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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779331203321

Autore

Jain-Chandra Sonali

Titolo

The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy Transmission Under Capital Inflows : : Evidence from Asia / / Sonali Jain-Chandra, Filiz Unsal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

1-4755-1660-6

1-4755-7971-3

1-283-86686-2

1-4755-2195-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (20 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/12/265

Altri autori (Persone)

UnsalFiliz

Soggetti

Monetary policy - Asia

Capital movements - Asia

Banks and Banking

Exports and Imports

Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

Monetary Policy

Open Economy Macroeconomics

International Investment

Long-term Capital Movements

Finance

Banking

International economics

Long term interest rates

Yield curve

Central bank policy rate

Short term interest rates

Capital inflows

Financial services

Balance of payments

Interest rates

Capital movements

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Methodological Considerations; A. Generalized Dynamic Factor Model; Figures; 1. Secondary Market Yield of 10-Year Government Bond; B. Structural Vector Autoregression; III. Are Local Bond Yields in Asia Driven by External or Domestic Factors?--Empirical Results; 2. The Estimated Common Factor and U.S. 10-Year Bond Yield and the VIX; 3. Contributions of U.S. 10-Year Yield and VIX to Estimated Common Factor; 4. Variance Decomposition of Domestic 10-Year Yield by Sources During 2005-10

5. Contribution of U.S. Long-Term Interest Rates to Variance of Domestic Yields by Maturity 6. Importance of U.S. Interest Rate and Capital Account Openness; IV. Which Interest Rates Matter More for Monetary Transmission Mechanism?; 7. Variance Decomposition of Industrial Production in Response to Shocks to Domestic Interest Rates; V. The Monetary Transmission Mechanism Under Large Capital Flows; 8. Short-Term Corporate Debt; VI. Conclusion; 9. Effect of Capital Flows on Monetary Transmission Mechanism; References

Sommario/riassunto

The effectiveness of the monetary policy transmission mechanism in open economies could be impaired if interest rates are driven primarily by global factors, especially during periods of large capital inflows. The main objective of this paper is to assess whether this is true for emerging Asia’s economies. Using a dynamic factor model and a structural vector auto-regression model, we show that long-term interest rates in Asia are indeed predominantly driven by global factors. However, monetary policy transmission mechanism remains effective in the region, as it operates predominantly through short-term interest rates. Nevertheless, the monetary transmission mechanism, though effective, is somewhat weaker in Asia during the periods of surges in capital inflows.