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The Flexible System of Global Models (FSGM) is a group of models developed by the Economic Modeling Division of the IMF for policy analysis. A typical module of FSGM is a multi-region, forward-looking semi-structural global model consisting of 24 regions. Using the three core modules focused on...
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This paper examines the impact of a monetary policy shock on output, prices, and the nominal effective exchange rate … main results suggest that an exogenous increase in the short-term interest rate tends to be followed by a decline in prices … variations in the short-term interest rate account for significant fluctuations in the nominal exchange rate and prices, while …
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seventeen African countries. The central finding is that both gaps contain significant information regarding the evolution of …
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trade. Prices of final consumption goods are sticky in the consumer's currency. Pursuing an inward-looking policy, as … price indices is dominated by rules that allow for some fluctuations in prices such as nominal income or monetary targeting. …
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The paper reviews the policy response of major central banks during the 2007–08 financial market turbulence and … suggests that there is scope for convergence among central bank operational frameworks through the adoption of those elements … of liquidity provision; and (iv) central bank cooperation to facilitate the use of cross-border collateral. Flexible use …
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Monetary policy in Yemen is largely rudimentary and ad hoc in nature. The Central Bank of Yemen's (CBY) approach has …
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tend to raise the general price level. In contrast to the accepted view, other prices do not seem to decline to offset the …
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Exchange rate-based inflation stabilization (ERBS) policies are associated with a boom-recession cycle in economic activity and sustained real exchange rate appreciation. A class of models in the literature has explained these empirical regularities with the lack of credibility of the...
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This paper uses a two-sector model to estimate the relationship between prices, money, and the exchange rate in … monetary aggregates, domestic prices, real income, and foreign interest rates. In addition, the error-correction model shows …
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-through to prices, and interest rate policy following, rather than leading, financial market developments. Our estimated monetary … policy reaction function shows the central bank striking a balance between real exchange rate stability and containing …
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