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This collection analyses the monetary and exchange rate strategies of the EU accession countries during the EMU (pre-) accession phase and also policy questions that will appear upon Euroarea entry.

This collection analyses the monetary and exchange rate strategies of the EU accession countries during the EMU (pre ) accession phase and also policy questions that will appear upon Euroarea entry. Written by specialists in the field, it is a must read for all economists with an interest in the rapidly evolving economies of the future EU member states. PETER BACKE Economist, Central Bank of Austria GONZALO CAPRIOLO State Undersecretary and Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance of Slovenia ATTILA CSAJBK Deputy Head of the Monetary Analysis Division, Economics Department, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary) CASPER G.DE VRIES Professor of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands JARKO FIDRMUC Economist, Central Bank of Austria RAOUL LTTEME Economist, Bank of Estonia VLADMIR LAVRAC Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana, Slovenia ELISABETH LEDRUT Economist, Central Bank of The Netherlands ROMAN MATOUSEK Associate Lecturer, London Guildhall University BRUNO MERLEVEDE Researcher, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium JOSEPH PLASMANS Professor, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium LUKASZ W. RAWDANOWICZ Economist, Center for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw, Poland MARTTI RANDVEER Head of Research Department, Bank of Estonia URMAS SEPP formerly Head of Research Department at the Bank of Estonia from 1993 until his death in 2002 ANITA TACI Economist, Chief Economist Office, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, London PIETER W. VAN FOREST Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands CEZARY WJCIK Assistant Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland

The limitations of past economic policies are highlighted to help create a new policy framework for an era defined by high inflation, low economic growth, large budget deficits, and increased private sector debt. This book presents a new understanding of monetary policy that engages with the changing behaviour of economic agents.

This book explores the end of the era of low inflation and stable price increases, known as “The Great Moderation”, and the impact this will have on monetary policy. The macroeconomic trends and economic policy issues observed within developed countries over the last 70 years are linked with the economic theory debates of the time to highlight how the current economic challenges came about. The limitations of past economic policies are highlighted to help create a new policy framework for an era defined by high inflation, low economic growth, large budget deficits, and increased private sector debt.This book presents a new understanding of monetary policy that engages with the changing behaviour of economic agents. It will be relevant to researchers and policymakers interested in monetary policy and the political economy.

The book focuses on the recent experience of Latin America economies with designing, announcing, and implementing monetary policies with different internal and external anchors. Given the often dismal track record of monetary stabilization in Latin America, it deals primarily with the conditions of the economies such as their exposure to real exogenous shocks, high dollarization, regulated and segmented labor markets, lack of reputation of past policies and monetary institutions, and turbulences from deep financial and currency crises. Lessons from European monetary integration are taken into consideration as well as regimes between the extremes of full exchange rate flexibility and fixed exchange rates applied in other emerging markets. Finally, the role which regional integration in Latin America can play to reduce the extent of asymmetric shocks is discussed as a companion piece to joint efforts to fight monetary instability.

The aim of this book is to analyse specific sets of macro and structural policies in selected Eastern European countries. The book includes studies on the major Western CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, plus a set of cross-country and regional studies. The focus is on the link between sustained economic growth and macro and structural economic policies in the CIS countries where recovery lagged until recently. By analysing how government policy can affect the relevant variables and behavioural framework in an economy and how these countries can achieve stability and engage in micro-structural reforms for long-run growth, the book contributes importantly to the discussion about the economic prospects of the CIS countries.

The book focuses on the recent experience of Latin America economies with designing, announcing, and implementing monetary policies with different internal and external anchors. Given the often dismal track record of monetary stabilization in Latin America, it deals primarily with the conditions of the economies such as their exposure to real exogenous shocks, high dollarization, regulated and segmented labor markets, lack of reputation of past policies and monetary institutions, and turbulences from deep financial and currency crises. Lessons from European monetary integration are taken into consideration as well as regimes between the extremes of full exchange rate flexibility and fixed exchange rates applied in other emerging markets. Finally, the role which regional integration in Latin America can play to reduce the extent of asymmetric shocks is discussed as a companion piece to joint efforts to fight monetary instability.