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Book Synopsis Towards Inflation Targeting in Sri Lanka by : Rahul Anand
Download or read book Towards Inflation Targeting in Sri Lanka written by Rahul Anand and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper develops a practical model-based forecasting and policy analysis system (FPAS) to support a transition to an inflation forecast targeting regime in Sri Lanka. The FPAS model provides a relatively good forecast for inflation and a framework to evaluate policy trade-offs. The model simulations suggest that an open-economy inflation targeting rule can reduce macroeconomic volatility and anchor inflationary expectations given the size and type of shocks faced by the economy. Sri Lanka could aim to target a broad inflation range initially due to its susceptibility supply-side shocks while enhancing exchange rate flexibility and strengthening the effectiveness of monetary policy in the transition to an inflation forecast targeting regime.
Book Synopsis An Open Economy Quarterly Projection Model for Sri Lanka by : Chandranath Amarasekara
Download or read book An Open Economy Quarterly Projection Model for Sri Lanka written by Chandranath Amarasekara and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study documents a semi-structural model developed for Sri Lanka. This model, extended with a fiscal sector block, is expected to serve as a core forecasting model in the process of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s move towards flexible inflation targeting. The model includes a forward-looking endogenous interest rate and foreign exchange rate policy rules allowing for flexible change in policy behavior. It is a gap model that allows for simultaneous identification of business cycle position and long-term equilibrium. The model was first calibrated and then its data-fit was improved using Bayesian estimation technique with relatively tight priors.
Book Synopsis Measures of Underlying Inflation in Sri Lanka by : Magnus Saxegaard
Download or read book Measures of Underlying Inflation in Sri Lanka written by Magnus Saxegaard and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent financial crisis raises important issues about the transmission of financial shocks across borders. In this paper, a global vector autoregressive (GVAR) model is constructed to assess the relevance of international spillovers following a historical slowdown in U.S. equity prices. The GVAR model contains 27 country-specific models, including the United States, 17 European advanced economies, and 9 European emerging economies. Each country model is linked to the others by a set of country-specific foreign variables, computed using bilateral bank lending exposures. Results reveal considerable comovements of equity prices across mature financial markets. However, the effects on credit growth are found to be country-specific. Evidence indicates that asset prices are the main channel through which-in the short run-financial shocks are transmitted internationally, while the contribution of other variables-like the cost and quantity of credit-becomes more important over longer horizons.
Book Synopsis Inflation Targeting Lite by : Mr.Mark R. Stone
Download or read book Inflation Targeting Lite written by Mr.Mark R. Stone and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inflation targeting lite (ITL) countries float their exchange rate and announce an inflation target, but are not able to maintain the inflation target as the foremost policy objective. This paper identifies 19 emerging market countries as practitioners of ITL. They seem to focus mainly on bringing inflation into the single digits and maintaining financial stability. ITL can be viewed as a transitional regime aimed at buying time for the implementation of the structural reforms needed for a single credible nominal anchor. The important policy challenges for an ITL central bank include whether or not to precommit to a single anchor.
Book Synopsis Assessing Monetary Policy Targeting Regimes for Small Open Economies by : Harsha Paranavithana
Download or read book Assessing Monetary Policy Targeting Regimes for Small Open Economies written by Harsha Paranavithana and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Essays on External Shocks and Monetary Policy in the Sri Lankan Economy by : Yashodha Warunie Senadheera Senadheera Pathirannehelage
Download or read book Essays on External Shocks and Monetary Policy in the Sri Lankan Economy written by Yashodha Warunie Senadheera Senadheera Pathirannehelage and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past few decades have been marked with episodes of global economic turbulence that have created macroeconomic instability in both developed and developing economies. With its gradual economic integration with global markets, Sri Lanka is increasingly exposed to unanticipated shocks emanating from foreign economies. This dissertation, comprising of three independent essays, aims to deepen the knowledge on the effects of external shocks, their cross-border transmission channels and appropriate monetary policy responses for the Sri Lankan economy. External shocks transmitted through trade and financial market linkages have a considerable welfare effect on small open economies such as Sri Lanka. The monetary policy regime of a country plays a vital role in minimizing the social welfare losses arising from external shocks. The first essay of this thesis (Chapter 2) investigates the welfare implications of six alternative monetary policy rules for the Sri Lankan economy using a calibrated DSGE model with nominal rigidities, delayed exchange rate pass-through and financial frictions. The model is solved numerically by taking second-order approximation of the full set of model