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The Impossible Trinity and Constraints on Policy options Reserve Bank of India First International Research Conference February 12-13 2010 Irma Rosenberg Board Member of Swedish National Debt Office The impossible trinity Out of the 3 objectives • Free capital mobility • Exchange rate stability • Monetary independence policy makers can choose only 2 Emerging Market Countries:Exchange Rate Regimes 1991, 1999 and 2006 56% (22) Per cent of total countries 60 50 41% (16) 36% (14) 40 46% 49% (19) (18) 36% (14) 1991 30 20 10 1999 2006 15% 13% (6) 8% (5) (3) 0 Hard peg Intermediate Note: Number of countries in parenthesis Source: Fisher (2008), IMF Float The Trilemma Choices in Asia Financial Exhange rate openness* regime China Hong Kong India 1 0 1 Managed Fixed Managed float Indonesia Korea Malaysia 1 1 1 Managed float Float Managed float Phillipines Singapore 1 0 Thailand 1 Managed float Managed (intermediate target) Managed float Note IMF Index 2005, 1= restrictions 0= no restrictions Source: Hannoun (2007) and central bank webs Monetary policy regime Stability of val. of currency Currency board Price stability and adequate credit supply Inflation target 2005 Inflation target 1998 Price stability/sustainable growth Inflation target 2002 Price stability Inflation target 2000 Sweden Inflation expectations well anchored Annual percentage change 5 5 CPI Inflation expectations 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 -1 -1 -2 -2 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 Note. Refers to money market participants. Sources: TNS Sifo Prospera and Statistics Sweden 12 14 Sweden Inflation has fallen remarkably CPI, annual percentage change 18 18 CPI Historical mean Fixed exchange rate 16 14 16 14 Floating exchange rate and inflation targetting 12 12 10 10 1993-2009 M ean 1,5 STD 1,4 8 8 6 6 4 4 1971-1992 M ean 8,3 STD 3,0 2 2 0 0 -2 -2 -4 -4 71 74 77 80 83 86 89 92 95 98 Sources: Statistics Sweden and the Riksbank 01 04 07 10 Sweden Growth is higher GDP, annual percentage change 8 8 GDP Historical mean 6 6 4 4 2 2 0 0 1995-2008 M ean 2,9 STD 1,4 1970-1994 M ean 1,9 STD 2,0 -2 -2 Floating exchange rate and inflation targetting Fixed exchange rate -4 -4 70 74 78 82 86 Source: Statistics Sweden 90 94 98 02 06 10