International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB)

The International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB) is an initiative of the central banking community.

Published quarterly, the journal features articles on central bank theory and practice, with a special emphasis on research relating to monetary and financial stability. The main objectives of the International Journal of Central Banking are:

  • to disseminate widely the best policy-relevant and applied research that reflects the missions of central banks around the world across a range of disciplines; and
  • to promote communication amongst researchers both inside and outside of central banks.

April 2026 issue

Cover and contents

Details Matter: Loan Pricing and Transmission of Monetary Policy in the Euro Area
Kārlis Vilerts, Sofia Anyfantaki, Konstantīns Beņkovskis, Sebastian Bredl, Massimo Giovannini, Florian Matthias Horky, Vanessa Kunzmann, Tibor Lalinský, Athanasios Lampousis, Elizaveta Lukmanova, Filippos Petroulakis and Klāvs Zutis

Household Borrowing and Monetary Policy Transmission: Post-Pandemic Insights from Nine European Credit Registers
Olivier De Jonghe, Konstantīns Beņkovskis, Karolis Bielskis, Diana Bonfim, Margherita Bottero, Tamás Briglevics, Martin Cesnak, Mantas Dirma, Marina Emiris, Pálma Filep-Mosberger, Valentin Jouvanceau, Nicholas Kaiser, Dmitry Khametshin ,Tibor Lalinský, Viola M. Grolmusz, Laura Moretti, Artūrs Jānis, Nikitins Angelo Nunnari, Maria Rodriguez-Moreno, Elitsa Stefanova, Lajos Tamás Szabó, Kārlis Vilerts and Sujiao Emma Zhao

Has the Transmission of U.S. Monetary Policy Changed Since 2022?
Philip Barrett and Josef Platzer

Capital Requirements in Light of Monetary Tightening
Aurélien Espic, Lisa Kerdelhué and Julien Matheron

Rightsizing Bank Capital: The Role of Macrofinancial Structure
Niall McInerney, Martin O'Brien, Michael Wosser and Luca Zavalloni

Reassessing International Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy Shocks
Elizaveta Lukmanova and Katrin Rabitsch

The Housing Supply Channel of Monetary Policy
Bruno Albuquerque, Martin Iseringhausen and Frederic Opitz

The Reliability of the Nominal GDP Expectations Gap
Andrew B. Martinez, Alexander D. Schibuola and David Beckworth