equations. Domestic goods inflation targeting rule minimizes the welfare losses caused by foreign interest rate and foreign output shocks. Social welfare is lowest under the strict exchange rate targeting rule when the economy is affected by external shocks. This essay demonstrates the importance of taking second-order approximations of the full set of model equations in welfare analysis. The second essay of this dissertation (Chapter 3) empirically investigates the effects of external shocks on the Sri Lankan economy using a Structural Vector Auto-Regression (SVAR) model with a block exogeneity assumption and long-run and short-run restrictions. This essay examines the impact of foreign monetary policy shocks on the domestic economy using alternative measures: the effective federal funds rate and the US shadow short rate. Although domestic shocks are the primary source of macroeconomic fluctuations in Sri Lanka, foreign shocks also play a considerable role in explaining the variability in output growth and domestic inflation. Shocks to foreign output growth and oil price inflation have a notable effect on the growth of domestic output. Shocks to the effective federal funds rate explain the variance of Sri Lanka's output growth better than the shocks to the US shadow short rate. Further, the impacts of oil price inflation and the effective federal funds rate shocks on domestic inflation are noteworthy. The foreign shocks are transmitted to the domestic economy through the trade channel as well as through the financial market channel. The deteriorating terms of trade in the past two decades has been a concern for the policy-makers of Sri Lanka. The recent literature has argued that the effect of the terms of trade shocks on an economy depends on the characteristics of the underlying shock. Using a sign restricted VAR model, the third essay (Chapter 4) examines the effect on the Sri Lankan economy of external shocks that cause terms of trade fluctuations. Three external shocks, viz., world demand shocks, world supply shocks and globalization shocks are considered in this study. The world demand shocks do not have a significant long-term effect on Sri Lanka's real output, but the negative world supply shocks are contractionary. Conversely, positive globalization shocks increase domestic output permanently. Both positive world demand shocks and globalization shocks are inflationary while negative world supply shocks increase domestic prices initially but reduce the prices after two quarters. World demand shocks have largely contributed to the fluctuations in trade balance in Sri Lanka since 2007, whereas the importance of globalization shocks on the imports, exports and trade balance has increased since 2010. Contribution from globalization shocks to the variance in domestic output and price levels has increased since 2007.
Book Synopsis Inflation Targeting Pillars by : Charles Freedman
Download or read book Inflation Targeting Pillars written by Charles Freedman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Evolving Monetary Policy Frameworks in Low-Income and Other Developing Countries by : International Monetary Fund
Download or read book Evolving Monetary Policy Frameworks in Low-Income and Other Developing Countries written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, many low- and lower-middle income countries (LLMICs) have improved control over fiscal policy, liberalized and deepened financial markets, and stabilized inflation at moderate levels. Monetary policy frameworks that have helped achieve these ends are being challenged by continued financial development and increased exposure to global capital markets. Many policymakers aspire to move beyond the basics of stability to implement monetary policy frameworks that better anchor inflation and promote macroeconomic stability and growth. Many of these LLMICs are thus considering and implementing improvements to their monetary policy frameworks. The recent successes of some LLMICs and the experiences of emerging and advanced economies, both early in their policy modernization process and following the global financial crisis, are valuable in identifying desirable features of such frameworks. This paper draws on those lessons to provide guidance on key elements of effective monetary policy frameworks for LLMICs.
Book Synopsis Conditionality in Evolving Monetary Policy Regimes by : International Monetary Fund
Download or read book Conditionality in Evolving Monetary Policy Regimes written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-05-03 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With single-digit inflation and substantial financial deepening, developing countries are adopting more flexible and forward-looking monetary policy frameworks and ascribing a greater role to policy interest rates and inflation objectives. While some countries have adopted formal inflation targeting regimes, others have developed frameworks with greater target flexibility to accommodate changing money demand, use of policy rates to signal the monetary policy stance, and implicit inflation targets.
Book Synopsis Critical Perspectives on Emerging Economies by : Aswini Kumar Mishra
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Emerging Economies written by Aswini Kumar Mishra and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers fresh insights into economic development and growth in emerging economies. It includes contributions covering topics such as natural disasters and income inequalities, the environmental impact of economic growth, social preferences, information and market disorder under democracy, inflation targeting and its covariates, economic empowerment. This book is intended for scholars in the field of economics, and those interested in furthering economic development.
