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Central Banking in Transition: an Overview of Main Issues Ten Years After

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  • Warren Coats
  • Marko Skreb

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[fre] Banques centrales en transition : vue d’ensemble des principaux problèmes après dix ans . Cet article analyse les transformations que les Banques centrales des PECO ont enregistrées au cours de la transition. Elles ont été transformées pour passer d’un système socialiste monobancaire à un système de Banques centrales modernes et indépendantes. La plupart ont la stabilité des prix pour principale mission, mais la politique monétaire a connu des changements décisifs à mesure que les pays abandonnaient l’action directe de la politique monétaire au profit de l’action indirecte. L’environnement monétaire et financier a évolué, mais, dans certains pays, beaucoup reste à faire dans ces domaines. L’avenir des Banques centrales en transition est étroitement lié aux liens que ces pays entretiennent avec l’UE. Cependant, même lorsque les Banques centrales en transition céderont leurs fonctions monétaires à la BCE, elles auront encore un rôle important à jouer dans de nombreux domaines. . Classification JEL : E52, E58, P20, P34 [eng] This paper analyse the significant changes CEECs’ Central Banks have undergone in the transition. They have been completely transformed from socialist monobanking system to modern, independent Central Banks with the same functions as any Central Bank in a developed economy. Almost all Central Banks have price stability as their main mandate. Monetary policy underwent crucial changes as countries switched from direct to indirect instruments of monetary policy. The monetary and financial environment has changed as well, but in some countries a lot remains to be done in those areas. The future of Central Banks in transition depends very much on the relations of countries with EU. But, even when transition central banks cede their monetary functions to the ECB, they will have an important role to play. . JEL classifications : E52, E58, P20, P34

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  • Warren Coats & Marko Skreb, 2001. "Central Banking in Transition: an Overview of Main Issues Ten Years After," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 6(1), pages 265-286.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_1767-4603_2001_hos_6_1_4563
    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.2001.4563
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    • 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
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General
    • P34 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Finance
    • 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
    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General
    • P34 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Finance

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