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Alternative Indicator of Moneary Policy for a Small Open Economy

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Nicolas A. Cuche () (University of California at Berkeley)

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We analyze several identification frameworks based on operating procedures to measure monetary policy in a small open economy. We use a two-stage non-recursive VAR model to identify monetary shocks. We construct then various overall monetary policy indicators based on different residuals treatments and report them as weighted sums of monetary policy variables. Finally, our model is applied to the Swiss National Bank. Our main indicator reveals that the exchange rate was the dominant variable at the end of the seventies. Duringthe eighties, aggregates had their golden age, while in the nineties, the call rate showed up as operating variable.

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Paper provided by Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee in its series Working Papers with number 00.12.

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Date of creation: Nov 2000
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Keywords: Identification; Indicator; Monetary policy; Operating procedures; Shocks; Switzerland; VAR.;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General
E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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  1. Fabio ALESSANDRINI, 2003. "Do Financial Variables Provide Information about the Swiss Business Cycle ?," Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'Econométrie et d'Economie politique (DEEP) 03.02, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, DEEP. [Downloadable!]
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