Monetary Policy in the Open Economy: What Role for Exchange Rates?

Andrej Sokol

ISBN 10: 3844385622 / ISBN 13: 9783844385625

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jul 2011, 2011

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Neuware -This work investigates the relationship between exchange rates and the decision making process that we currently call monetary policy, i.e. a central bank¿s problem of setting the short-term interest rate in order to achieve some basic macroeconomicgoals, asking whether in addition to the traditional goals of monetary policy, namely price stability and business cycle stabilization, the exchange rate should not be included as a further objective of monetary policy in theoretical models and policy discussions. Based on an econometric study of the behaviour of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 2007, as well as on theoretical arguments from the macroeconomic as well as from the policy literature, it concludes that there is indeed scope for the inclusion of excahnge rates in monetary policy analyses and decisions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monetary Policy in the Open Economy: What Role for Exchange Rates?
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jul 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3844385622
• ISBN 13: 9783844385625
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 7D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 7 millimeters depth
• Weight: 191 grams

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Synopsis

This work investigates the relationship between exchange rates and the decision making process that we currently call monetary policy, i.e. a central bank’s problem of setting the short-term interest rate in order to achieve some basic macroeconomicgoals, asking whether in addition to the traditional goals of monetary policy, namely price stability and business cycle stabilization, the exchange rate should not be included as a further objective of monetary policy in theoretical models and policy discussions. Based on an econometric study of the behaviour of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 2007, as well as on theoretical arguments from the macroeconomic as well as from the policy literature, it concludes that there is indeed scope for the inclusion of excahnge rates in monetary policy analyses and decisions.

About the Author

The author studied Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (2003-2008), where he was subsequently also Visiting Researcher (2009). He then worked as a freelance economics consultant, and is currently completing the MSc Economics at Queen Mary, University of London.