This book explores the past and future of central bank cooperation in today's global economy.

Introduction: past and future of central bank co-operation Piet Clement; 1. One hundred and thirty years of central bank cooperation: a BIS perspective Claudio Borio and Gianni Toniolo; 2. Almost a century of central bank cooperation Richard N. Cooper; 3. Architects of stability? International co-operation among financial supervisors Ethan B. Kapstein; 4. Central banks, governments and the European monetary unification process Alexandre Lamfalussy; 5. The future of central bank cooperation Beth Simmons; 6. Interdependence and co-operation: an endangered pair? Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa.