Accumulating Foreign Reserves Under Floating Exchange Rates
April 1, 2008
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Summary
Official accumulation of foreign reserves may be perceived as interventions to influence the exchange rate, undermining the credibility of floating exchange rates and inflation targets. This paper develops a theoretical framework to study the interaction between reserve accumulation and monetary policy. The model uncovers a trade-off between the speed of reserve accumulation and anti-inflationary credibility. Under reasonable assumptions, delegation of intervention and monetary policy decisions to separate government agencies allows faster reserve accumulation, while centralization of these decisions results in a more stable economy. The analysis underscores the importance of rather overlooked institutional features of policymaking in open economies.
Subject: Foreign exchange intervention, Inflation, Inflation targeting, Institutional arrangements for revenue administration, Reserves accumulation
Keywords: monetary policy, mover accent, WP
Pages:
41
Volume:
2008
DOI:
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Issue:
096
Series:
Working Paper No. 2008/096
Stock No:
WPIEA2008096
ISBN:
9781451869576
ISSN:
1018-5941
