Re-Establishing Credible Nominal Anchors After a Financial Crisis: A Review of Recent Experience

Alessandro Zanello, Mark Stone, Christopher Jarvis and Andrew Berg ()

No 2003/076, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper studies the question of how to achieve monetary policy credibility and price stability after a financial crisis. We draw stylized facts and conclusions from ten recent cases: Brazil (1999); Bulgaria (1997); Ecuador (2000); Indonesia (1997); Korea (1997); Malaysia (1997); Mexico (1994), Russia (1998); Thailand (1997); and Turkey (2001). Among our conclusions, highlights include: (i) monetary policy alone cannot stabilize; (ii) floats bring nominal stability quickly in countries with low pre-crisis inflation and hard pegs have been at least narrowly successful for countries in deeper disarray; (iii) in floats, early and determined tightening brings nominal stability and does not appear more costly for output; (iv) monetary aggregate targeting rarely serves as a coherent framework for floats; informal or full-fledged inflation targeting offers more promise.

Keywords: WP; exchange rate; country; government; monetary policy credibility; aftermath; Financial crisis; monetary policy; nominal anchor; nominal stability; monetary policy action; sound monetary policy; limit inflation pass-through; exchange rate depreciation; monetary policy execution; monetary policy response; Exchange rates; Conventional peg; Inflation; Exchange rate arrangements; Floating exchange rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45
Date: 2003-04-01
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