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The fragility of two monetary regimes : the European Monetary System and the Eurozone
De Grauwe, Paul; Ji, Yuemei - 2013
We analyze the similarities and the differences in the fragility of the European Monetary System (EMS) and the Eurozone …. We test the hypothesis that in the EMS the fragility arose from the absence of a credible lender of last resort in the … markets that caused the fragility. We conclude that in the EMS the national central banks were weak and fragile, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590398
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The eurozone in the current crisis
Wyplosz, Charles - 2010
This paper contrasts the United States (US) and European situations during the crisis and examines how much of the crisis has been imported by Europe from the US. The paper argues that Europe never had a chance to avoid contagion from the US. It also documents the relatively limited reaction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983135
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MMT and policy assignment in an open economy context : simplicity is useful, oversimpliflflication not so much
Razmi, Arslan - 2022
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has recently received significant at- tention in academic and policy circles. Critics question the sustainability of MMT-prescribed approaches to fiscal and monetary policy, especially over extended periods of time, in the presence of international financial markets,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012819441
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Inflation Targeting in Colombia, 2002-2012
Urrutia, Miguel; Hofstetter Gascón, Marcel; Hamann S., … - 2014
After decades using monetary aggregates as the main instrument of monetary policy and having different varieties of crawling peg exchange rate regimes, Colombia adopted a full-fledged inflation-targeting (IT) regime in 1999, with inflation as the nominal anchor, a floating exchange rate, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314133
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Inflation targeting in Colombia, 2002 - 2012
Urrutia, Miguel; Hofstetter Gascón, Marcel; Hamann S., … - 2014
After decades using monetary aggregates as the main instrument of monetary policy and having different varieties of crawling peg exchange rate regimes, Colombia adopted a full-fledged inflation-targeting (IT) regime in 1999, with inflation as the nominal anchor, a floating exchange rate, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285649
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Eurozone Creation and Possible Exits : Political, Institutional, Monetary and Economic Issues - An Analysis of the Key Stress Points of the Single Currency and Their Interactions
Masera, Rainer - 2019
This paper argues that EMU has been and continues to be a politically driven process. In this perspective, it examines the issues and the implications of potential Euroexit and Euro break up: it underlines that these processes would have a prominent political dimension, as was the case for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897801
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Inflation Targeting in Colombia, 2002-2012
Urrutia, Miguel - 2014
After decades using monetary aggregates as the main instrument of monetary policy and having different varieties of crawling peg exchange rate regimes, Colombia adopted a full-fledged inflation-targeting (IT) regime in 1999, with inflation as the nominal anchor, a floating exchange rate, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057337
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The Triffin dilemma again
Campanella, Edoardo - 2010
Tiny changes in the American monetary policy can have dramatic effects on the rest of the world because of dollar's double role of national and international currency. This is the Triffin dilemma. The paper shows how it works through three examples: price of commodities, dollarization, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008648332
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The Advantage of Transparency in Monetary Policy Instruments
Atkeson, Andrew - 2008
Monetary policy instruments differ in tightness-how closely they are linked to inflation-and transparency-how easily they can be monitored. Tightness is always desirable in a monetary policy instrument; when is transparency? When a government cannot commit to follow a given policy. We apply this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012770718
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Optimal Monetary Policy in a Currency Union with Interest Rate Spreads
Bhattarai, Saroj - 2015
We introduce "financial imperfections" -- asymmetric net wealth positions, incomplete risk-sharing, and interest rate spreads across member countries -- in a prototypical two-country currency union model and study implications for monetary policy transmission mechanism and optimal policy. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035757