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Inflation Targeting Under Imperfect Policy Credibility
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This paper presents a model for Inflation Targeting under imperfect policy credibility. It modifies the conventional … model in three ways: an endogenous policy credibility process, by which monetary policy can gain or lose credibility over … time; non-linearities in the inflation equation and in the credibility generating process; and an explicit loss function …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402503
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400699
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Manual on Fiscal Transparency
International Monetary Fund - 2002
This Manual provides guidance on the implementation of the Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency by setting out its principles and practices in detail, and establishing priorities for improving fiscal transparency. Serving as a reference for economists and financial analysts on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405232
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Banking soundness and monetary policy : issues and experiences in the global economy ; papers presented at the Seventh Seminar on Central Banking Washington, D.C. January 27-31, 19...
Enoch, Charles (ed.); Green, John H. (contributor) - International Monetary Fund - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013548662
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Borrowing Agreement with the Central Bank of Malta
International Monetary Fund - 2010
In light of the multilateral effort to ensure the adequacy of the financial resources available to the International Monetary Fund, and with a view to supporting the Fund's ability to provide timely and effective balance of payments assistance to its members, the Central Bank of Malta agrees to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410237
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Borrowing Agreement with the Czech National Bank
International Monetary Fund - 2010
The last comprehensive discussion of reform of the international monetary system (IMS)-the set of official arrangements that regulate key dimensions of balance of payments-international reserves, exchange rates, current payments, and capital flows-was held nearly four decades ago. In light of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410347
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Borrowing Agreement with Norges Bank
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This paper presents for the approval of the Executive Board a draft borrowing agreement between Norges Bank and the Fund. On March 28, the Finance Minister of Norway announced that the Ministry of Finance and Norges Bank (the central bank of Norway) were exploring a possible Norwegian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410404
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Central Banking Lessons from the Crisis
International Monetary Fund - 2010
The broader governance reform debate-which goes beyond quotas to issues such as engagement by high-level policymakers, Fund management selection, Board structure, rules and accountability-has not got very far in garnering a consensus at the Executive Board. This is the case even though, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410489
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Market Information and Signaling in Central Bank Operations, Or, How often Should a Central Bank Intervene?
International Monetary Fund - 1997
A central bank must decide on the frequency with which it will conduct open market operations and the variability in short-term money market that it will allow. It is shown how the optimal operating procedure balances the value of attaining an immediate target and broadcasting the central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400555
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Latin American Central Bank Reform : Progress and Challenges
International Monetary Fund - 2005
This study takes stock of the institutional reform of monetary policy in Latin America since the early 1990s. It argues that strengthening the legal independence of central banks, together with macroeconomic policies, was instrumental in reducing inflation from three-digit annual rates in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400741