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New Zealand: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Author: International Monetary Fund
Series:
IMF Staff Country Reports
Volume/Issue:
Volume 1999: Issue 119
Language:
English
Publication Date:
20 Oct 1999
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451830217.002
ISBN:
9781451830217
ISSN:
1934-7685
Pages:
54
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; exchange rate; inflation-targeting regime; nominal exchange rate; inflation targeting framework; capital control; inflation-targeting country; exchange rate cycle; target band; Inflation targeting; Exchange rates; Inflation; Price stabilization; Capital controls; Asia and Pacific; Global
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This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix describes New Zealand’s evolving approach to inflation targeting. It describes the experience of New Zealand with inflation targeting, and discusses the motives behind the change in its approach toward a more flexible framework. The paper discusses the main features of New Zealand’s exchange rate cycle during the 1990s. It also analyzes some of the potential causes of exchange rate variability, and describes the effects of variability on other macroeconomic variables.
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
IMF Staff Country Reports
ISSN:
1934-7685
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund