Monetary policy implementation and the federal funds rate

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1274-1284

  Nautz, Dieter ^a   Schmidt, Sandra ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central bank communication; Interest rate dynamics and volatility; Monetary policy implementation; Reserve requirements

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049086959     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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