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Central Banks as Agents of Economic Development

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In the last two decades, there has been a global sea change in the theory and practice of central banking. The currently dominant 'best practice' approach to central banking consists of the following: (1) central bank independence (2) a focus on inflation fighting (including adopting formal 'inflation targeting') and (3) the use of indirect methods of monetary policy (that is, short-term interest rates as opposed to direct methods such as credit ceilings).

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  • Gerald Epstein, 2006. "Central Banks as Agents of Economic Development," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2006-54, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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