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Central bank balance sheets in emerging Asia have been expanding rapidly for the past decade, driven primarily by the accumulation of foreign exchange reserves. Some of the expansion reflects efforts to increase the buffer stock of reserves in the aftermath of the 1997–98 Asian Financial...
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This is one of the contributions which is part of BIS Paper 68 and which was presented at the BIS-sponsored sessions at the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) meetings in 2010-11, focusing on the drivers and effects of capital flows and the challenges they pose for the...
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This is one of the contributions which is part of BIS Paper 68 and which was presented at the BIS-sponsored sessions at the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) meetings in 2010-11, focusing on the drivers and effects of capital flows and the challenges they pose for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088042
Economic and financial integration has reshaped the monetary policy frameworks and transmission channels in the emerging market economies (EMEs) over the past two decades. Economic and financial linkages have become stronger, resulting in greater synchronization of business cycles across...
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Policy normalisation in the major advanced economies affects emerging market economies (EMEs) through many channels, posing major challenges for their central banks. EMEs have adopted a policy toolkit including monetary, fiscal, exchange rate and macroprudential policies. Given many EMEs' high...
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Unlike most central banks which target interest rates, Singapore runs an exchange rate-centred monetary policy framework, in which the Singapore Dollar Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (S$NEER) is the intermediate target of monetary policy. The S$NEER fluctuates within a policy band that is...
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Russia introduced its inflation targeting regime in 2015. Subsequently, fiscal policy was changed with a view to reducing the economy's dependence on natural resource prices; these changes are known as “the fiscal rule”. At the same time, a financial stability policy and its instruments were...
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This paper reviews the Peruvian experience in using FX intervention and reserve requirements for macroprudential purposes, with the aim of limiting the financial risks associated with dollarisation. Peru is a successful market-driven case of dedollarisation, which reflects both macroeconomic...
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This note reviews the recent experience of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's foreign exchange market operations and illustrates why such operations are a passive and mechanical process under the currency board arrangement. This note also discusses whether Hong Kong is well prepared for capital...
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Foreign exchange intervention is an important tool for central banks in many emerging market economies (EMEs). Drawing on a recent survey of 21 EME central banks as well as inputs from their contributions published in this volume, this paper summarises the main issues with regard to FX...
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