Suggested readings and listenings
Monetary Policy and the Transmission Mechanism
Monetary Transmission under Stress
Let's start with some really good explanation by Bird and Fortune...
...but if you insist, here are "paper" readings
Monetary analysis
Introduction to New-Keynesian Economics
Blanchard, Olivier, 2008, "The State of Macro," NBER Working Paper 14259. (Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research). [NOT AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD]
Walsh, Carl, 2010, “Monetary Theory and Policy,” The MIT Press. [NOT AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD]
Convergence, Monetary Policy, and the Exchange Rate
Monetary Operations and Tools of Monetary Policy
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin: Autumn 2004.
Inflation: Concepts and Measurement
Also, reading a good inflation report gives useful insights regarding the impact of various inflation factors. See, for example, any
inflation report prepared by staff of the Czech National Bank.
Near-Term Forecasts
Modeling lectures (there are three: Introduction; Calibration; and Long-run Trends)
Germans do not need forecasting models, they have Paul...
... for everybody else, here are the readings:
IMF Institute, 2010, “Handout for the Modeling Workshop” (unpublished; Washington: IMF Institute). [TO BE ADDED]
Zdeněk Tůma's guest lecture ("On Euro: Not A Panacea")