scholarly journals What Does Pakistan Have to Join the Inflation Targeters’ Club—a Royal Flush or a Seven-Deuce Offsuit?

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-62
Author(s):  
Syed Kumail Abbas Rizvi ◽  
Bushra Naqvi ◽  
Sayyid Salman Rizavi
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Granger Causality Test ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Requirements ◽  
The Interest Rate

The economic and institutional structure required to successfully adopt and implement an inflation targeting framework (ITF) is often lacking in emerging economies. This paper evaluates these structures both qualitatively and quantitatively for Pakistan’s economy. Although our comprehensive assessment finds that many of the core requirements remain unrealized, the literature and real-time experience argue that an ITF remains possible for emerging economies even in the absence of these conditions. We investigate whether—were the State Bank of Pakistan to adopt an ITF—there exists a stable and significant relationship between the policy rate (monetary tool) and inflation measure (objective). It is important to analyze this bivariate relationship, given the key role of the interest rate in mitigating deviations between actual and target inflation when working within an ITF. To illustrate this relationship, we use Granger Causality test, but our estimates fail to find any significant link between the interest rate and inflation. On the basis of our overall findings, we suggest that Pakistan, in the absence of most of the fundamental requirements of an ITF, is perhaps not yet ready for it.

scholarly journals Measuring monetary policy in emerging economies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bui Thanh Trung
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Condition Index ◽  
Var Model ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Implementation Of Monetary Policy ◽  
The Interest Rate

Measuring the stance of monetary policy is of importance for the analysis and implementation of monetary policy. The existence of multiple instrument framework as well as the significance of the interest rate and exchange rate channel in emerging economies imply that monetary condition index can play an important role in evaluating whether monetary policy is restrictive or expansive in these economies. In this paper, we use the VAR model to evaluate the role of monetary condition index as an overall measure of monetary policy in emerging economies. The weight of components of monetary condition index is derived from the inflation equation in the VAR estimation. The empirical results suggest that a contraction in monetary policy causes a reduction in inflation. The finding implies that monetary condition index is a useful indicator that can predict the stance of monetary policy and predict the trend of inflation in emerging economies.

scholarly journals The Effect of Foreign Debt on The Exchange Rate and Its Impact on Monetary Policy in Indonesia

Media Trend ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-135
Author(s):  
Diah Wahyuningsih ◽  
Uun Primangesti Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Granger Causality ◽  
Impulse Response ◽  
Foreign Debt ◽  
Granger Causality Test ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
The Exchange Rate ◽  
The Interest Rate

The objectives of this study are to analyze the effect of foreign debt on the exchange rate that seen from the foreign debt and the exchange rate, and add the variable of inflationary monetary policy and the interest rate of BI Rate to test its impact on monetary policy in Indonesia. The approach in this study is quantitative approach. Data that used are Time Series data from Asian Development Bank and Indonesian World Bank in 1986-2013. Variables that used are exchange rate, foreign debt, inflation and the interest rate of BI Rate. Method that used in this study is Vector Auto Regression (VAR) analysis. The stages that used in this study testing are stationary test, optimal lag test, Granger causality test, impulse response test, and variance decomposite test in Eviews 6 program. The results of Granger causality test of all variables in this study are unlikely to have a relationship and there are only two variables that give an effect.Based on the results of Granger causality, it shows that there is bidirectional between foreign debt variable that has an effect on the exchange rate in Indonesia and the exchange rate has an effect on the foreign debt in Indonesia. While the foreign debt has an effect on the interest rate of BI Rate. For the results of impulse response test show that the exchange rate variable gives the biggest respond to the shock of foreign debt variable, compared to inflation and the interest rate of BI Rate variables. The results of Variance decomposite show that the contribution which given by foreign debt variable on the exchange rate is relatively bigger compared to the contribution that given by inflation and the interest rate of BI Rate variables.

