Monetary policy transmission mechanisms in Serbia: evidence from the fully-fledged inflation targeting regime

Danilo Stojanović and Dušan Stojanović

Post-Communist Economies, 2017, vol. 29, issue 1, 117-137

Abstract: This article examines the effectiveness of monetary transmission mechanisms in the Serbian economy, covering the period from January 2009 (the point at which the formal switch to the fully-fledged inflation targeting regime was made) to December 2013. The results of the recursive VAR models suggest that the exchange rate and credit channels play a major role in the monetary transmission process, whereas this is not true in the case of the interest rate channel. However, the results of the non-recursive VAR models show that the role of the exchange rate has diminished over time. On the other hand, the credit channel has become much more influential. Thus, if one of the overriding objectives of adopting the explicit inflation targeting regime is to enhance the importance of other channels apart from the exchange rate channel, which could make monetary policy more effective in achieving price and financial stability, the switch to the inflation targeting regime is justified.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2016.1238083

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