Monetary Policy in a Channel System

Aleksander Berentsen () and Cyril Monet

No iewwp295, IEW - Working Papers from Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - IEW

Abstract: This paper studies the theoretical properties of a channel system of interestrate control in a dynamic general equilibrium model. Agents are subject to liquidity shocks which can be partially insured in a secured money market, or at a standing facility operated by the central bank. We show that it is optimal to have a strictly positive interest rate corridor and that a shift of the corridor affects the money market rate one for one. Moreover, the central bank can tighten its policy without changing its policy rate by simply increasing the corridor symmetrically around the policy rate.

Keywords: Monetary Policy; Interest Rates; Search (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E40 E50 D83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cba, nep-mac and nep-mon
Date: 2006-07
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