Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy - Series page

pp ii-vi

The European Central Bank and the European Macroeconomic Constitution - Title page

pp vii-vii

Copyright page

pp viii-viii

Contents

pp ix-x

Figures

pp xi-xii

Series Editors’ Preface

pp xiii-xiv

Preface and Acknowledgements

pp xv-xvi

Abbreviations

pp xvii-xx

1 - Introduction: A Supranational Central Bank as a Subject

pp 1-12

Part I - The ECB as the Central Bank of the European Macroeconomic Constitution

pp 13-126

2 - The Three Foundations of the EMU

pp 15-68

3 - The Principles of the European Macroeconomic Constitution

pp 69-91

4 - ECB Organisation, Monetary Policy Strategy and Operational Framework

pp 92-126

Part II - Crises, ECB Measures and the Macroeconomic Constitution

pp 127-256

5 - ECB Monetary Policy during the Financial Crisis

pp 129-149

6 - The Prelude to the Sovereign Debt Crisis: Events, ECB Verbal Interventions and EU Rescue Programmes

pp 150-161

7 - Selective Government Bond Purchases

pp 162-192

8 - The ECB’s Quantitative Easing

pp 193-214

9 - The Banking Union: The ECB Takes Over Banking Supervision

pp 215-238

10 - ECB Measures during the Covid-19 Pandemic

pp 239-256

Part III - The ECB from a Central Bank of Stability to a Central Bank of Crisis

pp 257-301

11 - The Fate of the European Macroeconomic Constitution

pp 261-273

12 - The Objectives for the ECB and the Macroeconomic Constitution Going Forward

pp 274-295

Epilogue: Where Do We Go from Here?

pp 296-301

Bibliography

pp 302-328

Index

pp 329-334