Currency Bands, Target Zones, and Cash Limits: Thresholds for Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Author/Editor:

Marcus Miller ; Paul Weller

Publication Date:

February 1, 1990

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Summary:

Exchange rate behavior is analyzed in the context of a stochastic rational expectations model in which there are random shocks to the price setting mechanism and in which the authorities choose to impose either nominal or real exchange rate bands. Results are compared to those which emerge from a simple monetary model subject to velocity shocks. The effects of a realignment of the Band, and of fiscal policy used in conjunction with monetary policy to defend the band, are also examined.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1990/006

Subject:

Currencies Exchange rates Foreign exchange Managed exchange rates Monetary base Money Real exchange rates

Notes:

Also published in Staff Papers, Vol. 38, No. 1, March 1991.

English

Publication Date:

February 1, 1990

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451928853/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0061990

Pages:

42

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