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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464010003321

Autore

Meier Andre

Titolo

Panacea, curse, or nonevent? [[electronic resource] ] : unconventional monetary policy in the United Kingdom / / prepared by AndreĢ Meier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, European Dept., 2009

ISBN

1-4623-3962-X

1-4527-8033-1

1-4518-7310-7

9786612843761

1-282-84376-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (49 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/09/163

Soggetti

Banks and banking, Central - Great Britain

Monetary policy - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"August 2009."

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; I. Introduction; Figure 1: Interest Rates and Central Bank Balance Sheets, 2008-09; II. Rationale for Unconventional Monetary Policy; III. Scope for Unconventional Operations; A. Theoretical Benchmark: Skepticism about Effectiveness; B. Two General Objections to the Skeptics' View; IV. Specific Policy Options; A. Announcement to Keep Short-Term Rates Low for an Extended Period; B. Fixed-rate Refinancing Operations with Extended Maturity; C. Asset Purchases; Qualitative easing; Quantitative easing; Box 1: Do Explicit Asset Price Targets Provide a Foolproof Solution?

V. Risks and Mitigation StrategiesA. Uncertainty About the Right Dosage, Timing, and Exit; B. Financial Risks; C. Political Risks; D. Appropriate Risk Mitigation; VI. Unconventional Monetary Policy in the United Kingdom; VII. Gauging the Effectiveness of Unconventional Policies; A. Methodological Issues; B. Tentative Evidence; VIII. Comparison with Other Advanced Country Central Banks; A. Type of Unconventional Operations; Communication about future policy rates;



Longer-term fixed-rate refinancing operations; Asset purchases; B. Size and Scope of Asset Purchases; C. Approaches to Risk

IX. ConclusionReferences

Sommario/riassunto

The Bank of England's current ""quantitative easing"" strategy has given rise to a controversial debate about the effects and risks of unconventional monetary policy. The present paper makes two contributions to this debate. First, it provides a systematic overview of unconventional policy options, drawing from existing theoretical and empirical studies. Against this backdrop, it then analyzes the BoE's specific policies, discussing their effectiveness so far and putting them into a cross-country context. Tentative evidence on the BoE's quantitative easing is moderately encouraging, although t