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Liquidity-constrained consumers and optimal monetary policy in a currency union

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This paper examines optimal monetary policy in a currency union model with liquidity-constrained (LC) consumers. The result demonstrates that given LC consumers in the home country, the response of macroeconomic variables to a foreign structural shock is generally dampened as a share of foreign LC consumers increases. This paper finds that the costs of discretionary policy are generally not greater in a currency union in which LC consumers exist in both countries. We address that the presence of nominal wage rigidity significantly lowers welfare losses in our model.

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  • Ida, Daisuke, 2023. "Liquidity-constrained consumers and optimal monetary policy in a currency union," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jimfin:v:131:y:2023:i:c:s0261560622001905
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2022.102787
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    Keywords

    Optimal monetary policy; Liquidity-constrained consumers; Currency union; Nominal wage rigidity; Two-country new Keynesian model;
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    JEL classification:

    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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