Introducing a Semi-Structural Macroeconomic Model for Rwanda
... Rwanda’s economy has come a long way over the past two decades. Judicious economic policies, coupled with ample donor support, have allowed the economy to sustain a real annual growth of around 8 percent over the past decade. The sectors that have contributed most to growth are agriculture and servi ...
... Rwanda’s economy has come a long way over the past two decades. Judicious economic policies, coupled with ample donor support, have allowed the economy to sustain a real annual growth of around 8 percent over the past decade. The sectors that have contributed most to growth are agriculture and servi ...
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... why real exchange rates fluctuate so dramatically. Trading frictions in goods markets are also empirically important. ...
... why real exchange rates fluctuate so dramatically. Trading frictions in goods markets are also empirically important. ...
The Portfolio Balance Model∗
... Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities Foreign bonds +1 monetary base +1 Reserves +1 deposits of foreign banks +1 Foreign commercial banks Assets Liabilities Foreign bonds -1 deposits at domestic banks +1 An alternative strategy is to buy domestic bonds from the domestic commercial banks, i.e., an op ...
... Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities Foreign bonds +1 monetary base +1 Reserves +1 deposits of foreign banks +1 Foreign commercial banks Assets Liabilities Foreign bonds -1 deposits at domestic banks +1 An alternative strategy is to buy domestic bonds from the domestic commercial banks, i.e., an op ...
university of lusaka
... The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change of prices over time for a constant goods and services basket purchased by a representative consumer group. The defIator is used in the absence of CPI data. The deflator is the measure of the average change of prices over timer not a f ...
... The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change of prices over time for a constant goods and services basket purchased by a representative consumer group. The defIator is used in the absence of CPI data. The deflator is the measure of the average change of prices over timer not a f ...
Standards Study Guide – Economics
... What are 2 examples of government regulations or deregulations and their effect on consumers and producers? ...
... What are 2 examples of government regulations or deregulations and their effect on consumers and producers? ...
A Review of Banking Sector Reforms in Transition Economies
... Fourth, privatisation of state-owned commercial banks, entry of new private banks, and provision of effective prudential regulation were expected to increase competition in banking services and facilitate banking development by increasing the interest paid on deposits and reducing the cost of lendin ...
... Fourth, privatisation of state-owned commercial banks, entry of new private banks, and provision of effective prudential regulation were expected to increase competition in banking services and facilitate banking development by increasing the interest paid on deposits and reducing the cost of lendin ...
Chapter 16: International Trade
... States might be forced to reassess its economic relationship with China if Beijing fails to address economic frictions between the two countries quickly and effectively. . . . He said that China maintains a range of nontariff barriers that, in combination with other policies, prevent the United Stat ...
... States might be forced to reassess its economic relationship with China if Beijing fails to address economic frictions between the two countries quickly and effectively. . . . He said that China maintains a range of nontariff barriers that, in combination with other policies, prevent the United Stat ...
Title: The Political Economy of Monetary Institutions: An
... Notwithstanding important differences between the two institutions, exchange rate pegs and central bank independence can be thought of as alternative forms of monetary delegation. Indeed, as we discuss below, a purely economic logic of monetary delegation, derived from the problem of time inconsiste ...
... Notwithstanding important differences between the two institutions, exchange rate pegs and central bank independence can be thought of as alternative forms of monetary delegation. Indeed, as we discuss below, a purely economic logic of monetary delegation, derived from the problem of time inconsiste ...
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... but they even tend to appreciate although this has been argued not to be the case at longer horizons by Chinn and Meredith (2004). Important papers in the early literature also include Hansen and Hodrick (1980) and Fama (1984). Hodrick (1987) offers a good review of this early literature on the UIRP ...
... but they even tend to appreciate although this has been argued not to be the case at longer horizons by Chinn and Meredith (2004). Important papers in the early literature also include Hansen and Hodrick (1980) and Fama (1984). Hodrick (1987) offers a good review of this early literature on the UIRP ...
original article in English
... welcoming attitude towards immigration and the danger that fiscal stimulus policies will have no effect on growth and will generate inflation, or that the deregulation announced in various sectors will not be managed properly. To this is added the possible reaction of other ...
... welcoming attitude towards immigration and the danger that fiscal stimulus policies will have no effect on growth and will generate inflation, or that the deregulation announced in various sectors will not be managed properly. To this is added the possible reaction of other ...
Jochen Garcke, Thomas Gerstner and Michael Griebel Intraday
... patterns in the data were nevertheless discovered. In [35] multiple foreign exchange rates were used simultaneously in connection with neural networks. There, better performance was observed using multiple exchange rates than in a separate analysis of each single exchange rate. In this paper we tack ...
