The Money Minders: The Parables, Trade-offs and Lags of Central Banking

Central bankers have become big public players in the past fifteen years, involved in the global financial crisis and the coronavirus crisis. This book by Jagjit Chadha unpacks the world of central banking, explaining the analytical techniques, policy toolkits, and story-telling they use to understand the economy, implement monetary policy, and communicate their decisions. The key aim is to ensure monetary and financial stability.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 24 February 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Central bankers have emerged as prominent figures in the crises of the past fifteen years, playing a pivotal role in shaping the course of our lives. These crises have encompassed financial market crashes, public health threats, and devastating economic downturns, exerting a profound impact on global economies. Having played a central role in the global financial crisis and the coronavirus crisis, central bankers are now being called upon to expand their appeal. However, the primary objective has remained unwavering: ensuring monetary and financial stability. In this comprehensive book, Jagjit Chadha, Director of NIESR, delves into the realm of central banking, presenting the analytical techniques, policy toolkits, and storytelling methods employed by these institutions to gain a deeper understanding of the economy, implement monetary policy, and communicate their decisions to key decision-makers and the broader public.

Central bankers have assumed a significant role in the crises of the past fifteen years, impacting our lives in profound ways. These crises have encompassed financial market crashes, public health threats, and devastating economic downturns, exerting a profound impact on global economies. Having played a central role in the global financial crisis and the coronavirus crisis, central bankers are now being called upon to expand their appeal. However, the primary objective has remained unwavering: ensuring monetary and financial stability. In this comprehensive book, Jagjit Chadha, Director of NIESR, delves into the realm of central banking, presenting the analytical techniques, policy toolkits, and storytelling methods employed by these institutions to gain a deeper understanding of the economy, implement monetary policy, and communicate their decisions to key decision-makers and the broader public.

Central bankers have emerged as prominent figures in the crises of the past fifteen years, playing a pivotal role in shaping the course of our lives. These crises have encompassed financial market crashes, public health threats, and devastating economic downturns, exerting a profound impact on global economies. Having played a central role in the global financial crisis and the coronavirus crisis, central bankers are now being called upon to expand their appeal. However, the primary objective has remained unwavering: ensuring monetary and financial stability. In this comprehensive book, Jagjit Chadha, Director of NIESR, delves into the realm of central banking, presenting the analytical techniques, policy toolkits, and storytelling methods employed by these institutions to gain a deeper understanding of the economy, implement monetary policy, and communicate their decisions to key decision-makers and the broader public.

Weight: 356g
Dimension: 150 x 227 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108971812
Edition number: New ed