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Masters Programme in Law and Finance
The ECB sponsors an English language LL.M. Finance degree programme at Frankfurt's Goethe University.
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Description: A comprehensive 200-page overview of the ECB from its founding in June 1998. The author was a senior manager at the European Monetary Institute and, until his retirement, at the ECB.
Contents:
1. EMU, the ECB and the euro.
2. Central banking in EMU: legal, institutional and organisational aspects.
3. ECB policies and Eurosystem activities.
4. The ECB and the European Community.
5. The ECB's involvement in international cooperation.
6. The ECB as a corporate entity: excerpts from the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Protocol on the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB. Bibliography, glossary.
Languages: 3.11 MB bg . cs . da . de . el . es . en . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . ro . sk . sl . sv
ePUB Version: 3 MB en
Description: A detailed explanation of the operational framework chosen by the Eurosystem for the single monetary policy in the euro area.
Contents:
1. Overview of the monetary policy framework.
2. Eligible counterparties.
3. Open market operations.
4. Standing facilities.
5. Procedures.
6. Eligible assets.
7. Minimum reserves.
Language: en
[Online only]
Description: A 79-page, illustrated book on the importance of price stability, how it can be best achieved and how price stability supports sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the EU.
Contents:
1. Introduction.
2. Money - a short history.
3. Importance of price
stability.
4. Factors determining price developments.
5. The ECB’s monetary policy. Bibliography,
glossary.
[Edition 2011, online only]
Languages: 5.05 MB bg . cs . da . de . el . es . en . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . ro . sk . sl . sv
Description: Detailed 161-page description of the ECB’s monetary policy and its economic and institutional background.
Contents:
1. The institutional framework of the single monetary policy.
2. The economic
and financial structure of the euro area.
3. The ECB’s monetary policy strategy.
4. Monetary policy
implementation.
5. The conduct of monetary policy since 1999.
Annex on the history of Economic and Monetary Union. Bibliography, glossary.
Languages: 1.3 MB en
ePUB Version: en
The Monthly Bulletin provides a detailed overview of recent economic and monetary developments in the euro area in the form of text and statistics.
Its editorial - the key statement - reflects the Governing Council’s monthly assessment of the economy and inflationary threats.
The Bulletin is published one week after the Council’s monetary policy decision.
Editorials, available in 22 languages
All Monthly Bulletins since 1999 and release calendar
