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Chapter 9. Canada: A Well-Established System »
Source: Advancing the Frontiers of Monetary Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Tobias Adrian , Douglas Laxton , and Maurice Obstfeld
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 April 2018
ISBN: 9781484325940
Keywords: Inflation Targeting, Monetary Policy, Central Banking, Central Bank Communications, Financial Stability, Forward Guidance, Optimal Control
WHEREAS it is desirable to establish a central bank in Canada to regulate credit and currency in the best interests of the economic life of the na...

CHAPTER 9. Comment on “Global Imbalances: In Midstream?” »
Source: Reconstructing the World Economy
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Il SaKong , and Olivier Blanchard
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 July 2010
ISBN: 9781589069770
Keywords: inflation, current account, financial system, central bank, monetary policy
This is an important contribution to the literature on global imbalances, which has been bedevilled hitherto by much muddy thinking. Blanchard and Milesi-Ferretti begin by making the important point that cur...

CHAPTER 10. Comments on Dealing with Global Imbalances »
Source: Reconstructing the World Economy
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Il SaKong , and Olivier Blanchard
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 July 2010
ISBN: 9781589069770
Keywords: inflation, current account, financial system, central bank, monetary policy
Few issues in international macroeconomics and finance have occupied the attention of policymakers and researchers in recent years as much as the debate on the causes, consequences, and measurements of globa...

CHAPTER 6. Comments on “Redesigning the Contours of the Future Financial System” »
Source: Reconstructing the World Economy
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Il SaKong , and Olivier Blanchard
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 July 2010
ISBN: 9781589069770
Keywords: inflation, current account, financial system, central bank, monetary policy
“Redesigning the Contours of the Future Financial System” does a particularly nice job in summarizing: what went wrong; the pote...

Chapter 10. Czech Republic: Transition to the Frontier »
Source: Advancing the Frontiers of Monetary Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Tobias Adrian , Douglas Laxton , and Maurice Obstfeld
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 April 2018
ISBN: 9781484325940
Keywords: Inflation Targeting, Monetary Policy, Central Banking, Central Bank Communications, Financial Stability, Forward Guidance, Optimal Control
The Czech experience with inflation targeting thus illustrates that the ultimate purpose of inflation targeting is not to announce inflation targe...

CHAPTER 7. Discussion of “Redesigning the Contours of the Future Financial System” »
Source: Reconstructing the World Economy
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Il SaKong , and Olivier Blanchard
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 July 2010
ISBN: 9781589069770
Keywords: inflation, current account, financial system, central bank, monetary policy
The lessons from the global financial crisis have shaped the debate on the future contours of the financial system. The paper by Kodres and Narain does an excellent job of asking the pertinent questions. The...

Chapter 1: Economic Growth »
Source: Islamic Republic of Iran : Managing the Transition to a Market Economy
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2007
ISBN: 9781589064416
Keywords: exchange rate, monetary policy, central bank, inflation, reer
Iran faces the challenge of increasing its growth rate to reduce unemployment and improve the living standards of its population over the medium term. Growth performance in recent years (6 percent during 200...

Chapter 7. Financial Conditions »
Source: Advancing the Frontiers of Monetary Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Tobias Adrian , Douglas Laxton , and Maurice Obstfeld
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 April 2018
ISBN: 9781484325940
Keywords: Inflation Targeting, Monetary Policy, Central Banking, Central Bank Communications, Financial Stability, Forward Guidance, Optimal Control
Financial conditions are important. They matter enormously to monetary policy because their movements can often diverge from the trajectory of sho...

Chapter 2. First Principles »
Source: Advancing the Frontiers of Monetary Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Tobias Adrian , Douglas Laxton , and Maurice Obstfeld
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 April 2018
ISBN: 9781484325940
Keywords: Inflation Targeting, Monetary Policy, Central Banking, Central Bank Communications, Financial Stability, Forward Guidance, Optimal Control
Inflation targeting implies inflation-forecast targeting. —L. E. O. Svensson (1997) In...

CHAPTER 8. Global Imbalances: In Midstream? »
Source: Reconstructing the World Economy
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Il SaKong , and Olivier Blanchard
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 July 2010
ISBN: 9781589069770
Keywords: inflation, current account, financial system, central bank, monetary policy
Before the crisis, there were strong arguments for reducing global imbalances. As a result of the crisis, there have been significant changes in saving and investment patterns across the world and imbalances...