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Monetary Rules for Commodity Traders

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  • Luis Catão
  • Roberto Chang

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The paper develops a model of a small economy that trades commodities whose world prices fluctuate exogenously, and studies its implications for monetary policy. It derives analytical characterizations of optimal Ramsey and flexible price allocations under both perfect risk sharing and financial autarky. This allows the paper to identify the crucial roles of production structure, price elasticities, and capital mobility in monetary policy evaluation. In a calibrated example, impulse-responses under PPI targeting track flexible price allocations closely, but can diverge greatly from Ramsey allocations when risk sharing is perfect and intratemporal elasticities are high. In those cases, policy rules that stabilize real exchange rates more than PPI targeting can deliver higher welfare. But PPI targeting is a clear winner under portfolio autarky.

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  • Luis Catão & Roberto Chang, 2013. "Monetary Rules for Commodity Traders," IMF Economic Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Monetary Fund, vol. 61(1), pages 52-91, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:imfecr:v:61:y:2013:i:1:p:52-91
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    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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