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Inflation Targeting and Output Growth : Empirical Evidence for the European Union

International Monetary Fund - 2005

This paper evaluates the performance of two alternative policy rules, a forward-looking rule and a spontaneous adjustment rule, under alternative inflation targets, in terms of output losses in a macroeconomic model, using European Union data. The simulations suggest that forward-looking rules...

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Negative Euro Area Interest Rates and Spillovers on Western Balkan Central Bank Policies and Instruments

International Monetary Fund - 2017

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Following Germany'S Lead : Using International Monetary Linkages to Identify the Effect of Monetary Policyon the Economy

International Monetary Fund - 2005

Forward-looking behavior on the part of the monetary authority leads least squares estimates to understate the true growth consequences of monetary policy interventions. We present instrumental variables estimates of the impact of interest rates on real output growth for several European...

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Anticipation and Surprises in Central Bank Interest Rate Policy : The Case of the Bundesbank

International Monetary Fund - 1998

Market reaction to a change in official interest rates will depend on the extent to which the change is anticipated, and on how it is interpreted as a signal of future policy. In this paper, a technique is developed to separate the anticipated and unanticipated components of such changes and is...

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Advancing the frontiers of monetary policy

Adrian, Tobias (ed.); Laxton, Douglas (ed.); … - 2018

Inflation-forecast targeting is state of the art for monetary policy. This book explores first principles, including …Part I. The frontiers of monetary policymaking. 1. An overview of inflation-forecast targeting -- Part II. Principles … and practices of inflation-forecast targeting. 2. First principles -- 3. Managing expectations -- 4. Nuts and bolts of a …

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The SDR Interest Rate Basket : Proposed Change of the Representative Interest Rate for the Euro and Amendment to Rule T-1(C)

International Monetary Fund - 2014

The three-month Eurepo interest rate, the euro component of the SDR interest rate basket, will be discontinued as of the end of 2014. The three-month Eurepo rate, administered by the European Money Market Institute (EMMI), has been the representative interest rate instrument of the euro area in...

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Central Banking Legislation : A Collection of Central Bank, Monerary and Bankin Law, Volume II

International Monetary Fund - 2003

This paper discusses the central banking, monetary, and banking laws for 17 countries in Europe, an area where many of the techniques that are now universally used in regulating or controlling the supply of money and credit were developed. The complete text of the basic central bank law of each...

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Staff Report on the Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies of the Euro Area and the Trade Policies of the European Union : Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director on Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies of the Euro Area

International Monetary Fund - 2002

This paper examines the monetary and exchange rate policies of the euro area and the trade policies of the European Union. The paper highlights that the overall economic performance of the euro area has been disappointing: growth has been weaker and inflation higher than generally expected. To a...

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Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies of the Euro Area : The Euro Area Stability Programs

International Monetary Fund - 2000

This report describes the monetary and exchange rate policies of the euro area and the euro area stability programs. The Stability and Growth Pact presents annual stability programs (SPs), which outlines the medium-term fiscal objectives. The paper provides a preliminary review of the SPs,...

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Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies of the Euro Area

International Monetary Fund - 2001

The euro area continues to perform well, owing to its sustained employment creation, rising disposable income, buoyant internal demand, and low inflation. Executive Directors agreed that favorable external developments and sound macroeconomic fundamentals had produced robust area-wide growth....

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