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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788406103321

Titolo

Can a Rule-Based Monetary Policy Framework Work in a Developing Country? The Case of Yemen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2007

ISBN

1-4623-9115-X

1-4527-5517-5

1-283-51562-8

1-4519-1023-1

9786613828071

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (30 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

332

Soggetti

Monetary policy - Yemen (Republic)

Anti-inflationary policies - Yemen (Republic)

Foreign Exchange

Inflation

Money and Monetary Policy

Price Level

Deflation

Monetary Policy

Macroeconomics

Currency

Foreign exchange

Monetary economics

Monetary policy frameworks

Exchange rates

Exchange rate flexibility

Exchange rate pass-through

Prices

Monetary policy

Yemen, Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"January 2007."



At head of title: Middle East and Central Asia Department.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-28).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Key Considerations in Designing a Monetary Policy Framework for Yemen; A. Instability of Money Demand; B. Maintaining a Flexible Exchange Rate Regime; C. Exchange Rate Pass-through to Inflation; Figures; 1. Overall and Core Inflation, January 2000-July 2006; III. An Alternative Monetary Policy Framework; A. General Considerations; B. Instruments and Operating Targets; C. Monetary Policy Rule; IV. Forward-Looking Approach and the Need to Forecast Inflation; A. Forecasting Techniques; V. Concluding Remarks; Appendixes; I. Instability of Money Demand in Yemen

II. Evidence of Exchange Rate-Inflation Pass-Through in YemenIII. Inflation Forecasting Techniques for Yemen; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Monetary policy in Yemen is largely rudimentary and ad hoc in nature. The Central Bank of Yemen's (CBY) approach has been based on discretionary targeting of broad money without any clear target to anchor inflation expectations. This paper argues in favor of a new formal monetary policy framework for Yemen emphasizing a proactive and rule-based approach with a greater direct focus on price stability in the context of a flexible management of the exchange rate. Although, as in many developing countries, institutional capacity is a concern, adopting a more formal framework could impel the kind of changes that are required to strengthen the ability of the CBY in achieving low and stable rates of inflation over the medium term.