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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967324303321

Autore

Elekdag Selim

Titolo

Can a Rule-Based Monetary Policy Framework Work in a Developing Country? The Case of Yemen / / Selim Elekdag, Nabil Ben Ltaifa, Todd Schneider, Saade Chami

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786613828071

9781462391158

146239115X

9781452755175

1452755175

9781283515627

1283515628

9781451910230

1451910231

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (30 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

Ben LtaifaNabil

ChamiSaade

SchneiderTodd

Disciplina

332

Soggetti

Monetary policy - Yemen (Republic)

Anti-inflationary policies - Yemen (Republic)

Currency

Deflation

Exchange rate flexibility

Exchange rate pass-through

Exchange rates

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange

Inflation

Macroeconomics

Monetary economics

Monetary policy frameworks

Monetary Policy

Monetary policy

Money and Monetary Policy

Price Level

Prices

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.