Bitcoin — and any of the 800 other cryptocurrencies — takes this idea to the next level, the main difference being that no third party or
monetary authority controls its issuances or transactions.
Not exact matches
An important and useful element of the thinking at the time was the replacement of the earlier «
control theory» approach to policy (i.e. the belief that the central point was to find an appropriate spot on the Phillips curve and to stay there), towards a «game theoretic» view, in which the critical issues related to behaviour — the interaction between the
monetary authorities and the public.
But this still did not give the
authorities effective
monetary control, as evidenced by the limited success in achieving the
monetary targets that were in place at that time.
In the Australian experience, notwithstanding some significant transitional difficulties, the move away from using direct
controls to implement
monetary policy to a system based on market operations ultimately gave the
authorities greater scope to manage the economy, and helped pave the way for a return to economic stability.
Some would argue that by acting cautiously on balance sheet normalization (without actively countering impacts of ECB policy measures), Fed policymakers have partially ceded
control of financial conditions to foreign
monetary authorities, but the same can be said about other central banks as well, for long - term rates are correlated among advanced economies:
Monetary policy is the process through which the
monetary authority (central bank, currency board, or other regulatory committee) of a country
controls the size and rate of growth of the money supply, which in turn affects interest rates.
While bitcoin was developed to disintermediate such centralized
monetary authorities, the Bank of England believes it could use the technical ideas behind it to impose more
control over its currency and provide new ways to stimulate the economy.
Monetary Policy: The techniques used by a
monetary authority (such as the Bank of Canada or the Federal Reserve) to
control the supply of money in a given currency, typically with the goal of manipulating either inflation or market interest rates.
Repo rate is used by
monetary authorities to
control inflation.
Since there isn't one global economy, there can't be a single
monetary policy
controlled by one
authority that supplies a unified currency.
No central
authority controls it, which means that nobody can modify the
monetary policy or decide to take Bitcoins away from you like the CEB did in Cyprus in 2013.
It could render the existence of central
authorities and their
control over the country's
monetary system useless.