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The Formulation of Monetary Policy: A Reassessment in the Light of Recent Experience

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  • Paul Atkinson

    (OECD)

  • Jean-Claude Chouraqui

    (OECD)

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This paper reassesses, in the light of recent experience, the formulation of monetary policy in terms of targets for monetary aggregates in the major countries. A number of difficulties which have arisen are discussed: instability of the money-income relationship; constraints created by fiscal imbalances; exchange rate variability, as well as debt problems and threats to banks' solvency. The responses of monetary authorities to these difficulties are described and some possible options for the formulation of monetary policy in the future are considered (including nominal income and exchange rate targeting) ... Ce document réexamine, à la lumière de l'expérience récente, la formulation des politiques monétaires fondée sur l'annonce d'objectifs en termes d'agrégats de monnaie ou de crédit. Il passe en revue un certain nombre de difficultés auxquelles se sont trouvées confrontées les autorités monétaires, à savoir : l'instabilité de la relation entre masse monétaire et revenu national, les contraintes créées par les déséquilibres budgétaires, la variabilité des taux de change ainsi que les problèmes d'endettement et les menaces pesant sur la solvabilité des banques. Le document analyse ensuite la façon dont les autorités monétaires ont réagi à ces difficultés et présente certaines options possibles pour formuler la politique monétaire dans l'avenir (dont l'adoption d'un objectif de revenu national en valeur ou d'un objectif de taux de change) ...

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  • Paul Atkinson & Jean-Claude Chouraqui, 1986. "The Formulation of Monetary Policy: A Reassessment in the Light of Recent Experience," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 32, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:32-en
    DOI: 10.1787/025558443125
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    1. Brian Silverstone, 2014. "Inflation Targeting in New Zealand: The 1987 Reserve Bank Questionnaire and Related Documents," Working Papers in Economics 14/11, University of Waikato.
    2. Nijathaworn, Bandid & Chaikhor, Suwatchai & Chotika-arpa, Suppakorn & Sakkankosone, Suchart, 2015. "Monetary Policy and Foreign Exchange Management: Reforming Central Bank Functions in Myanmar," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 431, Asian Development Bank.
    3. Victor Argy & Anthony Brennan & Glenn Stevens, 1990. "Monetary Targeting: The International Experience," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 66(1), pages 37-62, March.

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