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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816278303321

Autore

Poddar Tushar

Titolo

The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Jordan / / Tushar Poddar, Hasmik Khachatryan, Randa Sab

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-4577-8

1-4527-2492-X

1-283-51375-7

9786613826206

1-4519-0844-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (28 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

KhachatryanHasmik

SabRanda

Soggetti

Monetary policy - Jordan

Bank credit

Banking

Banks and Banking

Credit

Deposit rates

Finance

Finance: General

Foreign exchange reserves

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Interest rates

Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

International reserves

Monetary economics

Monetary Policy

Monetary policy

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

Monetary transmission mechanism

Money and Monetary Policy

Stock exchanges

Stock markets

Jordan Economic conditions

Jordan



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"February 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 26).

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. CHANNELS OF MONETARY TRANSMISSION""; ""III. CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY IN JORDAN""; ""IV. EVIDENCE FROM VARS""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""IMPULSE RESPONSES""; ""GRANGER CAUSALITY TESTS SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper examines monetary transmission in Jordan using the vector autoregressive approach. We find that the real 3-month CD rate, the Central Bank's operating target, affects bank retail rates and that monetary policy, measured by the spread between the 3-month CD rate and the U.S. Federal Funds rate, is effective in influencing foreign reserves. We do not find evidence of monetary policy affecting output. Output responds very little to changes in bank lending rates. Furthermore, equity prices and the exchange rate are not significant channels for transmitting monetary policy to economic activity. The effect of monetary policy on the stock market seems insignificant.