CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING CENTRAL BANK’S DILEMMA: PRICE STABILITY OR FINANCIAL STABILITY? Cover Image

CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING CENTRAL BANK’S DILEMMA: PRICE STABILITY OR FINANCIAL STABILITY?
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING CENTRAL BANK’S DILEMMA: PRICE STABILITY OR FINANCIAL STABILITY?

Author(s): Bogdan Căpraru
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: central bank; main objectives; price stability; financial stability; monetary policy; credit crunch; real estate market

Summary/Abstract: In this study, we intend to highlight the interaction between the decisions of the central banking concerning the fulfillment of the two main objectives: price stability and financial stability, as well as the effects of such decisions upon the economy. We suggest that central banks should be more preoccupied in taking into account the evolution of the stock market indicators, the evolution of the exchange rates, as well as the indicators on the residential and commercial real estate market when decide monetary policy’s measures, being rec-ommended that the central bank should influence these evolutions through its specific tools, whenever it is adequate. Besides the traditional monetary policy tools, communication with the public and per-suasion would be viable instruments under these circumstances. Also, we consider that all the banking institutions have to do their best in order to maintain their credibility

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 37-41
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English
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