Re: pkt seminar: Thanks Jamie!

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would be very interested in a discussion of how Germany has enjoyed
such a high level of economic performance on both conventional measures
like growth and investment levels and current account balance as well as
welfare measures like poverty and income distribution (unemployment, of
course, is a problem), while under the thumb of the most orthodox and
independent central bank in the world.

Doug

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On Wed, 9 Nov 1994, RICHARD P.F. HOLT wrote:

> Andreas,
> Many thanks for your suggestion about the pkt seminar. Yes, I think we
> should try a theoretical paper next time around. I think the reason why
> we didn't see any response to your posting during the pkt seminar about
> the German Central Bank is probably because very few of us know as
> much as you do. But it would be interesting, given the number of pkters
> from different countries, to have reports about the Central Bank or other
> economic issues from other parts of the world. I'm very much interested
> in knowing what are the Central Bank policies in Japan for instance.
> -Ric Holt
> e-mail holtri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>