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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788336803321

Autore

Samuel Wendell

Titolo

Optimal Reserves in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union / / Wendell Samuel, Emilio Pineda, Mario Dehesa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-2046-5

1-4527-8236-9

1-282-84298-6

1-4518-7224-0

9786612842986

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

PinedaEmilio

DehesaMario

Soggetti

Reserves (Accounting) - Caribbean Area

Monetary unions - Caribbean Area

Banks and Banking

Exports and Imports

Money and Monetary Policy

Monetary Policy

Current Account Adjustment

Short-term Capital Movements

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

International Lending and Debt Problems

Banking

International economics

Monetary economics

International reserves

Monetary base

Current account

External debt

Capital account

Foreign exchange reserves

Balance of payments

Money supply

Debts, External

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

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Traditional Measures of Reserve Adequacy; Tables; 1. Comparison of International Reserves Across Regions; III. Optimal International Reserves; Figures; 1. Optimal Level of Reserves: Given Different Shocks to the Current Account; 2. Optimal Level of Reserves: Different Shocks to the Capital Account; 3. Optimal Level of Reserves: Different Intensities of Bank Run; IV. Sensitivity Analysis (Simulation Exercises); 4. Optimal Level of Reserves: Sensitivity to Output Loss; V. Implications of Central Bank Reserve Rule

5. Optimal Level of Reserves: Sensitivity to Cost of Holding Reserves 6. Broad Money and Demand Liabilities 1984-2008; 2. Regression Results for Money Demand, 1984-2008; VI. Conclusion and Policy Implications; 7. Optimal Level of Reserves: Different Intensities of Bank Run; References

Sommario/riassunto

Recent turbulence in global and Caribbean regional financial markets underscore the importance of reassessing the adequacy of international reserves held by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB). Using the Jeanne (2007) optimization framework, this paper finds that international reserves held by the ECCB are generally adequate for a variety of external current account and capital account shocks. However, the ECCB would be challenged in the event of moderate to severe deposit outflows.