Is It Possible that an Independent Central Bank Is Impossible? The Case of the Australian Notes Issue Board, 1920-1924

William Coleman ()

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2001, vol. 33, issue 3, 729-48

Abstract: The history of the Australian Notes Issue Board over the period 1920-24 is presented. It is shown that the Board was created as a genuinely independent monetary authority, but was soon abolished, as its policies antagonised interests upon which the government depended. The episode illustrates the thesis that the possibility of a genuinely independent monetary authority is problematic.

Date: 2001
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