Adina Criste

The Central Bank Policy between the Price Stability Objective and Promoting Financial Stability

Abstract The paper aims to emphasize the role of the monetary policy and the central banks position concerning the financial stability in the new context created by the global financial crisis, and given that it pursues the price stability, as the primary objective. The analysis highlights the need to review the position of the central bank in order to promote a more proactive stance to deal with financial stability, beyond the traditional framework of regulation and supervision, but there is a risk of emerging conflicts derived from the pursuance of the primary objective (the price stability) while maintaining financial stability.

Features of Governing the Central Banks Candidate to the Eurosystem

Abstract The complexity of the European integration process consists of three implicative dimensions: the nominal dimension, the real dimension and the institutional dimension. Referring to the last one (the institutional dimension), the present paper aims to analyse the degree of “convergence” functioning of the National Banks from the Euro Area candidates countries, as to identify some similarities and differences between these institutions. The research methodology consists of displaying some characteristics of the central banks engaged in the process of European monetary integration, taking into account aspects concerning both the attributes of their governance, and their position related to the financial stability objective, an increasingly important parameter to consider after the global financial crisis outbreak (GFC2007). A foothold for the paper is the economic literature which has been formulated some specific criteria for evaluatingthe elements considered. On the other hand, the institutional convergence does not guarantee the success of the economic integration of the candidate country to the Euro Area, but it could be an important benchmark for making comparison between countries which have been preparing to adopt Euro.