The primary
objective of central banks is to manage inflation.
But none of globalization's effects on inflation, not even the potential reduction in inflationary bias, diminish the importance of the principal
objective of central banks: setting policy to achieve low and stable rates of inflation over time.
Mr Martey said among the primary
objectives of the central bank was to ensure price stability in the form of low inflation and a stable currency, while the secondary objective was to support the growth and development of the economy.
Not exact matches
Weakening the dollar is not the primary intent
of quantitative easing, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said recently, arguing the
central bank was «using domestic policy tools to advance domestic
objectives.»
This raises a number
of issues which are the object
of vigorous debate at present among monetary authorities world - wide: issues such the appropriate
objectives for a
central bank and the desirable degree
of independence.
In the event
of demand shocks, there is not a large conflict between the real and nominal
objectives; the monetary response is the same to meet both
objectives, and the actions
of all the inflation - targeting
central banks would not be significantly different.
In the case
of most supply shocks, where the required response to meet the two
objectives may differ in the short term, each
of the frameworks is sufficiently flexible to cause no material difference in the
central bank's response.
Here it is important, in my view, for policy - makers to encourage markets to form their expectations on the basis
of the
central bank behaving consistently with its announced inflation
objective.
The test should be the size and circumstances
of the asset price moves and their impact on the forecast relative to the
central banks»
objectives, not the direction
of the asset price move.
Lian says that the
Central Bank has created an open group with the implementation
of the Application Programming Interface (API) with the participation
of members
of the financial sector and major fintech startups, whose main
objective is to develop a unified open framework API.
The European
Central Bank remains very far away from hitting its
objective for headline inflation
of slightly below 2 %.
The current EMU rate
of inflation is below 2 %, the long - run policy
objective of the European
central bank.
At the same time, he said, the Fed is not the world's
central bank, and will calibrate policy based on its domestic
objectives of fostering full U.S. employment and 2 percent inflation.
Since 1991, the Government and the
Bank of Canada have jointly agreed that the
central objective of monetary policy should be for the
Bank of Canada to target an inflation rate
of 2 percent.
Central bank independence, or monetary policy autonomy refers to a central bank's ability to conduct monetary policy without political interference, that monetary policy decisions are made purely based on economic and financial conditions to achieve publicly - stated objective (s) of a centra
Central bank independence, or monetary policy autonomy refers to a
central bank's ability to conduct monetary policy without political interference, that monetary policy decisions are made purely based on economic and financial conditions to achieve publicly - stated objective (s) of a centra
central bank's ability to conduct monetary policy without political interference, that monetary policy decisions are made purely based on economic and financial conditions to achieve publicly - stated
objective (s)
of a
centralcentral bank.
Currency prices are based on
objective considerations
of supply and demand and can not be manipulated easily because the size
of the market does not allow even the largest players, such as
central banks, to move prices at will.
At the event, which was hosted by the Yale Law School Center for the Study
of Corporate Law in New Haven, Powell highlighted three specific areas where blockchain technology is affecting change in regard to the Federal Reserve's «broad public policy
objectives»: the creation
of real - time payment systems, use
of blockchain technology for clearing and settlement services, and the issuance
of digital currencies by
central banks.
While Fan supported the development
of a government regulated digital currency, noting that one
objective is, ``... to further intensify reform and innovation, solidly promote the R&D
of the
central bank's digital currency», he reiterated the importance
of protecting the yuan against unofficial virtual currencies.
According to the prepared document cited by The Guardian «The [Greek] government commits to consult and agree with the European commission, the European
Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund on all actions relevant for the achievement
of the
objectives of the memorandum
of understanding before these are finalised and legally adopted.»
The
objective of governments and
central banks is to manage a soft landing where economies cool down enough to control inflation, but not so much that they induce a recession.