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Central banks as regulators

Should central banks be responsible for regulating financial firms?

Plosser on central banks' omnipotence

Charles Plosser has said central banks must warn the public that they are not omnipotent, or risk muddying their credibility and therefore their ability to safeguard stable prices. Do you agree?

ECB's handling of Greek debt crisis

How do you think the European Central Bank has handled the Greek sovereign debt crisis?

Raising inflation targets

Olivier Blanchard recently suggested raising inflation targets from 2% to 4%. What do you think of this?

Safeguarding stability

Should central banks take on responsibility for monitoring systemic risk?

Global recovery

Most central bankers seem to agree that the global economy is now in recovery. But how long will it take until growth returns to trend levels?

Does the crisis mark the end of inflation targeting?

Does the crisis mark the end of inflation targeting?

Ben Bernanke

Do you think Ben Bernanke should be re-appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve?

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Should central banks be responsible for regulating financial firms?