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In this collection of essays, the historical, legal and institutional basis of German internal and external monetary policy are explained, along with the goals of the German central bank and its role in the economy as a whole. This text also contains: a discussion of the role of the Deutschemark as one of the leading international transaction, reserve and investment currencies; the personal recollections of the chairman of the negotiations on intra-German monetary, economic and social union; and views on German monetary unification.

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Author:   Stephen F. Frowen ,  Robert Pringle ,  Hans Tietmeyer
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780333699881

ISBN 10:   0333699882
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   18 May 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Foreword by the President of the Deutsche Bundesbank Introduction; S.F.Frowen & R.Pringle The Bundesbank, committed to stability; H.Tietmeyer Bundesbank Independence, Organisation and Decision-making; L.Gleske German Monetary Unification: Domestic and External Issues; R.Konig & C.Willeke Monetary Policy: Targets and Instruments; P.Schmid Relations between the Bundesbank and the Federal Government; B.Wahlig Banking Supervision: Who is doing what?; J.Becker Recollections of the German Treaty Negotiations of 1990; H.Tietmeyer German Unification: A Personal View; N.Kloten Ethics and Morals in Central Banking: do they exist, do they matter?; O.Issing The Evolution of the D-Mark as an International Currency; C.Gebhard Profiles of Bundesbank Presidents: Hans Tietmeyer, Helmut Schlesinger, Karl Otto Pohl, Otmar Emminger and Karl Klasen Index

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JURGEN BECKER Head, Deutsche Bundesbank's Department of Banking and Minimum Reserves CAROLA GEBHARD Assistant Managing Editor, Central Banking Publications LEONHARD GLESKE Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bank of Tokyo (Deutschland) AG, Frankfurt OTMAR ISSING Member of the Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank NORBERT KLOTEN Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council, Federal Ministry of Economics REINER KONIG Head, Department of Economics, Deutsche Bundesbank PETER SCHMID Head of the Money, Credit and Capital Market Division, Deutsche Bundesbank HANS TIETMEYER President of the Deutsche Bundesbank BERTOLD WAHLIG Head of the Law Department at the Deutsche Bundesbank CAROLINE WILLEKE Economist, Monetary Analysis Section, Money, Credit and Capital Markets Division, Deutsche Bundesbank

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