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Macroprudential Policy and Bank Systemic Risk: Does Inflation Targeting Matter?
Belkhir, Mohamed - 2023
This paper investigates macroprudential policy effects on bank systemic risk and the role of inflation targeting in such effects. Using bank-level data for 45 countries comprising various monetary and exchange rate regimes, our regime-dependent dynamic panel regression results point to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059389
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Excess Liquidity and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Saxegaard, Magnus - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SOME STYLIZED FACTS ON RESERVE REQUIREMENTS AND EXCESS LIQUIDITY IN AFRICAN … COUNTRIES -- III. MEASUREMENT OF EXCESS LIQUIDITY -- IV. EXCESS BANK LIQUIDITY AND MONETARY POLICY TRANSMISSION MECHANISM -- V …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691164
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ECB Euro Liquidity Lines
Albrizio, Silvia - 2023
Central bank liquidity lines have gained momentum since the global financial crisis as a crosscurrency liquidity … management tool. We provide a complete timeline of the ECB liquidity line announcements and study their signalling and spillback … effects. The announcement of an ECB euro liquidity line decreases the premium paid by foreign agents to borrow euros in FX …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059508
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Credible Commitment to Optimal Escape from a Liquidity Trap; The Role of the Balance Sheet of an Independent Central Bank
Jeanne, Olivier; Svensson, Lars E. O. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
its currency and an exchange rate peg. This way, the central bank can implement the optimal escape from a liquidity trap … to escape from a liquidity trap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826442
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The Gambia; Demand for Broad Money and Implications for Monetary Policy Conduct
Sriram, Subramanian S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper evaluates the demand for broad money (M2) in The Gambia for January 1988-June 2007. There appears to be a long-run relationship for demand for real M2, but the relationship is not stable. Exogenous output shocks, financial innovation, changes in income velocity, and inadequate data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528631
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A New Taxonomy of Monetary Regimes
Bhundia, Ashok; Stone, Mark R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper proposes a new taxonomy of monetary regimes defined by the choice and clarity of the nominal anchor. The regimes are as follows: (i) monetary nonautonomy, (ii) weak anchor, (iii) money anchor, (iv) exchange rate peg, (v) full-fledged inflation targeting, (vi) implicit price stability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248145
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Monetary Transmission in an Emerging Targeter; The Case of Brazil
Pagan, A. R.; Laxton, Douglas; Catão, Luis - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper lays out a structural model that incorporates key features of monetary transmission in typical emerging-market economies, including a bank-credit channel and the role of external debt accumulation on country risk premia and exchange rate dynamics. We use an SVAR representation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263748
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The Inflation Targeting Framework in Norway
Soikkeli, Jarkko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Norway adopted an inflation targeting framework in early 2001, thus concluding its gradual but consistent move toward greater exchange rate flexibility. This paper assesses the institutional and technical design of the framework, as well as its potential implications for the practical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263764
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Is Central Bank Intervention Effective Under Inflation Targeting Regimes? the Case of Colombia
Kamil, Herman - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Policymakers in many emerging markets are attempting to resist currency appreciation while simultaneously meeting 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263872
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The Impact of Introducing a Minimum Wageon Business Cycle Volatility; A Structural Analysis for Hong Kong SAR
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
We study the impact of a minimum wage on business cycle volatility, depending upon its coverage and adjustment mechanism. As with other small open economies, Hong Kong SAR is vulnerable to external shocks, with its exchange rate regime precluding active monetary policy. Adjustment to past shocks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263930