Charles Goodhart
New book challenges role of the Bank of Japan
A new controversial theory that could transform the world of economics has been drawn up by a University of Southampton academic in a book described by Professor Charles Goodhart as "both a powerful and important book".
Research on financial stability
This article reviews recent developments in some of the most promising areas of academic research related to financial stability.
When Hong Kong trounced the speculators
The HKMA beat back speculators in 1998, but did its own fuzzy rules encourage them? Charles Calomiris reviews a new book on this famous episode.
Goodhart talks on central bank independence
UK - Professor Charles Goodhart a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee made a powerful argument for central bankindependence in a talk at the London School of Economics yesterday, Thursday. A CentralBankNet correspondent was…
Emoney and central banking- International Finance
The academic journal International Finance edited by Benn Steil has a special feature about whether information technology and electronic money will mean the end of central banking. Authors include Charles Goodhart and Michael Woodford. Also in the issue…
Interview: Charles Goodhart
In a wide-ranging interview, Professor Charles Goodhart gives his views on the main challenges facing central banks today: output gap forecasting and productivity shifts, and the role of asset prices and the exchange rate in monetary policy. He also…
Goodhart: George should control inflation forecast
The governor of the Bank of England should take full control of the Inflation Report - the central bank's flagship economic forecast - to avoid confusion arising from the disparate input from the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee, London…
India's exchange rate policy and control
This article by S Tarapore originally printed in the Business Standard looks at India's exchnage rate policy and control.