Political Power in Central Banks Is Essential to Avert Future Economic Crises
Journal: Modern Economics & Management Forum DOI: 10.32629/memf.v1i3.177
Abstract
In the era of globalization, Central banks have posed important impacts in the global economy. The central bank plays an important role in managing financial stability and capital flow, and avoiding economic crisis. Every central bank plays an important role in the country or region where it is located. The role of central banks in the global economy is examined below. As a functional department of a country or a region, the central bank inevitably embraces political power. In the process of argument, this paper takes the European central banks as an example to determine that the central bank should exercise its political power when facing the problem of avoiding the possible economic crisis in the future.
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central banks, political power, economic crises
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