Inside the Bundesbank

In this collection of essays, the historical, legal and institutional basis of German internal and external monetary policy are explained, along with the goals of the German central bank and its role in the economy as a whole. This text also contains: a discussion of the role of the Deutschemark as one of the leading international transaction, reserve and investment currencies; the personal recollections of the chairman of the negotiations on intra-German monetary, economic and social union; and views on German monetary unification.