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We examine the implications of high degrees of dollarization for the choice of exchange rate regime and the information content of various monetary aggregates in developing countries. We conclude that a high degree of currency substitution argues for a more fixed exchange rate regime, while...
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Several years of high inflation rates have negatively affected economic conditions in Angola. Macroeconomic …
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This paper assesses the First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Afghanistan. The authorities have met all of the indicative quantitative targets set out under the SMP and all the structural benchmarks, except the benchmark on licensing of commercial banks, which was only partly...
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This paper classifies countries that define their monetary policy framework by an inflation target into full …-fledged inflation targeters, eclectic inflation targeters and inflation targeting lite regimes. This classification is based on … indicators of the clarity and credibility of the commitment to the inflation target. The three regimes can be viewed as …
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lowering inflation. Such recent developments have brought to the forefront the idea that freely mobile capital, independent … all three. Inflation-targeting regimes being adopted by many countries provide a way of resolving this dilemma. …
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This paper evaluates the proposal that government authorities ought to target nominal income. It begins by viewing the literature in some detail. It then undertakes a theoretical analysis of the proposal first for the small country and next for the large country. There is then a general...
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This paper offers an in-depth review of the institutional arrangements underlying existing currency boards (CBAs) in Argentina (until 2001), Eastern Europe, and Asia. An index of precommitment is derived from an analysis of legislative frameworks and monetary policy operations. The index covers...
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This paper argues that the implications of globalization for monetary policy come mainly through two channels: On the one hand, the many structural changes that are associated with the globalization process cause an increase in the uncertainty surrounding monetary policy. This includes an...
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Inflation targeting lite (ITL) countries float their exchange rate and announce an inflation target, but are not able … to maintain the inflation target as the foremost policy objective. This paper identifies 19 emerging market countries as … practitioners of ITL. They seem to focus mainly on bringing inflation into the single digits and maintaining financial stability …
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Since end-2001, the Government of Afghanistan (GoA) has focused on crisis management, establishing or rebuilding fundamental institutions and basic government services, and maintaining economic stability with the help of the international community. The authorities have made significant strides...
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