Monetary policy in the UK

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 863-884

  Angeriz, Alvaro ^a   Arestis, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exchange rate policy; Intervention analysis; Monetary policy; MPC membership; Price stability; Tight monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE RATE; INFLATION; MACROECONOMICS; MONETARY POLICY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36549028909     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bem014     Document Type: Article

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