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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973831503321

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

9786612842986

9781462320462

1462320465

9781452782362

1452782369

9781282842984

1282842986

9781451872248

1451872240

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

DehesaMario

PinedaEmilio

Disciplina

332.152

Soggetti

Reserves (Accounting) - Caribbean Area

Monetary unions - Caribbean Area

Balance of payments

Banking

Banks and Banking

Capital account

Current Account Adjustment

Current account

Debts, External

Exports and Imports

External debt

Foreign exchange reserves

International economics

International Lending and Debt Problems

International reserves

Monetary base

Monetary economics

Monetary Policy

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

Money and Monetary Policy



Money supply

Short-term 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

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.