TY - BOOK AU - Angeloni,Ignazio AU - Rovelli,Riccardo TI - Monetary policy and interest rates: proceedings of a conference sponsored by Banca d'Italia, Centro Paolo Baffi and the Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER) SN - 9780333716472 AV - HG925 .M6588 1998 U1 - 332.46'094 PY - 1998/// CY - Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire PB - Macmillan Press KW - Monetary policy KW - Interest rates KW - Europe N1 - "First published in Great Britain 1998 by Macmillan Press Ltd."; Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - An examination for international policymakers and academics conducting monetary policy arising from a conference organized by the Banca d'Italia. The yield curve - the relation among market interest rates of different maturities - is a key benchmark for evaluating investment strategies in the global financial market. To a growing extent, central banks use it to evaluate, explain to the public and monitor the results of policy decisions UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol057/98007081.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol056/98007081.html UR - http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/toc/98-7081.html ER -