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The macroeconomic implications of asset price flucuations have received increasing attention in academic and policy circles recently, in large part due to the recent boom-bust bubbles in the equity and now housing markets. This book aims to investigate the role of asset prices for various aspects of the macroeconomy. - ;House price bubbles, and their aftermath, have become a focus of macro-economic policy concern in most developed countries. This book elucidates the two-way relationship between house-price fluctuations and economic fundamentals. Housing has many features which make it distinct

Celebrating the contribution that Charles Goodhart has made to monetary economics and policy, this unique compendium of original papers draws together a highly respected group of international academics, central bankers and financial market regulators covering a broad range of issues in modern monetary economics. Topics discussed include: central bank independence; credibility and transparency; the inflation forecast and the loss function; monetary policy experiences in the US and the UK; the implications of Goodhart's Law; the benefits of single versus multiple currencies; and money, near monies and credit