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Upon entry into the European Union, countries become members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), with a derogation from adopting the euro as their currency (that is, each country joining the EU commits to replace its national currency with the euro, but can choose when to request...
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China’s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in China’s...
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The staff report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation on Botswana highlights economic developments and monetary and exchange rate policy. Botswana’s growth has been fueled by continued increases in diamond production; and real diamond output is projected to level off, and then decline...
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, and inflation. The authors develop a framework that emphasizes the different roles of monetary and fiscal policy and apply …
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This paper explores the role of exchange rates in emerging economies with inflation-targeting regimes, an issue that … has become especially germane during the current episode of financial turmoil and volatile capital flows. Under inflation … targeting, the interest rate is the main monetary policy tool for influencing activity and inflation, and there is little …
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This paper addresses analytical aspects of exchange rate policy and emphasizes the relationship among exchange rate flexibility, financial discipline, and international competitiveness.
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This paper investigates the exchange rate responses to inflation in Bangladesh during the period from 1972-73 to 1999 …. Both annual and monthly data are used in the investigation. The results suggest that past consumer price inflation … effective exchange rate. The effect of inflation on devaluation, however, became weaker following the financial reforms …
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Over the past decade or so, Tunisia has experienced a strong economic performance while pursuing a constant real exchange rate rule (CRERR). The limitations of this rule are now beginning to emerge in the context of a more open economy, regional integration, a more market-based monetary policy,...
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Botswana's successive currency devaluations and recent move from a fixed to a crawling peg exchange rate regime raise the question of whether the exchange rate might be misaligned with economic fundamentals. This paper, applying the behavioral equilibrium exchange rate (BEER) approach, analyzes...
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, and current account liberalization; and (ii) inflation and various determinants, including lagged inflation, the nominal … and the real exchange rate are significant determinants but not the exchange regime or liberalization; and for inflation …, the lagged inflation rate, nominal exchange rate, and the de facto regime are significant. Exchange rate pass-through is …
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