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The Welfare Implications of Fiscal Dominance
Staff Working Paper 2008-28
Carlos De Resende,
Nooman Rebei
This paper studies the interdependence between fiscal and monetary policy in a DSGE model with sticky prices and non-zero trend inflation. We characterize the fiscal and monetary policies by a rule whereby a given fraction k of the government debt must be backed by the discounted value of current and future primary surpluses.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Fiscal policy,
Inflation: costs and benefits,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E31,
E4,
E42,
E5,
E50,
E6,
E63
Are Bygones not Bygones? Modeling Price Level Targeting with an Escape Clause and Lessons from the Gold Standard
Staff Working Paper 2008-27
Paul Masson,
Malik Shukayev
Like the gold standard, price level targeting (PT) involves not letting past deviations of inflation be bygones; both regimes return the price level (or price of gold) to its target. The experience of suspension of the gold standard in World War I, resumption in the 1920s (for some countries at a different parity), and final abandonment is reviewed.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Credibility,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E31,
E5,
E52
Merchant Acceptance, Costs, and Perceptions of Retail Payments: A Canadian Survey
Staff Discussion Paper 2008-12
Carlos Arango,
Varya Taylor
Using the results of a survey on accepted means of payment, the authors examine merchant preferences and perceptions of retail payment reliability, risk, and costs; the share of each type of payment method over total sales; and the costs involved in accepting payments.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Bank notes
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E41,
L,
L2
Price-Level versus Inflation Targeting with Financial Market Imperfections
Staff Working Paper 2008-26
Francisco Covas,
Yahong Zhang
This paper compares price-level-path targeting (PT) with inflation targeting (IT) in a sticky-price, dynamic, general equilibrium model augmented with imperfections in both the debt and equity markets.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Inflation targets,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E40,
E5,
E50
Good Policies or Good Fortune: What Drives the Compression in Emerging Market Spreads?
Staff Working Paper 2008-25
Philipp Maier,
Garima Vasishtha
Since 2002, spreads on emerging market sovereign debt have fallen to historical lows. Given the close links between sovereign spreads, capital flows to emerging markets, and economic growth, understanding the factors driving these spreads is very important. We address this issue in two stages.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Development economics,
Financial stability,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E43,
F,
F3,
F34,
G,
G1,
G12,
G15
Do Central Banks Respond to Exchange Rate Movements? Some New Evidence from Structural Estimation
Staff Working Paper 2008-24
Wei Dong
This paper investigates the impact of exchange rate movements on the conduct of monetary policy in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. We develop and estimate a structural general equilibrium two-sector model with sticky prices and wages and limited exchange rate pass-through.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rates,
International topics,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
F4
Liquidity Efficiency and Distribution in the LVTS: Non-Neutrality of System Changes under Network Asymmetry
Staff Discussion Paper 2008-11
Sean O'Connor,
James Chapman,
Kirby Millar
The authors consider the liquidity efficiency of Tranche 2 of the Large Value Transfer System (LVTS T2) by examining, through an empirical analysis, some plausible strategic reactions of individual participants to a systemwide shock to available liquidity in the system.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial services,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
G,
G2,
G21,
L,
L1,
L13,
L14
A Structural VAR Approach to Core Inflation in Canada
Staff Discussion Paper 2008-10
Sylvain Martel
The author constructs a measure of core inflation using a structural vector autoregression containing oil-price growth, output growth, and inflation. This "macro-founded" measure of inflation forecasts total inflation at least as well as other, atheoretical measures.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Inflation and prices
JEL Code(s):
C,
C5,
C53,
E,
E3,
E31
The Implementation of Monetary Policy in Canada
Staff Discussion Paper 2008-9
Walter Engert,
Toni Gravelle,
Donna Howard
The authors present a detailed discussion of the Bank of Canada's framework for the implementation of monetary policy. As background, they provide a brief overview of the financial system in Canada, including a discussion of the financial services industry and the money market.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial markets,
Monetary policy implementation,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E52,
E58,
G,
G2,
G21