1. Disinflation costs, accelerating inflation gains, and central bank independence

   • Thomas J. Jordan

   Articles Pages: 1 - 21

2. Did the underlying behaviour of inflation change in the 1980s? A study of 17 countries

   • Robert Anderton

   Articles Pages: 22 - 38

3. Sign predictions of exchange rate changes: Charts as proxies for Bayesian inferences

   • Hans Dewachter

   Articles Pages: 39 - 55

4. Volatility transmission along the money market yield curve

   • Juan Ayuso
   • Andrew G. Haldane
   • Fernando Restoy

   Articles Pages: 56 - 75

5. Capital controls and covered interest parity in the EU: Evidence from a panel-data unit root test

   • Mark J. Holmes
   • Yangru Wu

   Articles Pages: 76 - 89

6. Predicting recessions: Some evidence for Germany

   • Norbert Funke

   Articles Pages: 90 - 102

7. Competitiveness and external trade performance of the French manufacturing industry

   • Pierre-Richard Agénor

   Articles Pages: 103 - 133

8. Exports and success in German manufacturing

   • Andrew B. Bernard
   • Joachim Wagner

   Articles Pages: 134 - 157

9. Inflation and total factor productivity in Germany: A response to Smyth

   • Donald G. Freeman
   • David Yerger

   Shorter Papers &Comments Pages: 158 - 163

10. Intra-industry versus inter-industry trade: Relevance for adjustment costs

    • Jayant Menon
    • Peter B. Dixon

    Shorter Papers & Comments Pages: 164 - 169

11. Marginal intra-industry trade index: The period and aggregation choice

    • Joaquín Oliveras
    • Inés Terra

    Shorter Papers & Comments Pages: 170 - 178

12. Book reviews

    • Uwe Siegmund
    • Rolf H. Hasse
    • Jakob de Haan

    Literature Pages: 179 - 200

13. New books

    Announcement Pages: 201 - 203