The erosion of central bank independence around the world threatens to unleash a round of competitive exchange rate devaluations, which leading economies have so far avoided during the financial crisis, the president of Germany’s Bundesbank warned on Monday.
Jens Weidmann, whose institution’s own fierce independence from political influence was the model for the European Central Bank when it was founded, said Stephen King, the chief economist at HSBC, was “perhaps right” in forecasting an end to the era of central bank independence.
FT
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Bom, tendo em conta que foi a mesma independência (apenas do poder político, em última análise popular, claro) que nos criou esta situação na sua agudez, prefiro-os antes à trela.
which leading economies have so far avoided during the financial crisis
Eu não diria isso, veja-se a enorme desvalorização que o euro teve nos últimos dois anos.
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