NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES EXPERIENCE OF AND LESSONS FROM EXCHANGE RATE
... Emerging market countries in Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe entered the 1990s with widely varying fundamentals. To over-generalize, Latin American countries before the 1990s traditionally had low national savings rates, profligate fiscal and monetary policies, and overvalued currencies ...
... Emerging market countries in Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe entered the 1990s with widely varying fundamentals. To over-generalize, Latin American countries before the 1990s traditionally had low national savings rates, profligate fiscal and monetary policies, and overvalued currencies ...
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... The history of Polish stabilization may be divided into three distinct periods: the fixed exchange rate period (January 1, 1990May 17, 1991, which was followed by the periodic adjustment period (which lasted till ...
... The history of Polish stabilization may be divided into three distinct periods: the fixed exchange rate period (January 1, 1990May 17, 1991, which was followed by the periodic adjustment period (which lasted till ...
Currency Wars and Competitive Devaluation.
... currencies, that led to the fall of the goldstandard system. Devaluations reached unprecedented levels, affecting the living ...
... currencies, that led to the fall of the goldstandard system. Devaluations reached unprecedented levels, affecting the living ...
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... change on equilibrium price and quantity using the traditional two country-one commodity closed system of Kost.3 Kost's analysis is modified by the addition of a currency exchange sector. The trade sector is measured in dollars; changes in the export supply (U.S.) and import demand are shown from th ...
... change on equilibrium price and quantity using the traditional two country-one commodity closed system of Kost.3 Kost's analysis is modified by the addition of a currency exchange sector. The trade sector is measured in dollars; changes in the export supply (U.S.) and import demand are shown from th ...
Chapter 18 Monetary Policy: Using Interest Rates to Stabilize the
... tools, also known as monetary policy instruments • The target federal funds rate, or the interest rate at which banks make overnight loans to each other ...
... tools, also known as monetary policy instruments • The target federal funds rate, or the interest rate at which banks make overnight loans to each other ...
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... that can be sold when money is needed. The family home could fulfill these tasks. Real estate is a good store of value. The family home is a physical asset, since it can be converted into money relatively easily. • For an asset to be useful as a unit of account, it has to act as a yardstick that peo ...
... that can be sold when money is needed. The family home could fulfill these tasks. Real estate is a good store of value. The family home is a physical asset, since it can be converted into money relatively easily. • For an asset to be useful as a unit of account, it has to act as a yardstick that peo ...
... expectation of higher future inflation rates. And neither quantitative easing nor unsterilized intervention against the yen is likely to change inflation expectations. However, insofar as BOJ open market purchases of long-term government debt raise the price of these assets, they also may lower the ...
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... • Sterilized foreign exchange intervention – Central banks sometimes carry out equal foreign and domestic asset transactions in opposite directions to nullify the impact of their foreign exchange operations on the domestic money supply. – With no sterilization, there is a link between the balance of ...
... • Sterilized foreign exchange intervention – Central banks sometimes carry out equal foreign and domestic asset transactions in opposite directions to nullify the impact of their foreign exchange operations on the domestic money supply. – With no sterilization, there is a link between the balance of ...
One World Money, Then and Now
... complicated problems of measurement. Some of the answers, it was hoped, could be found in regional monetary unions, in that neighboring countries tended to trade more frequently with each other, and currencies moved across their frontiers. The most important and influential such union, although not ...
... complicated problems of measurement. Some of the answers, it was hoped, could be found in regional monetary unions, in that neighboring countries tended to trade more frequently with each other, and currencies moved across their frontiers. The most important and influential such union, although not ...
Free Currency Markets, Financial Crises And The Growth Debacle
... remedial powers. And devaluations can be a prelude to a world currency meltdown when they are lined like dominoes in one country after another. The currencies that manage to butt the spiral of systematic devaluations, whether abrupt or creeping, are usually the “hard” currencies, and the dollar amon ...
... remedial powers. And devaluations can be a prelude to a world currency meltdown when they are lined like dominoes in one country after another. The currencies that manage to butt the spiral of systematic devaluations, whether abrupt or creeping, are usually the “hard” currencies, and the dollar amon ...
1 Counterfactual Histories of the Great Depression Barry
... than they in fact did? Instead of a large literature on the Great Depression, might there be only a small literature on the 1929-30 recession and the collapse of the interwar gold standard, analogous to the literature on the late-1960s recession in the United States and the collapse of Bretton Woods ...
... than they in fact did? Instead of a large literature on the Great Depression, might there be only a small literature on the 1929-30 recession and the collapse of the interwar gold standard, analogous to the literature on the late-1960s recession in the United States and the collapse of Bretton Woods ...
03 RA Mundell - rivista Politica Economica
... end its commitment and bring down the system. It seemed now unlikely that that outcome would benefit Europe. In the late 1960s, the US inflation rate had increased, embarrassing Europe with the need to buy excess dollars, creating an «overhang» of dollars. The problem was aggravated by the US recess ...
... end its commitment and bring down the system. It seemed now unlikely that that outcome would benefit Europe. In the late 1960s, the US inflation rate had increased, embarrassing Europe with the need to buy excess dollars, creating an «overhang» of dollars. The problem was aggravated by the US recess ...
Monetary Policy - about Mr. Long
... maximize profits. Banks make a profit by loaning out as much of their excess reserves as possible and charging interest to the borrower. If, in the course of business, they have loaned out all excess reserves and do not have enough money to satisfy the required reserve ratio or their contractual cle ...
