What happens when a central bank splits in two? joni Juni 02, 2016 Add Comment Bank of Greece, counterfeiting, fungibility, medium of account Edit Say the San Francisco Fed decided to secede from the Federal Reserve System or the Bank of Greece started to print its own euro notes withou... Read More
Don't kill the $100 bill joni Februari 25, 2016 Add Comment cash, David Beckworth, demonetization, dollarization/euroization, large value note embargo, Larry Summers, Larry White, medium of account, Miles Kimball, zero lower bound Edit Last week I asked whether the Federal Reserve could get rid of the $100 bill. This week let's discuss whether it should get rid of the ... Read More
A Visa/MasterCard theory of recessions joni Juli 07, 2015 Add Comment credit cards, inflation, medium of account, natural interest rate, sticky prices Edit Statistical agencies employ data collectors who walk up and down aisles with hand-held computers gathering sticker prices for things like fr... Read More
Cracks in the zero-lower bound joni Januari 04, 2015 Add Comment anonymity, cash, John Cochrane, medium of account, Miles Kimball, Scott Sumner, zero lower bound Edit Shibboleth , by Doris Scalcedo John Cochrane writes an interesting post that makes the case that removing or penalizing cash would not remo... Read More
A brief history of the Guinea joni September 24, 2014 Add Comment bimetallism, coins, gold standard, medium of account, medium of exchange, unit of account, Willem Buiter Edit 1685 Guinea with the bust of James II ( link ) The guinea makes a fascinating story because its evolution reveals so many different monetary... Read More
Getting rid of the monetary triumvirate joni September 11, 2014 Add Comment medium of account, medium of exchange, store of value, Unidad de Fomento Edit The textbook definition of money is anything that functions simultaneously as a store of value , a medium of exchange , and a medium of acco... Read More