Globalisation, pass-through and the optimal policy response to exchange rates

Michael Devereux and James Yetman

Journal of International Money and Finance, 2014, vol. 49, issue PA, 104-128

Abstract: In this paper we examine how monetary policy should respond to nominal exchange rates in a New Keynesian open economy model that allows for a non-trivial role for sterilised intervention. The paper develops the argument against the backdrop of the evolving policy-making environment of Asian economies. Sterilised intervention can be a potent tool that offers policymakers an additional degree of freedom in maximising global welfare. We show that the gains to sterilised intervention are greater when goods market integration is low and exchange rate pass-through is high. However, increased financial internationalisation reduces the effectiveness of sterilised intervention, as the international policy trilemma becomes more relevant. Unsterilised intervention may also have a role to play, although the potential welfare gains from this are generally smaller.

Keywords: Globalization; Foreign exchange intervention; Exchange rate pass-through (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.05.009

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