SEEU Review vol. 5 Nr. 2 (pdf) - South East European University
SEEU Review vol. 5 Nr. 2 (pdf) - South East European University
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Arjeta VOKSHI-ABAZI and Sulo HADERI<br />
Table1. Functional independence of central banks<br />
Central Bank Main objectives Secondary objectives<br />
ECB Maintain price stability<br />
Supports <strong>European</strong> Community<br />
economic policies that do not affect<br />
the objective of price stability<br />
Albania<br />
other objectives like exchange rate<br />
Achieve and maintain<br />
stability will not obstacle<br />
price stability<br />
achievement of price stability<br />
Bosnia –<br />
Herzegovina<br />
Achieve and maintain national currency stability…..<br />
by applying a currency board arrangement<br />
Bulgaria<br />
Contribute to the<br />
will support economic policies that<br />
maintenance of the<br />
do not interfere with the main<br />
stability of the national<br />
objective<br />
currency…<br />
Croatia<br />
Macedonia<br />
Montenegro<br />
Rumania<br />
Serbia<br />
Turkey<br />
Achieve and maintain<br />
price stability<br />
Maintain price<br />
stability<br />
No conditions<br />
Ensure and maintain<br />
price stability<br />
Achieve and maintain<br />
price stability<br />
Achieve and maintain<br />
price stability<br />
will support economic policies that<br />
do not interfere with the main<br />
objective<br />
will support financial stability and<br />
economic policies that do not<br />
interfere with the main objective<br />
will support general economic<br />
policies that do not interfere with<br />
the main objective<br />
will support financial stability and<br />
economic policies that do not<br />
interfere with the main objective<br />
will support economic growth and<br />
employment policies that do not<br />
interfere with the main objective<br />
Source: Sandra Dvorsky “Central Bank Independence in <strong>South</strong>eastern Europe with<br />
a view to <strong>European</strong> integration”, International Journal of Monetary Economics and<br />
Finance, Volume 1, Number 3 / 2008 Pages: 302 - 328<br />
The Euro zone model forbids the Central Banks <strong>European</strong> System to get<br />
instructions from other institutions or bodies, or from government’s<br />
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