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Moving to Greater Exchange Rate Flexibility; Operational Aspects Based on Lessons from Detailed Country Experiences
Ötker, Inci - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Many countries have moved towards more flexible exchange rate regimes over the last decade to take advantage of greater monetary policy autonomy and flexibility in responding to external shocks. Some reluctance to let go of pegged exchange rates persists, however, despite the benefits of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767365
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Central Bank Foreign Exchange Market Intervention and Option Contract Specification; The Case of Colombia
Mandeng, Ousmène - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper aims to identify appropriate option contract specifications for effective central bank exchange market intervention. Option contract specifications determine the impact of options on the underlying asset or currency, and hence their actual effect on asset price or currency volatility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825716
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Exchange Rate Assessments; CGER Methodologies
Lee, Jaewoo; Ostry, Jonathan David; Prati, Alessandro; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
The rapid increase in international trade and financial integration over the past decade and the growing importance of emerging markets in world trade and GDP have inspired the IMF to place stronger emphasis on multilateral surveillance, macro-financial linkages, and the implications of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245901
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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245902
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The Role of the Exchange Rate in Inflation-Targeting Emerging Economies; Targeting Emerging Economies
Nordstrom, Anna; Roger, Scott; Stone, Mark R.; Shimizu, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245907
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The Cyclicality of Sales, Regular and Effective Prices; Business Cycle and Policy Implications
Coibion, Olivier; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Hong, Gee Hee - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
We study the cyclical properties of sales, regular price changes and average prices paid by consumers ("effective …" prices) in a dataset containing prices and quantities sold for numerous retailers across a variety of U.S. metropolitan areas … prices paid by consumers declines significantly with higher unemployment. This discrepancy can be reconciled by consumers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242242
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Estimating the Implicit Inflation Target of the South African Reserve Bank
Klein, Nir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper applies a state-space approach to estimate the implicit inflation target of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) since the adoption of the Inflation Targeting (IT) framework. The paper's findings are two. First, although the official inflation target range is 3.6 percent, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790261
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Innocent Bystanders? Monetary Policy and Inequality in the U.S.
Silvia, John; Kueng, Lorenz; Coibion, Olivier; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
We study the effects and historical contribution of monetary policy shocks to consumption and income inequality in the United States since 1980. Contractionary monetary policy actions systematically increase inequality in labor earnings, total income, consumption and total expenditures....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790323
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Bulgaria; Third Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Applicability of Performance Criteria—Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
Bulgaria's macroeconomic performance, in the face of the prolonged slowdown in the EU, has been impressive, but further efforts are required. The government's fiscal policy has underpinned recent economic success, and pressures to loosen such policies should be resisted. Fiscal reforms have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591059
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Ex Post Assessment of Performance Under Fund-Supported Programs—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement-Staff Report; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Former Yugoslav ...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
The staff report for the Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement on the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia highlights economic developments and policies. FYR of Macedonia’s economic performance since independence has been marked by notable achievements in macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591101