A NOTE ON OPENNESS AND INFLATION TARGETING: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNPLEASANT FISCAL ARITHMETIC

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1187-1207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helder Ferreira de Mendonça ◽  
Igor da Silva Veiga
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Financial Openness ◽  
Capital Account Liberalization ◽  
High Interest Rate ◽  
The Interest Rate ◽  
Primary Surplus

Emerging economies that have adopted inflation targeting and that combine low credibility, high public debt, and a high interest rate suffer from a typical problem. Increases in the interest rate to reduce departures of inflation from the target imply that a higher primary surplus is required for stabilizing public debt/GDP ratio. This tricky situation is known as “unpleasant fiscal arithmetic” (UFA). This article develops a theoretical model showing how increased financial openness and capital account liberalization can mitigate UFA. Furthermore, empirical evidence from the Brazilian case through OLS, GMM, and GMM system methods is offered. The findings show that increases in capital mobility and financial openness work as a commitment technology, which contributes to the success of the inflation targeting and thus reduces the risk of UFA.

Empirical Evidence of Dynamic Interactions Among Price Level, Interest Rate, Money Supply and Real Income: The Case of the Indian Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 097215092098029
Author(s):  
Haroon Rasool ◽  
Masudul Hasan Adil ◽  
Md. Tarique
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Money Supply ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Price Level ◽  
Real Income ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Indicator Approach ◽  
Multiple Indicator ◽  
The Interest Rate

Monetary policy approaches in India have changed from the simple monetary targeting frameworks in the mid-1980s to the multiple-indicator approach in the late 1990s and to the current flexible inflation targeting framework. The study aims to investigate the relationships among the macroeconomic variables money supply, real income, price level and interest rate for the period 1998–2014 in the case of India, a period when India adopted the multiple-indicator approach as its monetary policy strategy. The study uses the vector autoregression (VAR) model to examine the dynamic relationships among the variables. The Granger causality test via the VAR framework suggests that four pairs of causality exist; in particular, bidirectional causality exists between money supply and price level. Interest rate Granger-causes both real income and price level, and money supply Granger-causes the rate of interest. However, the study could not find any causal relationship between real income and money supply in either direction. The findings that money supply causes the interest rate and the interest rate causes real output are in line with the Keynesian theory, which argues that money supply affects output through the nominal interest rate. Finally, the results also support the arguments made in favour of a policy move from the multiple-indicator approach to the inflation targeting framework in India.

scholarly journals Monetary Policy in the Post Keynesian Theoretical Framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-64
Author(s):  
FÁBIO HENRIQUE BITTES TERRA ◽  
PHILIP ARESTIS
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Debt Management ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Original Writings ◽  
Policy Model ◽  
Original Contribution ◽  
The Interest Rate ◽  
Monetary Policy Framework

ABSTRACT The purpose of this contribution is to develop a Post Keynesian monetary policy model, presenting its goals, tools, and channels. The original contribution this paper develops, following (Keynes’s 1936, 1945) proposals, is the use of debt management as an instrument of monetary policy, along with the interest rate and regulation. Moreover, this paper draws its monetary policy model by broadly and strongly relying on Keynes’s original writings. A monetary policy model erected upon this basis relates itself directly to the Post Keynesian efforts to offer a monetary policy framework substantially different from the Inflation Targeting Regime of the New Macroeconomic Consensus.

The interest rate–inflation relationship under an inflation targeting regime: The case of Turkey

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nezir Kose ◽  
Furkan Emirmahmutoglu ◽  
Sezgin Aksoy
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
The Interest Rate

scholarly journals Does the Interest Rate Form Business Cycle?

