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Cash Use Across Countries and the Demand for Central Bank Digital Currency
Khiaonarong, Tanai - 2019
The level and trend in cash use in a country will influence the demand for central bank digital currency (CBDC). While access to digital currency will be more convenient than traveling to an ATM, it only makes CBDC like a bank debit card-not better. Demand for digital currency will thus be weak...
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China's Monetary Policy and Interest Rate Liberalization : Lessons from International Experiences
Liao, Wei - 2014
China has been moving to a more market oriented financial system, which has implications for the monetary policy environment. The paper investigates the stability of the money demand function (MDF) in light of progress in financial sector reforms that, for example, have resulted in significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053041
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Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy Transmission in Vietnam and Emerging Asia
Bhattacharya, Rina - 2013
This paper provides an overview of inflation developments in Vietnam in the years following the doi moi reforms, and … uses empirical analysis to answer two key questions: (i) what are the key drivers of inflation in Vietnam, and what role … does monetary policy play? and (ii) why has inflation in Vietnam been persistently higher than in most other emerging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078381
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Understanding Euro Area Inflation Dynamics : Why so Low for so Long?
Abdih, Yasser - 2018
Despite closing output gaps and tightening labor markets, inflation has remained low inthe euro area. Based on an … augmented Phillips Curve framework, we find that thisphenomenon-sometimes attributed to low global inflation-has been primarily … causedby a remarkable persistence of inflation, keeping it low despite the reduction in slack. Thisfeature is shown to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910359
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Inflation News and Euro Area Inflation Expectations
Garcia, Juan A. - 2019
Do euro area inflation expectations remain well-anchored? This paper finds that the protractedperiod of low (and below …-target) inflation in the euro area since 2013 has weakened theiranchoring. Testing their sensitivity to inflation and macroeconomic news … robustness to our conclusions. Results point to a significantimpact of inflation news over recent years that had not been …
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Monetary and Macroprudential Policy in an Estimated DSGE Model of the Euro Area
Quint, Dominic - 2013
In this paper, we study the optimal mix of monetary and macroprudential policies in an estimated two-country model of the euro area. The model includes real, nominal and financial frictions, and hence both monetary and macroprudential policy can play a role. Wefind that the introduction of a...
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Fragmentation and Monetary Policy in the Euro Area
Al-Eyd, Ali - 2013
The ECB has taken a range of actions to address bank funding problems, eliminate excessive risk in sovereign markets, and safeguard monetary transmission. But euro area financial markets have remained fragmented, driving retail interest rates in stressed markets far above those in the core. This...
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International Capital Flows at the Security Level - Evidence from the ECB's Asset Purchase Programme
Bergant, Katharina - 2020
We analyse euro area investors' portfolio rebalancing during the ECB's Asset Purchase Programme at the security level. Our empirical analysis shows that euro area investors (in particular investment funds and households) actively rebalanced away from securities targeted under the Public Sector...
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Autonomous Factor Forecast Quality : The Case of the Eurosystem
Veyrune, Romain - 2020
The publication of liquidity forecasts can be understood as part of central banks' push toward greater transparency regarding monetary policy implementation. However, the advantages of transparency can only be realized if the information provided is accurate and reliable. This paper (1) provides...
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The Scarcity Effect of Quantitative Easing on Repo Rates : Evidence from the Euro Area
Arrata, William - 2019
Most short-term interest rates in the Euro area are below the European Central Bank deposit facility rate, the rate at which the central bank remunerates banks' excess reserves. This unexpected development coincided with the start of the Public Sector Purchase Program (PSPP). In this paper, we...
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