Optimal Reserves in Financially Closed Economies

Olivier Jeanne and Damiano Sandri

No 22139, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Financially closed economies insure themselves against current-account shocks using international reserves. We characterize the optimal management of reserves using an open-economy model of precautionary savings and emphasize several results. First, the welfare-based opportunity cost of reserves differs from the measures often used by practitioners. Second, under plausible calibrations the model is consistent with the rule of thumb that reserves should be close to three months of imports. Third, simple linear rules can capture most of the welfare gains from optimal reserve management. Fourth, policymakers should place more emphasis on how to use reserves in response to shocks than on the reserve target itself.

JEL-codes: F32 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-03
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Published as Olivier Jeanne & Damiano Sandri, 2016. "Optimal Reserves in Financially Closed Economies," IMF Working Papers, vol 16(92).
Published as Jeanne, Olivier & Sandri, Damiano, 2020. "Optimal reserves in financially closed economies," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
Published as Olivier Jeanne & Damiano Sandri, 2020. "Optimal reserves in financially closed economies," Journal of International Money and Finance, vol 104.

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