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etal., 1999), for the protection of the payments system and for eective in-
tervention as lender of last resort (Chapter 9).
– The independence of the central bank: As Blinder (2010) points out, this in-
dependent status, guaranteed by legal provisions regarding the appointment
of its managers and the conditions for the exercise of their mandate, but also
by the institution’s own budget, makes it a rather “singular” institution. The
independence of the supervisor is considered a necessity (10.1.1.2) and would
benet from the independence of the central bank, thus being less subject to
political interference and external pressures (Ampudia etal., 2019). Moreo-
ver, in such an institutional arrangement, it would be easier ...