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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245902
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The Role of the Exchange Rate in Inflation-Targeting Emerging Economies; Targeting Emerging Economies
Nordstrom, Anna; Roger, Scott; Stone, Mark R.; Shimizu, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper explores the role of exchange rates in emerging economies with inflation-targeting regimes, an issue that … has become especially germane during the current episode of financial turmoil and volatile capital flows. Under inflation … targeting, the interest rate is the main monetary policy tool for influencing activity and inflation, and there is little …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245907
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China's Growth and Integration into the World Economy; Prospects and Challenges
Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
China’s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in China’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252521
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Monetary Policy Implementation at Different Stages of Market Development
Laurens, Bernard - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
The most salient trend in monetary policy over the past two decades has been increasing reliance on money market operations, which reflects the belief that allowing market forces to allocate financial resources brings about increased economic efficiency and growth. However, small economies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252522
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Is Central Bank Intervention Effective Under Inflation Targeting Regimes? the Case of Colombia
Kamil, Herman - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
targets for inflation. Using the recent experience of Colombia between 2004 and 2007, this paper examines the effectiveness of … the Central Bank's intervention in stemming domestic currency appreciation under an inflation targeting regime. The … slowing down domestic currency appreciation, as large-scale intervention became incompatible with meeting the inflation target …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263872
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Exchange Rate Misalignment; An Application of the Behavioral Equilibrium Exchange Rate (Beer) to Botswana
Iimi, Atsushi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Botswana's successive currency devaluations and recent move from a fixed to a crawling peg exchange rate regime raise the question of whether the exchange rate might be misaligned with economic fundamentals. This paper, applying the behavioral equilibrium exchange rate (BEER) approach, analyzes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263904
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The Empirics of Foreign Exchange Intervention in Emerging Markets; The Cases of Mexico and Turkey
Karacadag, Cem; Guimarães, Roberto Pereira - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper analyzes the effects of intervention on the level and volatility of the exchange rate in Mexico and Turkey, two emerging countries that have floating exchange rate regimes. The paper finds mixed evidence on the effectiveness of intervention. In Mexico, foreign exchange sales have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264020
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The Choice of Exchange Rate Regime and Monetary Target in Highly Dollarized Economies
Borensztein, Eduardo; Berg, Andrew - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
We examine the implications of high degrees of dollarization for the choice of exchange rate regime and the information content of various monetary aggregates in developing countries. We conclude that a high degree of currency substitution argues for a more fixed exchange rate regime, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264031
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Optimal and Sustainable Exchange Rate Regimes; A Simple Game-Theoretic Approach
Kawai, Masahiro - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
This paper examines the question of how to design an optimal and sustainable exchange rate regime in a world economy of two interdependent countries. It develops a Barro-Gordon type two-country model and compares noncooperative equilibria under different assumptions of monetary policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264066
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Setting the Stage for a National Currency in the West Bank and Gaza; The Choice of Exchange Rate Regime
Kandil, Magda E.; Beidas, S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This paper sheds light on the quantitative behavioral responses of key economic variables in the Palestinian economy in the face of major economic shocks and draws implications for the choice of an exchange rate regime should a decision be taken to introduce a national currency. Time-series...
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