The possible crucial role of international bank lending in the transmission of adverse economic disturbance from advanced economies to emerging economies in the recent global financial crisis has once again placed this type of capital flows into sharper scrutiny both in academic and policy...

In this paper, a structural monetary base model is developed. An important feature of this approach is that the model combines three parts of the determinants of the monetary base. The three parts are the commercial bank, the public and the central bank. Bank behaviour relies on an explicit...

In the first section of this paper, it will be explained that though generalizations are misleading, some of the central banks, especially among the advanced and systemically important economies, may have to take some, though not entire responsibility, for causing the global financial crisis....

Since the eruption of the global financial crisis in 2008, macroprudential regulation has become a mantra in the regulatory world. The soon-to-be-widespread adoption of macroprudential tools will inevitably affect the dynamics of the economy and consequently have a direct bearing on the conduct...

Credibility is one of the central issues in conducting monetary policy. It is necessary in order to anchor the economic agents’ expectation on the central bank’s inflation target. A central bank which is capable of managing the public’s expectation of inflation in a proper manner would...

The objective of reserve requirement as a policy tool is mainly to control money supply in the economy. However, the changes of reserve requirement also affect banks´ interest rates. Thus, the changes will have an effect on banking optimal behaviour in maximising profits. Using the industrial...

Liberalized capital accounts and financial integration can enrich a country’s welfare as long as they are appropriately coordinated with the adequate strengthening of policy frameworks. Otherwise, volatile capital flows and financial contagion, promulgated by capital account liberalization and...

One of the reasons why some ASEAN countries are watchful of China is the sheer size of its economy compared to theirs. The rise of China poses some concern to them. However, the ASEAN economies are resilient—they have successfully competed with various other developing regions, and have...

This paper presents a comprehensive and analytical review of monetary policy-making in the East Asian economies since the 1997 financial crisis. Focusing on the three key issues of objectives, instruments and institutional developments, it surveys the recent choice of monetary policy objectives...

This paper reviews some of the main issues revolving around the recent debate about exchange rate policy, centering on relationships among exchange rate flexibility, competitiveness, and financial discipline. The paper also looks at the implications of the debate for the formulation of exchange...