Samoa: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund

No 2007/184, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper on Samoa reviews limitations to the existing framework of monetary policy, and suggests ways to improve its effectiveness. It examines current instruments at the disposal of the central bank to conduct monetary policy, before showing why monetary policy execution can be sometimes difficult. It also shows that such problems are not uncommon in economies with shallow financial markets. The paper also takes stock of developments since the early 1990s, and asks what major impediments to sustained private development remain.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; interest rate; Samoa; cost; credit; financing cost; return; reform priority; credit information; guide market expectation; CBS securities; monetary policy execution; community service obligation cost; liquidity forecasting framework; RBV note; liquidity condition; Interbank markets; Securities; Foreign direct investment; Securities markets; Money markets; Pacific Islands; Australia and New Zealand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46
Date: 2007-06-01
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