This paper discusses the evolution of central bank communication, focusing on recent efforts
by central banks to engage with a wider audience via social media. We document the social …

Previous scholarship on central bank accountability has generally focused on monetary
authorities' deeds and words while largely ignoring the other side of the accountability …

Behavioral bias–loss aversion–can explain monetary policy inertia in setting interest rates.
Economic literature has tended to explain inertia in monetary policymaking in terms of …

Drawing on the 2016 update of the IMF's Central Bank Legislation Database, this paper
examines differences in central bank legal frameworks before and after the Global Financial …

This paper analyses the gender representation in monetary policy committees, offering three
contributions. We propose the first index to evaluate the gender representation in monetary …

This paper argues that nonfinancial risk management is an essential element of good
governance of central banks. It provides a funnelled analysis, on the basis of selected …

The monetary policy announcements of three major central banks: the European Central
Bank, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England trigger significant discussions about …

This paper employs a new and comprehensive database of central bank institutional design
to reassess the role of the independence of these public administrations in influencing the …

The populist narrative hinges on the feeling of frustration with the current Situation. This
SUERF Policy Note focuses on financial inequality, populism and central bank …

How does central bank communication affect financial markets? This paper shows that the
monetary policy announcements of three major central banks, ie the European Central …