In this paper, I survey the issue of exchange rate regime choice from the perspective of both the industrial and emerging economies taking an historical perspective. I first survey the theoretical issues beginning with a taxonomy of regimes. I then examine the empirical evidence on the...

Monetary policy independence under flexible exchange rates : the Federal Reserve and monetary policy in Latin America : is there policy "spillover"? / Sebastian Edwards -- The international impact of the Fed when the United States is a banker to the world / David Beckworth and Christopher Crowe...

The link between monetary policy and asset price movements has been of perennial interest to policymakers. In this paper, we consider the potential case for preemptive monetary restrictions when asset price reversals can have serious effects on real output. First, we present some stylized facts...