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Informationen zum Autor Klaus Tuori is a research fellow at the University of Luxembourg. He is one of the leading scholars of the EU economic-constitutional model, whose multidisciplinary approach and understanding stems from his work as a central bank economist at the European Central Bank and financial markets. He is the co-author of The Eurozone Crisis: A Constitutional Analysis (Cambridge, 2014). Klappentext This book is about the European Central Bank, the constitutional set and controlled central bank of the Euro area, by a respected economic and constitutional scholar. It is essential reading for economists and lawyers interested in modern central banking, the European Central Bank and economic constitutional law. Vorwort An examination of how the European Central Bank was established to ensure stability and prosperity for the euro area. Zusammenfassung This book is about the European Central Bank, the constitutional set and controlled central bank of the Euro area, by a respected economic and constitutional scholar. It is essential reading for economists and lawyers interested in modern central banking, the European Central Bank and economic constitutional law. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction - a supranational central bank as a subject; Part I. The ECB as the Central Bank of the European Macroeconomic Constitution: 2. The three foundations of the EMU; 3. The principles of the European Macroeconomic Constitution; 4. ECB organisation, monetary policy strategy and operational framework; Part II. Crises, ECB Measures and the Macroeconomic Constitution: 5. ECB monetary policy during the financial crisis; 6. The prelude to the sovereign debt crisis: events, ECB verbal interventions and EU rescue programmes; 7. Selective government bond purchases; 8. The ECB's quantitative easing; 9. The banking union - the ECB takes over banking supervision; 10. ECB measures during the Covid-19 pandemic; Part III. The ECB from a Central Bank of Stability to a Central Bank of Crisis; 11. The fate of the European Macroeconomic Constitution; 12. The objectives for the ECB and the Macroeconomic Constitution going forward; Epilogue: where do we go from here?....
