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The role of banks in monetary policy: a survey with implications for the European Monetary Union


Abstract: This article begins with a review of the growing literature on the role of banks in the transmission of monetary policy. The authors then discuss the implications of this literature for the operation of monetary policy in the European monetary union.

Keywords: Monetary unions - European Union countries; Monetary policy; Banks and banking;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Part of Series: Economic Perspectives

Publication Date: 1997

Volume: 22

Issue: Sep