Implementation of Monetary Policy in a Regime with Zero Reserve Requirements

Kevin Clinton

Staff Working Papers from Bank of Canada

Abstract: Monetary policy can be implemented effectively without reserve requirements as long as cost incentives ensure a predictable demand for settlement balances. A central bank can then achieve the level of short-term interest rates that it desires, using market-oriented instruments only. In Canada, the framework provided by rules on interbank payments settlement and by the costs of deficits and surpluses on settlement accounts provides a strong incentive for the banks and other clearing institutions to target zero balances. Reforms of this framework, to follow the introduction of the Large-Value Transfer System, will ensure its continued effectiveness and make it more transparent. An appendix outlines the process by which reserve requirements were phased out in Canada.

Keywords: Monetary; policy; implementation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 1997
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