scholarly journals Consumer Search, Incomplete Exchange Rate Pass‐Through, and Optimal Interest Rate Policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 455-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
DUDLEY COOKE
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Consumer Search ◽  
Interest Rate Policy ◽  
Rate Policy ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Exchange Rate Pass Through

Downfall of the Regulatory System and Triumph of the Market

2020 ◽  
pp. 230-250
Author(s):  
Einar Lie
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Regulatory System ◽  
Exchange Rate Policy ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Interest Rate Policy ◽  
Institutional Legitimacy ◽  
Rate Policy ◽  
The Interest Rate

This chapter discusses how, in the 1970s and 1980s, Norges Bank began to develop instruments with a view to steering economic policy under freer market conditions. However, governments of changing political hues were unwilling to let go of the low interest rate. The oil price fall in 1986 brought an abrupt change in interest rate and credit policy. The government’s tightening actions included the introduction of a more binding fixed exchange rate policy. The frequent recourse to corrective devaluations was to be a thing of the past. Hence, there was a justification for using the interest rate as an ongoing instrument to stabilize the exchange rate. This task fell to Norges Bank. The transition to an independent, active interest rate policy on the part of the central bank was abrupt and came as a surprise. Barely a year before the collapse of the oil price, the Storting had passed a law that made Norges Bank one of the least autonomous central banks in all of western Europe. Ultimately, it was the external situation, and in no sense an increase in government’s and the public’s recognition of the bank and its institutional legitimacy, that restored greater operative autonomy to Norges Bank.

scholarly journals The Speed of Exchange Rate Pass-Through

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 506-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barthélémy Bonadio ◽  
Andreas M Fischer ◽  
Philip Sauré
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Exchange Rate Policy ◽  
Trade Data ◽  
Daily Frequency ◽  
National Bank ◽  
Rate Policy ◽  
Working Day ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Exchange Rate Pass Through

Abstract On January 15, 2015, the Swiss National Bank discontinued its minimum exchange rate policy of 1 euro against 1.2 Swiss francs. This policy change resulted in a sharp, unanticipated, and permanent appreciation of the Swiss franc by more than 11% against the euro. We analyze the pass-through of this unusually clean exchange rate shock into import unit values at the daily frequency using Swiss transaction-level trade data. Our key findings are twofold. First, for goods invoiced in euros, the pass-through is immediate and complete. Second, for goods invoiced in Swiss francs, the pass-through is partial and exceptionally fast: beginning on the second working day after the exchange rate shock, the medium-run pass-through is reached after 12 working days.

What Would Have Happened in Indonesia if Different Economic Policies Had Been Implemented When the Crisis Started?

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwan J. Azis
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
High Interest Rate ◽  
Interest Rate Policy ◽  
Net Worth ◽  
High Interest ◽  
Lower Interest Rate ◽  
Rate Policy ◽  
Business Confidence

Many models of the Indonesian economy cannot generate the large collapses in output and exchange rate experienced in 1997–98. The model in this paper was able to replicate the actual events by adding several new links. One new link is between the depreciation of the exchange rate and the deterioration of the balance sheets of firms, which are in turn linked to decline in investment. Another new link is between decline in output and decline in business confidence, leading to possible increased capital outflow and exchange rate collapse. The IMF's high interest rate policy did not succeed in strengthening the rupiah because it inflicted such severe damage on the net worth of Indonesian firms that it caused capital flight to accelerate, turning what was originally just a financial crisis into a major recession. Two alternative counterfactual policy packages are examined: (1) a lower interest rate policy and (2) a lower interest rate policy combined with a partial write-down of the external debt. The model indicates that the country's macroeconomic conditions would have fared better if the prolonged high interest rate policy had been avoided. The results suggest that early actions should have been undertaken to address the mounting private foreign debts. The delayed handling of private debts had prevented other policies from working effectively. The two counterfactual policies also would have resulted in a more favorable outcome for income distribution and poverty incidence. The model revealed a close correlation between worsening (improving) income distribution and increasing (declining) interest rates.

scholarly journals MONETARY TRANSMISSION OF PERSISTENT SHOCK TO THE RISK PREMIUM: THE CASE OF INDONESIA

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-468
Author(s):  
Akhis R. Hutabarat
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Risk Premium ◽  
Nominal Exchange Rate ◽  
Monetary Transmission ◽  
Cost Channel ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Exchange Rate Pass Through

This paper investigates the relative importance of monetary transmission channel to inflation of passing persistent shock to the risk premium. The findings show that nominal exchange rate depreciation, triggered by a more persistent shock to interest risk premium, worsens the state of the economy in the short- and long-run. Such distinctive shocks effect is transmitted through the economy that typifies lack of response of consumer price disinflation to interest rate tightening caused by high real rigidity, strong cost channel of interest rate, strong cost channel of exchange rate pass-through and weak demand-side channel of exchange rate pass-through. This study suggests a proper monetary policy response, which is the smallest interest rate increases within the feasible set of monetary policy responses that the model recommends, to minimize the adverse effects of the shocks.Keywords: Exchange rate, Balance of Payment, Monetary transmission and policy, Dynamic General Equilibrium.JEL Classification: F41; E52; D58

scholarly journals Interest Rate Policy and Exchange Rates Volatility Lessons from Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-42
Author(s):  
Haryo Kuncoro
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Exchange Rates ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Exchange Rate Regime ◽  
Exchange Rate Volatility ◽  
Flexible Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rate Policy ◽  
Rate Policy ◽  
Exchange Rates Volatility

AbstractWhether or not inflation targeting adoption leads to increased volatility of exchange rates is controversial. The volatility increases with inflation targeting as a result of the flexible exchange rate regime. Others argue that inflation targeting delivers the best outcomes in terms of lower exchange rate volatility. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether interest rate policy in inflation targeting frameworks – that is subjected to control inflation rate – may reduce the volatility of exchange rates. To test the hypothesis, we use monthly data in the case of Indonesia over the period 2005(7)-2016(7). Several control variables are introduced in the regressions. The result of the autoregressive distributed lag model proves the interest rate policy and foreign exchange intervention fail to reduce the exchange rates volatility. It seems inflation targeting in Indonesia puts too much emphasis on stabilizing the domestic currency thus leading to benign neglect of stabilizing its external value, ultimately resulting in increased exchange rate volatility. These findings suggest that central bank credibility plays an important role in conducting inflation targeting policy which operates primarily through a signalling effect.

scholarly journals MONETARY TRANSMISSION OF PERSISTENT SHOCK TO THE RISK PREMIUM: THE CASE OF INDONESIA

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhis R. Hutabarat
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Risk Premium ◽  
Nominal Exchange Rate ◽  
Monetary Transmission ◽  
Cost Channel ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Exchange Rate Pass Through

This paper investigates the relative importance of monetary transmission channel to inflation of passing persistent shock to the risk premium. The findings show that nominal exchange rate depreciation, triggered by a more persistent shock to interest risk premium, worsens the state of the economy in the short- and long-run. Such distinctive shocks effect is transmitted through the economy that typifies lack of response of consumer price disinflation to interest rate tightening caused by high real rigidity, strong cost channel of interest rate, strong cost channel of exchange rate pass-through and weak demand-side channel of exchange rate pass-through. This study suggests a proper monetary policy response, which is the smallest interest rate increases within the feasible set of monetary policy responses that the model recommends, to minimize the adverse effects of the shocks.Keywords: Exchange rate, Balance of Payment, Monetary transmission and policy, Dynamic General Equilibrium.JEL Classification: F41; E52; D58

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