Tongas monetary authority, National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) is entrusted with the responsibility of managing Tongas monetary system and exchange rate stability. This paper undertakes an empirical study of monetary policies pursued by NRBT with specific focus on the transmission mechanism of...

For successful monetary policy formulation and implementation, monetary authorities need to establish the existence of a stable relationship between reserve money and money supply so that changes in reserve money manipulated by policy changes can have desirable, intended effects on money stock....

Applying the procedures of variance decomposition and impulse response functions, this working paper aims to examine the impact of changes in policy variables namely, monetary aggregate (M1), exchange rate and interest rate on two monetary goal variables, namely output and price level in Fiji...