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A new consensus on monetary policy?

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  • Edwin Le Heron

    (Centre de Recherches et d’Études sur le Canada et le Québec en Sciences Sociales (CRECQSS), Institut d’Études Politiques, Bordeaux, France.)

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By analyzing the documents issued by the Bank of Canada, an original monetary policy can be seen. The Canadian monetary policy tries to maintain its autonomy, whilst at the same time respecting floating exchange rates. The numerous innovations are the foundation of a New Consensus on monetary policy. Far from the dilemma rule versus discretion of the former Monetarist and Keynesian methods, a new dilemma will be the focus: that of credibility versus confidence. Here, the anticipations of the economic agents, the behavior of financial markets and the price of assets play a dominating role. Based on the innovative experiment of the Bank of Canada during the 1990s, the characteristics of the New Consensus will be explained. Far from making independent central banks some high-powered institutions, it shows them instead to be “statues with feet of clay”. JEL Classification: E50; E52; E58; N42.

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  • Edwin Le Heron, 2003. "A new consensus on monetary policy?," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 23(4), pages 505-530, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:23:y:2003:i:4:id:95775
    DOI: 10.1590/0101-31572004-0605
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    JEL classification:

    • E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • N42 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-

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