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Author/Editor:
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Ueda, Kenichi ; Valencia, Fabian
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April 01, 2012
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The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate
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Summary:
We consider the optimality of various institutional arrangements for agencies that conduct macro-prudential regulation and monetary policy. When a central bank is in charge of price and financial stability, a new time inconsistency problem may arise. Ex-ante, the central bank chooses the socially optimal level of inflation. Ex-post, however, the central bank chooses inflation above the social optimum to reduce the real value of private debt. This inefficient outcome arises when macro-prudential policies cannot be adjusted as frequently as monetary. Importantly, this result arises even when the central bank is politically independent. We then consider the role of political pressures in the spirit of Barro and Gordon (1983). We show that if either the macro-prudential regulator or the central bank (or both) are not politically independent, separation of price and financial stability objectives does not deliver the social optimum.
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Series:
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Working Paper No. 12/101
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Subject(s):
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Central bank autonomy | Central banks | Economic models | Monetary policy
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Author's Keyword(s):
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Monetary Policy | Macro-prudential Regulation | Central Bank Independence | Time-inconsistency |
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English
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Publication Date:
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April 01, 2012
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WPIEA2012101
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26
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