This collection takes the reader through historical, theoretical and factual discussions on why central banks exist and the role -- actual and intended -- they have in assisting their home nation in achieving monetary and financial stability.
1. Central bank’s capital: An Introduction Peter Sinclair and Sue Milton 2. Central bank finances and independence: how much capital should a central bank have? Alex Cukierman 3. Central bank financial strength and macroeconomic policy performance Peter Stella 4. Financing the central bank: capital adequacy and financial independence – an accountant’s perspective Robin Darbyshire 5. Securing financial independence in the legal basis of a central bank Fabian Amtenbrink 6. Central bank capital adequacy: the cases of central banks with or without monetary policy Luca Papi 7. Exchange rate appreciation and negative central bank capital: is there a problem? Jan Frait and Tomáš Holub 8. Central bank losses, electronic money and contestable central banking Yúksel Górmez 9. Funding models for central banks: is the European Central Bank a special case? Ian Ingram 10. The evolving financial arrangements and independence of the National Bank of Poland Wojciech Kolodziej 11. Central bank funding models and their risk-return profile J Ramón Martínez-Resanó 12. How asset liability management techniques can help central banks Age Bakker, Han van der Hoorn and Leonard Zwikker
The Bank of England, UK University of Birmingham, UK