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A Simple Dynamic Model of Credit and Aggregate Demand

Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro; Escandon, Julio R. - EconWPA - 2003

The purpose of the paper is to present a tractable model of an old topic which is becoming more important in macroeconomics: the link between financial structure and economic activity.

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Monetary and Fiscal Policy Dynamics in an Asymmetric Monetary Union

Clausen, Volker; Wohltmann, Hans-Werner - EconWPA - 2002

This paper investigates the dynamic effects of monetary and fiscal policy in a monetary union, which is characterized by asymmetric interest rate transmission. This asymmetry gives rise to intertemporal reversals in the relative effectiveness of policy on member country outputs. The direction...

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The practice of central bank intervention: looking under the hood

Neely, Christopher J. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2000

This article first reviews methods of foreign exchange intervention and then presents evidence - focusing on survey results - on the mechanics of such intervention. Types of intervention, instruments, timing, amounts, motivation, secrecy and perceptions of efficacy are discussed.

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Exchange Rate Floating and Inflation Targeting Implementing - Lessons from a succesful transition - The Brazilian Case

Deheza, Juan Carlos Soldano - EconWPA - 2003

El objetivo de este paper es realizar una descripción del caso brasileño, en lo que hace a la salida de un sistema en el cual el ancla nominal de la economía era un tipo de cambio semi-fijo, hacia un régimen de flotación “cuasi” limpia de la moneda, en el que el ancla de la economía...

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A look at exchange rate and monetary policy in Malawi

Simwaka, Kisu - EconWPA - 2004

effective exchange rate misalignment. The results show that excess money supply predict real effective exchange rate …, money supply growth and real effective exchange rate misalignment. The adjustment speed from the error correction term is … consistent with a market-determined exchange rate responding to excess money supply. Keywords: Exchange Rate; Monetary Policy …

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La Política Monetaria y el Corto en México

Díaz-Bautista, Alejandro; Seyffert, Diego Prieto; … - EconWPA - 2004

El corto es un instrumento de política monetaria que utiliza el Banco de México para abatir la inflación. El corto ha sido un instrumento muy útil para Banco de México en la conducción de la política monetaria, porque ha permitido que los choques a los mercados se distribuyan y se...

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Inflationary Dynamics and the Angell-Johnson Proposals

Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Hirth, Richard A; Smith, Mark B - EconWPA - 2004

The links between commodity prices, interst rates, wages, and the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with consumer prices is investigated. An ARIMA transfer function methodology is employed. Sample data are from January 1972 to December 1988. Although model diagnsotics are relatively good,...

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Structural Factor-Augmented VAR (SFAVAR) and the Effects of Monetary Policy

Belviso, Francesco; Milani, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

Factor-augmented VARs (FAVARs) have combined standard VARs with factor analysis to exploit large data sets in the study of monetary policy. FAVARs enjoy a number of advantages over VARs: they allow a better identification of the monetary policy shock; they can avoid the use of a single variable...

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Targeting vs. instrument rules for monetary policy

McCallum, Bennett T.; Nelson, Edward - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2004

Svensson (2003) argues strongly that specific targeting rules*first order optimality conditions for a specific objective function and model*are normatively superior to instrument rules for the conduct of monetary policy. That argument is based largely upon four main objections to the latter plus...

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Demographics, redistribution, and optimal inflation

Bullard, James; Garriga, Carlos; Waller, Christopher J. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2012

May 30, 2012. "Demographics, Redistribution, and Optimal Inflation," with Carlos Garriga and Christopher J. Waller. Presented by Christopher Waller at the 2012 BOJ-IMES Conference Demographic Changes and Macroeconomic Performance.

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