Republic of Moldova: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2008/134, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: The first section of this paper is an attempt to examine the interest rate channel of monetary policy transmission in Moldova and to estimate the strength and the speed of the interest rate pass-through. The next section provides a background on Moldovan financial markets, liquidity conditions, and the current framework of monetary policy. The following section sets out the formal model used to estimate the strength and the speed of the pass-through, and the last session discusses results.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; CIT rate; rate; wine; wage; wine export; wage growth; tariff system; wage indexation; Corporate income tax; Labor markets; Real wages; Exports; Eastern Europe; Western Europe; Europe; North Africa; Central and Eastern Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 80
Date: 2008-04-25
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