scholarly journals Rounding the Corners of the Policy Trilemma: Sources of Monetary Policy Autonomy

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Klein ◽  
Jay C. Shambaugh
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Capital Controls ◽  
International Macroeconomics ◽  
Exchange Rate Flexibility ◽  
Moderate Amount ◽  
Central Result ◽  
Limited Exchange ◽  
Monetary Autonomy

A central result in international macroeconomics is that a government cannot simultaneously opt for open financial markets, fixed exchange rates, and monetary autonomy; rather, it is constrained to choosing no more than two of these three. This paper considers whether partial capital controls and limited exchange rate flexibility allow for full monetary policy autonomy. We find partial capital controls do not generally allow for greater monetary control than with open capital accounts, unless they are quite extensive, but a moderate amount of exchange rate flexibility does allow for some degree of monetary autonomy, especially in emerging and developing economies. (JEL E52, F32, F33)

scholarly journals EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY, CAPITAL MOBILITY AND INFLATION TRANSMISSION IN MALAYSIA

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mansor H. Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
Exchange Rate Regime ◽  
Flexible Exchange Rate ◽  
International Transmission ◽  
Exchange Rate Flexibility ◽  
The Us ◽  
Small Economy ◽  
Inflation Transmission ◽  
Limited Exchange

The paper assesses the international transmission of inflation for a small economy, Malaysia, over three sample periods marked by different degrees of exchange rate flexibility. Contradicting to conventional wisdom of less pronounced foreign nominal influences under the flexible exchange rate regime, this research finds evidence that the inflation transmission from the US to Malaysia is strongest during the period marked by increasing exchange rate flexibility (i.e. 1993-1998). This research also observes significant inflation effects of exchange rate depreciation during the same period. While this research observe less pronounced impacts of the US during the limited exchange rate flexibility period (i.e. 1988-1999), the US influences are virtually absent during the recent fixed regime (i.e. 1998-2005). This research believes that the intensity of capital flows across the three periods might have explained the results.

scholarly journals Real Time Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Arlind Rama ◽  
Ilir Vika
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Exchange Rate Volatility ◽  
Economic News ◽  
Economic Fundamentals ◽  
Us Dollar ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Exchange Rates Volatility

Interpretation of exchange rate volatility in the light of economic fundamentals comprises an issue of interest for policymakers when it comes to implementing the monetary policy. Understanding the impact of economic news on the Lek exchange rate against two main hard currencies, Euro and US dollar, would serve to better orient the monetary policy and forex market agents positioning in time. Exchange rates volatility on economic news in short-term is an often discussed phenomenon in the economic literature, but through this material we tend to measure these effects in the Albanian foreign currency market and contribute in the literature interpreting foreign currency markets volatility in developing economies. Very often, domestic foreign exchange movements are attributed to developments in large international markets. In the case of Albanian Lek volatility analysis, we tend to find answers regarding the importance of economic news coming from the two main economies in focus, Eurozone and the US. Furthermore, we investigate the importance of the economic information flow in Albania in determining the Lek exchange rate against Euro and US dollar. For a period in focus from January 2007 until July 2012, we try to understand if the exchange rate volatility has been a result of economic fundamentals or financial markets stress related economic news.

The transparency of monetary policy and the effect of exchange rate pass-through

2021 ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Ph. S. Kartaev ◽  
V. G. Tubdenov
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Verbal Description ◽  
Policy Regimes ◽  
Consumer Prices ◽  
Domestic Prices ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
The Interest Rate ◽  
Exchange Rate Pass Through

The work is devoted to the study of the influence of changes in the transparencyof monetary policy on the effect of exchange rate pass-through in consumer prices. Based on econometric modeling of cross-country panel data, it is shown that an increase in the transparency of communication between the central bank and the population leads to a decrease in the elasticity of domestic prices with respect to the exchange rate in countries that target inflation and adhere to other monetary policy regimes. The effect is observed for both developed and developing economies; it is stronger in the second case. The obtained result can be interpreted as an argument in favor of the advisability of the Bank of Russia transition from a verbal description of its future actions to the publication of a quantitative forecast of the interest rate trajectory.

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