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It has been well-established in the literature that portfolio inflows appreciate the real effective exchange rate. However, the literature lacks a systematic empirical analysis of the impact of portfolio inflows by institutional sector or borrower type. This paper fills this gap by exploring the...
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After the failure of the early 1980s, a second attempt at capital account liberalization was gradually carried out in … applied to support the independent monetary policy committed to the inflation target, while the exchange rate was quasi …
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This paper analyzes the impact of capital inflows and exchange rate flexibility on the real exchange rate in developing countries based on panel cointegration techniques. The results show that public and private flows are associated with a real exchange rate appreciation. Among private flows,...
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and unofficial markets for foreign exchange, the domestic inflation rate can be stabilized, but only at the expense of a … temporarily, and are known to be temporary, targeting the money supply fails to stabilize the rate of inflation even in the short …
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This empirical study for South Africa indicates that there exists a stable money demand type of relationship among domestic prices, broad money, real income, and interest rates, as well as a long-run relationship among domestic prices, foreign prices, and the nominal exchange rate. In the short...
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This paper analyses the dynamics of inflation in Kenya during 1974–96, a period characterized by external shocks and … exchange rate, foreign prices, and terms of trade have long-run effects on inflation, while the money supply and interest rate … only have short-run effects. The dynamics of inflation are also found to be influenced by food supply constraints. Moreover …
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Exchange rate-based inflation stabilization (ERBS) policies are associated with a boom-recession cycle in economic … forward-looking pricing behavior without inflation stickiness and attribute the slow decline in inflation to the consumption …-looking components of inflation weigh approximately equally in pricing behavior, and therefore, that inflation is partially sticky. The …
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appreciation of the nominal exchange rate, this real appreciation will occur through inflation rates that are higher than in … industrial countries. Provided that the current prudent economic policies are continued, such higher inflation will not threaten …
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This paper shows that the response of inflation to external shocks is very different when the authorities target the … would have no effect on the steady-state inflation rate under a fixed exchange rate are either inflationary or deflationary …
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