Fifty Years of the Deutsche Mark

This book provides detailed independent analyses of the successes and limitations of one of the most successful economic relationships in recent history: the Deutsche Mark and the Deutsche Bundesbank. Given access to all Bundesbank records, a team of internationally renowned scholars has produced the most comprehensive guide yet to Europe's most powerful central bank. With European economic and monetary union approaching, the lessons to be learnt from the German experience are now more important than ever. Fifty Years of the Deutsche Mark will be an invaluable aid to all those involved in European monetary policy.