Should Monetary Policy Take Inequality and Climate Change into Account?
Patrick Honohan | 24 January 2020
Monetary,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
Climate Change,
Governing Finance,
Inequality Should central banks take more account of ethical issues, notably the impact of monetary policy actions on the distribution of income and wealth and on efforts to combat climate change, in the design and implementation of the wider monetary policy toolkit they have been using
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Legitimacy Challenges to Central Banks: Sketching a Way Forward
Peter Dietsch | 19 January 2020
Monetary,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
Central Banks,
Governing Finance Delegation to independent agencies (IAs) can reap real benefits for policy making. In the case of monetary policy, it shores up the credibility of the central bank. However, it is generally accepted that the discretion of IAs needs to be constrained to ensure their legitimacy.
This
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Against Amnesia: Re-Imagining Central Banking
Benjamin Braun and
Leah Downey | 10 January 2020
Monetary,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
Central Banks,
Governing Finance The purpose of the present paper is to identify and challenge contemporary adherence to the core of the prevailing monetary policy consensus. This consensus consists of what we call the holy trinity of the inflation targeting paradigm: price stability as the primary goal of the
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Governing Finance for Sustainability – Panel Discussion
16 October 2019 | Washington D.C., USA | By Invitation Monetary,
Panel | Tags:
Central Banks,
Financial Regulation,
Governing Finance The nexus between financial governance, macroeconomic and financial stability, social cohesion, and environmental sustainability has become the subject of a growing debate among policymakers and market participants. Current beliefs on central banking and financial regulation are being questioned in the face of systemic challenges such
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Governing Finance for Sustainability – Pathways Forward
15 October 2019 | Washington D.C., USA | By Invitation Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Central Banks,
Financial Regulation,
Governing Finance This is the third in a series of roundtables on Governing Finance for Sustainability. Details on the first roundtable can be found here, and the second here.
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Governing Finance for Sustainability – Advancing the Debate
8-9 July 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland | By Invitation Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Central Banks,
Financial Regulation,
Governing Finance Since the initial roundtable that was held in January 2019 we have been carefully following the debate on governing finance in what we increasingly perceive to be a four-way nexus between growing risks in today's financial and monetary systems, the power of central banks and
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Central Banks and the G20 Agenda. Ensuring Policy Coherence
Alexander Barkawi and
José Siaba Serrate | 21 March 2019
Monetary,
Blog | Tags:
Central Banks,
G20,
Governing Finance The G20 has come a long way in pulling economies back from the brink. Yet, a lot remains to be done in its pursuit of inclusive and sustainable growth. Productivity growth is sluggish, unemployment remains well above pre-crisis levels, inequality is hitting record highs, and
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Changing Landscapes for Central Banks and Financial Regulators
William White | 14 March 2019
Monetary,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
Central Banks,
Governing Finance This discussion note is an extended version of the introductory comments shared by the author at a CEP roundtable on “Governing Finance and Sustainability” in January 2019. It addresses in order the four issues raised in the convening’s agenda. First, what are the historical origins
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Governing Finance and Sustainability
21-22 January 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland | By Invitation Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Central Banks,
Financial Regulation,
Governing Finance As highlighted by Benoît Coeuré from the ECB in his keynote on “Monetary Policy and Climate Change” last November, there is an accelerating momentum to move sustainability up financial market agendas worldwide. A key aspect of this development is the growing acceptance that the nexus
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