Marcel Kasumovich - Latest

• A Band-Aid Solution to Inflation Targeting

  Staff Working Paper 1997-11 Robert Amano, Richard Black, Marcel Kasumovich

  This paper reviews selectively the literature on exchange rate target zones and corresponding methodologies and examines whether they can be used to analyse the inflation-control problem.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Inflation targets JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, E5, E50

• Monetary Shocks in the G-6 Countries: Is There a Puzzle?

  Staff Working Paper 1997-7 Ben Fung, Marcel Kasumovich

  This paper attempts to reduce the uncertainty about the dynamics of the monetary transmission mechanism. Central to this attempt is the identification of monetary policy shocks. Recently, VAR approaches that use over-identifying restrictions have shown success in isolating such shocks.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Economic models, International topics, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52, E58