Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This research paper aims to analyze and declare the indispensable function of central banks in formulating economic policy as well as the execution of their monetary policy and banking regulations. As these central banks manage a nation's currency, money supply, and interest rates, they usually use tools such as interest rate stabilization, quantitative easing, drag, and forward guidance strategies to stabilize the economy. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks such as the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank sought to avert a complete financial collapse and also to foster recovery. Lastly, the paper also affirms the role of central banks as the regulators in the financial sector as well as their activities as lenders of last resort. The case studies from the US, Europe, Japan, and China show how central banks fight crises by working through both conventional and unconventional tools. Conversely, inflation control, wealth inequality, political pressures, and the introduction of digital currencies are set to be dangerous hindrances for elections in future years. This article concludes by underlining how central banks' persuasiveness in establishing economic strength is critical to success in an environment of an ever-changing global financial system.
Author: Mingyang Li
Institution: University of California San Diego
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4405821268