Multiple Monetary Policy Instruments, Foreign Exchange Intervention, and Exchange Rate in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soyoung Kim ◽  
Hongyi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Foreign Exchange Intervention

GLOBAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION AND CENTRAL BANK POLICIES IN SMALL, OPEN ECONOMIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (01) ◽  
pp. 135-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
MÁR GUDMUNDSSON
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Capital Flows ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
Exchange Rate Regime ◽  
Open Economies ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Small Open Economies

Global financial integration intensified in the period leading up to the Great Financial Crisis, as was witnessed by the growth of cross-border banking, capital flows, and gross external capital positions. For small, open economies (SOEs) that have lifted restrictions on capital movements, global financial integration seems to have undermined the scope for independent monetary policy, even if these countries had adopted a flexible exchange rate regime. Monetary policy transmission was weakened through the interest rate channel, as long-term rates in SOEs became increasingly correlated with long rates in large, advanced countries. The exchange rate channel was unstable, however, with exchange rates diverging from fundamentals as uncovered interest rate parity failed to hold over relevant periods and capital flows were volatile. These tendencies can contribute to monetary and financial instability when they interact badly with other economic and financial risks that can face small, open, and financially integrated economies. This was the case in Iceland. A fundamental rethinking of policy frameworks and tools has been underway in SOEs in the wake of the crisis. Potential policy instruments include foreign exchange intervention, enhanced prudential rules on foreign exchange risks, macroprudential tools, better alignment of fiscal and monetary policy, and even selective capital flow management tools.

Capital Control and Monetary Policy in Asian Emerging Market Economies

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-134
Author(s):  
Yongseung Jung ◽  
Soyoung Kim ◽  
Doo Yong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Exchange Rate Regime ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Elasticity Of Substitution ◽  
Price Stability ◽  
Emerging Market Economies ◽  
Capital Control

This paper explores two policy options in emerging market economies (EMEs) to cope with volatile capital flows due to external monetary policy shocks; capital control policy and choice of exchange rate regime. Both tools reinforce each other when a foreign exchange risk premium shock hits the economy. A contractionary U.S. monetary policy shock has significant real effects in EMEs. Conventional wisdom tells us that a free floating exchange rate with inflation targeting is better when a country faces foreign shocks. However, we show that a flexible exchange rate with less capital controls is not the best option in EMEs based on vector autoregression analysis. Moreover, we set up a small open economy new Keynesian model with real wage and price rigidities. It shows that the small economy with labor market frictions is more vulnerable to exogenous shocks such as a foreign exchange rate shock under a fixed exchange rate regime than under a flexible exchange regime. We show that maintaining price stability is not desirable when there are substantial frictions in the labor market and the intratemporal elasticity of substitution is high. Finally, the model shows that the welfare cost difference between a policy of maintaining purchasing power and a policy aimed at price stability reverses as the intratemporal elasticity of substitution between home and foreign goods increases.

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