatment.
There are also chapters on a wide variety of topics such as: Consumption, investment, money demand and money supply, nominal rigidities, inflation and unemployment, time Inconsistency and central bank independence, the social costs of inflation, the role of financial intermediaries, monetary policy in an open economy, the term structure of interest rates, the stock market, the housing market and fiscal policy.
About the Author
John Fender is a Professor of Economics at the University of Birmingham. He has taught numerous undergraduate courses on Monetary Policy at several universities in the UK and the USA. As well as having written many research papers, John has also written two books.
Book Information
ISBN 9780470019092
Author John Fender
Format Paperback
Page Count 246
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 168mm * 15mm