... patterns in the data were nevertheless discovered. In [35] multiple foreign exchange rates were used simultaneously in connection with neural networks. There, better performance was observed using multiple exchange rates than in a separate analysis of each single exchange rate. In this paper we tack ...
From Great Depression to Great Recession
... these countries be more symmetric in their foreign exchange intervention? Should they try to insulate themselves from volatile capital flows? Is this the time to fundamentally rethink the role of finance in national economies, and of cross-border banking flows in the world economy? How do we create ...
... these countries be more symmetric in their foreign exchange intervention? Should they try to insulate themselves from volatile capital flows? Is this the time to fundamentally rethink the role of finance in national economies, and of cross-border banking flows in the world economy? How do we create ...
A General Equilibrium Perspective of Aggregate Import Demand
... ignored in the analysis of international trade flows. The systemic simultaneity implies that adjustment behaviour in the financial sector may be one of the forces that drive adjustment flows in the goods and services market. And, vice versa, imbalances in goods markets may be one of the factors that ...
... ignored in the analysis of international trade flows. The systemic simultaneity implies that adjustment behaviour in the financial sector may be one of the forces that drive adjustment flows in the goods and services market. And, vice versa, imbalances in goods markets may be one of the factors that ...
On the long-run determinants of real exchange rates for
... misalignment affects economic activity in developing countries mainly due to the dependence on imported capital goods and specialization in commodity exports. Accessibility to world financial markets which helps to smooth consumption by financing trade imbalance, also plays an important role. Eviden ...
... misalignment affects economic activity in developing countries mainly due to the dependence on imported capital goods and specialization in commodity exports. Accessibility to world financial markets which helps to smooth consumption by financing trade imbalance, also plays an important role. Eviden ...
DP2014/01 Exchange rates, expected returns and risk Anella Munro April 2014
... across currency areas. Lustig and Verdelhan (2007) extend that analysis and show that portfolios of high interest currencies depreciate when consumption is low, while portfolios of low interest currencies provide hedging of consumption risk. Those papers support the idea that risk needs to be endog ...
... across currency areas. Lustig and Verdelhan (2007) extend that analysis and show that portfolios of high interest currencies depreciate when consumption is low, while portfolios of low interest currencies provide hedging of consumption risk. Those papers support the idea that risk needs to be endog ...
Part 5 Clearing and settlement facilities
... debtor) to another person (a credit provider) is deferred; or (ii) one person (a debtor) incurs a deferred debt to another person (a credit provider); and (b) including any of the following: (i) any form of financial accommodation; (ii) a hire purchase agreement; (iii) credit provided for the purcha ...
... debtor) to another person (a credit provider) is deferred; or (ii) one person (a debtor) incurs a deferred debt to another person (a credit provider); and (b) including any of the following: (i) any form of financial accommodation; (ii) a hire purchase agreement; (iii) credit provided for the purcha ...
3 Effects of the Strong Dollar - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
... the dollar had been stable, and one-third can be attributed to the appreciation of the dollar. Meanwhile, the merchandise exports of the United States increased by six percent, in real terms, from the fourth quarter of 1982 through the second quarter of 1985. Exports have clearly been affected by th ...
... the dollar had been stable, and one-third can be attributed to the appreciation of the dollar. Meanwhile, the merchandise exports of the United States increased by six percent, in real terms, from the fourth quarter of 1982 through the second quarter of 1985. Exports have clearly been affected by th ...
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... differing goods of these elements of cost that are lowered by deflation. Depreciation will lower, in foreign money, the supply schedules of some goods and services, but not of others; and the degrees by which specific ones are lowered may well be different from those by which they would be lowered b ...
... differing goods of these elements of cost that are lowered by deflation. Depreciation will lower, in foreign money, the supply schedules of some goods and services, but not of others; and the degrees by which specific ones are lowered may well be different from those by which they would be lowered b ...
an empirical study of the yen/dollar exchange rate
... This paper provides further evidence on this issue in four ways. First, it focuses not only on the expected level and variance of the exchange rate, but on the entire distribution of expected exchange rates, which is derived from option prices. The moments of this distribution allow a more complete ...
... This paper provides further evidence on this issue in four ways. First, it focuses not only on the expected level and variance of the exchange rate, but on the entire distribution of expected exchange rates, which is derived from option prices. The moments of this distribution allow a more complete ...
The changing nature of the UK`s trade deficits, 1985–2008
... Trade flows can also be heavily influenced by the exchange rate. As a currency appreciates, imports become relatively cheaper and exports become relatively more expensive (holding other things equal). Likewise, exchange rate depreciation would have the opposite effects, making imports more expensive ...
... Trade flows can also be heavily influenced by the exchange rate. As a currency appreciates, imports become relatively cheaper and exports become relatively more expensive (holding other things equal). Likewise, exchange rate depreciation would have the opposite effects, making imports more expensive ...