... maximize profits. Banks make a profit by loaning out as much of their excess reserves as possible and charging interest to the borrower. If, in the course of business, they have loaned out all excess reserves and do not have enough money to satisfy the required reserve ratio or their contractual cle ...
The Korean Financial Crisis - The Centre for Independent Studies
... corporate bonds there were still no foreign buyers for the Won. Only in the relatively rare situation that a firm’s own exports were able to generate the foreign exchange needed to meet its foreign debt repayments could it avoid receivership from the non-payment of its foreign debt commitments as th ...
... corporate bonds there were still no foreign buyers for the Won. Only in the relatively rare situation that a firm’s own exports were able to generate the foreign exchange needed to meet its foreign debt repayments could it avoid receivership from the non-payment of its foreign debt commitments as th ...
5.2-Risk-or-Certainty3.4 MB
... Trevor Dakin had the idea for a new restaurant in 2007 Vasco was opened. Trevor’s intention was to base the business on quality. Vasco employs a top chef with a good reputation. The business has been a great success since it opened. Sales and profit have increased steadily. The restaurant is regular ...
... Trevor Dakin had the idea for a new restaurant in 2007 Vasco was opened. Trevor’s intention was to base the business on quality. Vasco employs a top chef with a good reputation. The business has been a great success since it opened. Sales and profit have increased steadily. The restaurant is regular ...
ECON366 - KONSTANTINOS KANELLOPOULOS
... If investors recognize the impact of inflation and exchange rate changes on a firm’s cash flows, changes in exchange rates should be reflected in stock prices. How the stock price of each of the following Swiss companies would be affected by an unanticipated appreciation of a Swiss franc of 10%. Ass ...
... If investors recognize the impact of inflation and exchange rate changes on a firm’s cash flows, changes in exchange rates should be reflected in stock prices. How the stock price of each of the following Swiss companies would be affected by an unanticipated appreciation of a Swiss franc of 10%. Ass ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: International Dimensions of Monetary Policy
... services. The alternative “hawkish” position would point out that, as the current account deficit reflects excess domestic demand, a tightening bias may be appropriate to preempt a build-up of inflationary pressures. This would help skewing incentives toward higher net saving by raising real rates. ...
... services. The alternative “hawkish” position would point out that, as the current account deficit reflects excess domestic demand, a tightening bias may be appropriate to preempt a build-up of inflationary pressures. This would help skewing incentives toward higher net saving by raising real rates. ...
Keynes at the Periphery: Currency hierarchy and challenges for
... goods. According to the Post Keynesian approach, as interest variations can have long-lasting effects over investment and small effects over the inflation rate, monetary policy should be conducted in a way to produce moderate changes in short-term rates in order to avoid negative effects on capital ...
... goods. According to the Post Keynesian approach, as interest variations can have long-lasting effects over investment and small effects over the inflation rate, monetary policy should be conducted in a way to produce moderate changes in short-term rates in order to avoid negative effects on capital ...
1. Setting the exchange rate
... international capital mobility. The member countries of the IMF are allowed to adopt exchange rate arrangements of their choice. In this chapter I discuss the reasons for certain exchange rate behaviour and policies that countries are following. Why some countries’ choice is to peg their currency an ...
... international capital mobility. The member countries of the IMF are allowed to adopt exchange rate arrangements of their choice. In this chapter I discuss the reasons for certain exchange rate behaviour and policies that countries are following. Why some countries’ choice is to peg their currency an ...
EPS Session4 2013 (1)
... 1. Define price stability. Why is attainment of price stability important? 2. What intermediate targets can a central bank set to ensure that price stability is maintained? 3. What policy actions can a central bank take to preserve price stability? 4. Would a cut in interest rates be an effective wa ...
... 1. Define price stability. Why is attainment of price stability important? 2. What intermediate targets can a central bank set to ensure that price stability is maintained? 3. What policy actions can a central bank take to preserve price stability? 4. Would a cut in interest rates be an effective wa ...
CENTRAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY BULLETIN INSIDE:
... possible to achieve sustainable and high growth rates without price stability. Reminding that the Turkish economy had experienced boom-bust growth cycles during the high inflationary period, Governor Yılmaz stressed that the annual average growth rate boosted to 7.5% since 2002, the year which infla ...
... possible to achieve sustainable and high growth rates without price stability. Reminding that the Turkish economy had experienced boom-bust growth cycles during the high inflationary period, Governor Yılmaz stressed that the annual average growth rate boosted to 7.5% since 2002, the year which infla ...
What Is Monetary Policy? - Central Bank of Nigeria
... central bank, while for others they are not. The objectives of monetary policy may vary from country to country but there are two main views. The first view calls for monetary policy to achieve price stability, while the second view seeks to achieve price stability and other macroeconomic objectives ...
... central bank, while for others they are not. The objectives of monetary policy may vary from country to country but there are two main views. The first view calls for monetary policy to achieve price stability, while the second view seeks to achieve price stability and other macroeconomic objectives ...
Adjustment Under Fixed Exchange Rates
... In the short run, under fixed exchange rates, a country gives up its control of the interest rate and the exchange rate. Also, anticipation that a country may be about to devalue its currency may lead investors to ask for very high interest rates. An argument against flexible exchange rates is ...
... In the short run, under fixed exchange rates, a country gives up its control of the interest rate and the exchange rate. Also, anticipation that a country may be about to devalue its currency may lead investors to ask for very high interest rates. An argument against flexible exchange rates is ...