Book Synopsis Inflation in Emerging and Developing Economies by : Jongrim Ha
Download or read book Inflation in Emerging and Developing Economies written by Jongrim Ha and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-24 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study in the context of EMDEs that covers, in one consistent framework, the evolution and global and domestic drivers of inflation, the role of expectations, exchange rate pass-through and policy implications. In addition, the report analyzes inflation and monetary policy related challenges in LICs. The report documents three major findings: In First, EMDE disinflation over the past four decades was to a significant degree a result of favorable external developments, pointing to the risk of rising EMDE inflation if global inflation were to increase. In particular, the decline in EMDE inflation has been supported by broad-based global disinflation amid rapid international trade and financial integration and the disruption caused by the global financial crisis. While domestic factors continue to be the main drivers of short-term movements in EMDE inflation, the role of global factors has risen by one-half between the 1970s and the 2000s. On average, global shocks, especially oil price swings and global demand shocks have accounted for more than one-quarter of domestic inflation variatio--and more in countries with stronger global linkages and greater reliance on commodity imports. In LICs, global food and energy price shocks accounted for another 12 percent of core inflation variatio--half more than in advanced economies and one-fifth more than in non-LIC EMDEs. Second, inflation expectations continue to be less well-anchored in EMDEs than in advanced economies, although a move to inflation targeting and better fiscal frameworks has helped strengthen monetary policy credibility. Lower monetary policy credibility and exchange rate flexibility have also been associated with higher pass-through of exchange rate shocks into domestic inflation in the event of global shocks, which have accounted for half of EMDE exchange rate variation. Third, in part because of poorly anchored inflation expectations, the transmission of global commodity price shocks to domestic LIC inflation (combined with unintended consequences of other government policies) can have material implications for poverty: the global food price spikes in 2010-11 tipped roughly 8 million people into poverty.
Author :International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. Publisher :International Monetary Fund ISBN 13 :1484335740 Total Pages :83 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (843 download)
Book Synopsis Argentina by : International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Download or read book Argentina written by International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Argentina’s government has made important progress in restoring integrity and transparency in public sector operations. These policy changes have put the economy on a stronger footing and corrected many of the most urgent macroeconomic imbalances. Private consumption strengthened in 2017, supported by greater real wages and buoyant credit growth. With stronger domestic demand, the trade surplus turned into a deficit and the current account deficit increased. Annual inflation has declined from its peak in 2016, but remained relatively resilient and inflation expectations moved up, prompting the central bank to raise interest rates. Going forward, GDP growth is expected to consolidate, inflation inertia will slowly subside, and the fiscal deficit will gradually fall.
Book Synopsis European Inflation Dynamics by : Jordi Galí
Download or read book European Inflation Dynamics written by Jordi Galí and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We provide evidence on the fit of the New Phillips Curve (NPQ for the Euro area over the period 1970-1998, and use it as a tool to compare the characteristics of European inflation dynamics with those observed in the U.S. We also analyze the factors underlying inflation inertia by examining the cyclical behavior of marginal costs, as well as that of its two main components, namely, labor productivity and real wages. Some of the findings can be summarized as follows: (a) the NPC fits Euro area data very well, possibly better than U.S. data, (b) the degree of price stickiness implied by the estimates is substantial, but in line with survey evidence and U.S. estimates, (c) inflation dynamics in the Euro area appear to have a stronger forward- looking component (i.e., less inertia) than in the U.S., (d) labor market frictions, as manifested in the behavior of the wage markup, appear to have played a key role in shaping the behavior of marginal costs and, consequently, inflation in Europe.
Book Synopsis Quarterly Projection Model for India by : Mr.Jaromir Benes
Download or read book Quarterly Projection Model for India written by Mr.Jaromir Benes and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-02-13 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper outlines the key features of the production version of the quarterly projection model (QPM), which is a forward-looking open-economy gap model, calibrated to represent the Indian case, for generating forecasts and risk assessment as well as conducting policy analysis. QPM incorporates several India-specific features like the importance of the agricultural sector and food prices in the inflation process; features of monetary policy transmission and implications of an endogenous credibility process for monetary policy formulation. The paper also describes key properties and historical decompositions of some important macroeconomic variables.
Book Synopsis Effectiveness of Central Banks and Their Role in the Global Financial Crisis by : Shamshad Akhtar
Download or read book Effectiveness of Central Banks and Their Role in the Global Financial Crisis written by Shamshad Akhtar and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the role and performance of central banks in low-income countries that have faced a range of domestic and external fragilities, aggravated by the global financial crisis that started in the United States and other advanced economies. It focuses on a select group of developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and South Asia that have been and will continue to be vulnerable to adverse external developments.
Author :International Monetary Fund Publisher :International Monetary Fund ISBN 13 :1451823398 Total Pages :129 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (518 download)
Book Synopsis Sri Lanka by : International Monetary Fund
Download or read book Sri Lanka written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1999-12-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews economic and policy developments in Sri Lanka during 1996–98. Despite the slowdown in world trade and economic growth, Sri Lanka’s economy grew in 1998 at close to its historic average rate. The recorded 43⁄4 percent growth in real GDP was lower than 1997 when the economy was recovering after a bad harvest. In the first twelve months following the outbreak of the Southeast Asian crisis, Sri Lanka was helped by reduced export competition and lower commodity prices. But by the middle of 1998, growth in Sri Lanka started to slow markedly.
Book Synopsis Indonesia by : International Monetary Fund
Download or read book Indonesia written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2012-10-05 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selected issues paper on Indonesia was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on August 21, 2012. The views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the government of Indonesia or the Executive Board of the IMF.
