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The International Monetary Transmission Mechanism

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  • Santiago Camara
  • Lawrence Christiano
  • Husnu Dalgic

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Time series analysis shows that a US monetary tightening leads to economic contractions in non‐US countries. We develop small economy models that capture these spillover effects onto Advanced Economies (AE) and Emerging Market Economies (EME). Using counterfactual experiments, we idendify the decline in US imports as the primary mechanism by which a US monetary contraction affects other economies. We also document that EMEs exhibit more pronounced contractions compared with AEs. Counterfactual experiments attribute this to a lower share of dollar borrowing in AEs. We find that financial frictions (including frictions needed to explain deviations from uncovered purchasing power parity) are important to understanding the propagation of US monetary shocks. Finally, our findings suggest that FX interventions are relatively ineffective at insulating an economy against US monetary policy shocks, though they are very effective for dealing with ‘noise’ shocks in financial markets

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  • Santiago Camara & Lawrence Christiano & Husnu Dalgic, 2024. "The International Monetary Transmission Mechanism," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2024_608, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.
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    Keywords

    US Monetary Policy Spillovers. Exchange Rate OvershooƟng. Financial FricƟons. Trade and Monetary Policy Transmission;

    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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