Monetary policy guides inflation and economic growth. Learn what it means, the main types, and how central banks manage interest rates and stabilize the economy.

Discover how the European Monetary System (EMS) stabilized currencies and laid the groundwork for the euro, creating economic unity in Europe from 1979 onwards.

THE European money crisis only dramatized what many experts have long regarded as an unassailable dictum: the free world’s monetary system is overdue for an overhaul. That system—the internationally ...

Even Milton Friedman—who never supported gold as money—admitted that a monetary system based on gold would “take care of ...

The only accurate parts of former state Sen. Damon Thayer's 12/11 Herald-Leader op-ed about the impending bankruptcy of the US are a survey of the recent history of US national debt hysteria since ...

This model may define the next generation of global finance, shaped by digital adoption, institutional evolution and ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. A special chapter of the BIS Annual Economic Report 2023 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Central banks should still be able to conduct monetary policy effectively and perhaps be even nimbler in a more decentralized financial system, according to the findings of a joint ...

This is an opinion editorial by Taimur Ahmad, a graduate student at Stanford University, focusing on energy, environmental policy and international politics. Author’s note: This is the first part of a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A few years ago I wrote a piece, for Public Discourse, called “Montesquieu and the Monetary System.” It discussed our having fiat ...

The modern monetary system, built on fiat money, has weak foundations similar to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, risking economic instability and collapse. Historical debasement practices, like those of ...

Our current financial system is extraordinarily complicated, and this complication inhibits the participation and success of those who are less financially literate. Preparing for the financial future ...