scholarly journals Better Off Without the Euro? A Structural VAR Assessment of European Monetary Policy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Philipp Fritsche ◽  
Patrick Harms
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Structural Var ◽  
European Monetary ◽  
European Monetary Policy

scholarly journals The ECB's conundrum and 21st century monetary policy: How European monetary policy can be green, social and democratic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens van 't Klooster
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Monetary Policy ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Government Debt ◽  
European Monetary ◽  
European Monetary Policy

The ECB’s mandate was drafted 30 years ago and focuses narrowly on preventing inflation. As a consequences, the ECB lacks clear democratic guidance concerning the challenges it faces today: how to deal with government debt and what to do to fight climate change. This lack of guidance undermines the legitimacy of its choices and the effectiveness of its programmes. The EU’s political institutions can solve the ECB’s conundrum by providing it with renewed democratic authorisation.

Possible scenarios for European monetary policy in 2021

2021 ◽  
pp. 4-13
Author(s):  
Yulia Alekseevna Polyakova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Level Structure ◽  
System Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Monetary ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
Global Nature ◽  
European Monetary Policy

The article analyzes the proposed directions (scenarios) of fi ne-tuning of monetary policy of the European Union and the likely consequences of global pandemic volatility. The article also points to the need to continue to reform the European monetary policy, particularly considering the role of the euro in the modern system of international fi nance, the EU debt problems and competition with the U.S. dollar. The widespread prevalence of COVID-19 and the related periods of self-isolation and lockdowns have exacerbated monetary and fi nancial problems even in the world’s leading countries such as the European Union. The solution of monetary problems in its multi-level structure is entrusted to the European Central Bank, which acts as a regional (and at the same time supranational) regulator of the monetary and fi nancial sphere at the system level. The pursued unconventional monetary policy, aimed at getting out of the prolonged recession and defl ation, is facing new challenges, including those of a global nature. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the current situation and identify the real reasons that prevent the achievement of these goals. The author comes to conclusion that they can be classifi ed into external and internal causes, exogenous and endogenous, fundamental and force majeure. However, the coronavirus formally related to the latter, as it seems in view of the onset of the second wave and the projected third, can, to a certain extent, be considered a hybrid one, beginning to exert a comprehensive infl uence, aff ecting all spheres of human activity and certainly monetary and fi nancial sphere as well. Exchange rates are becoming more volatile, and traditional measures to regulate them are no longer eff ective. Consequently, the need to fi nd new approaches to monetary policy, especially for the European Union, with its becoming permanent debt problems, capital under-regulation and unfi nished regional currency digitalization, is becoming increasingly evident.

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