Monetary Policy in the Aftermath of Currency Crises: The Case of Asia

December 1, 1998

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Taimur Baig, and Ilan Goldfajn. Monetary Policy in the Aftermath of Currency Crises: The Case of Asia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed September 19, 2024

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Summary

This paper evaluates monetary policy and its relationship with the exchange rate in five Asian crisis countries. The findings are compared with previous currency crises in recent history. The paper finds no evidence of overly tight monetary policy in the Asian crisis countries in 1997 and early 1998, nor evidence that high interest rates led to weaker exchange rates. The usual trade-off between inflation and output when raising interest rates suggested the need for a softer monetary policy in the crisis countries to combat recession. However, in some countries, corporate balance sheet considerations called for the reversal of overly depreciated currencies through firmer monetary policy.

Subject: Currencies, Exchange rates, Financial services, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Money, Prices, Real exchange rates, Real interest rates

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Currencies, Currency, Exchange rate, Exchange rates, Expected return, Inflation, Interest rate, Interest rate change, Interest rate data, Interest rate differential, Interest rate increase, Interest rate note, Interest rates, Monetary policy, Nominal interest rate, Nominal rate, Overnight interest rate, Real exchange rates, Real interest rate, Real interest rates, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

31
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 1998/170
Stock No:

WPIEA1701998
ISBN:

9781451858396
ISSN:

1018-5941

Notes

This paper is schedule to be presented at the University of Washington conference on the Asian crisis on December 29-30, 1998.

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