Monetary Policy in the Euro Area : Strategy and Decision-Making at the European Central Bank (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. Money, output and prices: the scope of monetary policy; 2. Monetary policy making: strategies and rules; 3. The Euro area: an overview; 4. The ECB strategy: defining price stability; 5. The role of money; 6. The broadly based assessment; 7. The ECB strategy: an overall view; 8. The operational framework; 9. Accountability and transparency; 10. The single monetary policy in 1999.