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
Bijan Bidabad ◽  
Abul Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Business Cycle ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Real Economy ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Rate Form ◽  
The Interest Rate

Dynamic structural behavior of depositor, bank and borrower and the role of banks in forming business cycle are investigated. We test the hypothesis that does banks behavior make oscillations in the economy through the interest rate. By dichotomizing banking activities into two markets of deposit and loan, we show that these two markets have non-synchronized structures, and this is why the money sector fluctuation starts. As a result, the fluctuation is transmitted to the real economy through saving and investment functions. Empirical results assert that in the USA, the banking system creates fluctuations in the money sector and real economy as well through short-term interest rates

A RESEARCH ON THE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INVESTMENT PREFERENCES

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (16) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Elif YÜCEL
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Exchange Rates ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Daily Data ◽  
Domestic Debt ◽  
The Interest Rate ◽  
Index Value ◽  
Macro Variables ◽  
Investment Choices

This study aims to measure the causal relationship between the dollar and euro at exchange rates among today's investment instruments and the deposit interest rate, Gold, Bist xu100 and the index of government domestic debt securities.Dec. Dec. The data in the study are daily data between 17/08/2017-26/05/2021 and were selected from a recent time Dec. Data with CBRT evds resources investing.com retrieved from. In this way, it is possible to see how variables adapt to today's financial world and the pandemic period. The method of the study is the Granger causality test, which is often used in time series analysis. When individuals make investment choices, they choose according to the fact that macro variables such as inflation, growth rate, and Exchange Rates fluctuate during periods of crisis and recession. This often affects even the credit demands of institutional investors. Central banks want to influence macro variables with various intervention tools, but because the economies of some countries are fragile, individuals can often suffer even as a result of these optimistic policies. According to the results of this study, the dependent variable in the model where the BIST100 index of the dollar and gold values, the probability of 0.000<0.05 causal relationship is true of dollars for deposit in the model where the dependent variable is the interest rate of government securities of the index, the probability value of 0.0001 p<0.05 and Bist100 index 0.0162 probability value<0.05 and the probability for the value of the dollar 0.02<0.05 can be considered to be a causal relationship due to being towards deposit rates. The probability of the dependent variable in a model of the euro BIST100 index value 0.0001 p<0.05, gold probability value of 0.000<0.05 Euros causal relationship is true for government securities in another model where the dependent variable of 0.0040 p<0.05 probability value from deposits with interest ,0.0000 p<0.05 0.0043 Bist100 index and the probability value p<0.05 is the probability for the value of government securities under de towards causality can be said. In a model in which the Bist100 index is a dependent variable, there was a causal relationship towards the Bist100 index ,as the probability value of the euro was 0.0012<0.05, the probability value of gold was 0.0000<0.05, the probability value of government domestic debt securities was 0.0013<0.05, and the probability value of the dollar was 0.0007<0.05. Finally, the model in which gold is a dependent variable concluded that there is no causal relationship between the Euro, dollar, dibs and Bist100 index and deposit interest to gold, since the probability values of other variables are greater than 0.05.

scholarly journals What to Smooth: Rate of Interest or the Foreign Exchange? Turkish Monetary Policy under Turbulent Times

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Erinc Yeldan ◽  
Gunes Kolsuz ◽  
Burcu Unuvar
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Policy Option ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Exchange Markets ◽  
The Interest Rate ◽  
Republic Of Turkey

AbstractThis paper studies the new monetary stance of the Central Bank of Republic of Turkey (CBRT) during the Great Recession. We note that characteristics of the post-1997 “Great Moderation” revealed interest rate smoothing as a valid policy option for the inflation targeting central banks. Utilizing econometric analysis on a general form of a Taylor Rule, we search for the relative weights of the objective function of the CBRT over Jan 2010–Dec 2013. We find that over the Great Recession, the CBRT’s focus on “interest smoothing” had been maintained; and yet the burden of adjustment fell disproportionately on the foreign exchange markets. Furthermore, weak credibility of the CBRT, lack of a simple policy rule, and noisy policy communications evidence that pre-requisites of the interest rate smoothing are not being fulfilled. Inevitable sharp policy corrections that follow smoothing periods proved insufficient against the voluminous global flows.

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