01999cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009858 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451869118 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Stella, Peter. Central Bank Financial Strength, Policy Constraints and Inflation / Peter Stella. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (25 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Central bank financial strength is positively associated with good policy performance. Financially weak central banks generate losses which undermine macroeconomic stability and call into question the credibility of their policies. In assessing central bank financial strength a careful examination of the policy regime and the volatility of the economic environment is necessary. Conventional measures of private enterprise financial strength- profitability and capital-can be very misleading when applied to central banks. The way in which a central bank balance sheet is strengthened matters. Providing the central bank with marketable government debt that can be used to develop a money market that in turn may become the locus of central bank monetary operations serves both to directly strengthen the institution and improve the quality of the environment in which it operates, thereby facilitating the attainment of its ultimate performance objectives. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/049 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/049/001.2008.issue-049-en.xml IMF e-Library