Monetary Policy Implementation.

Since the early 1990s, the IMF has been advising countries to shift to the use of indirect instruments for executing monetary policy. This paper provides information about a monetary policy instruments database, maintained by the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the IMF. We offer an overvi...

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Main Author: Buzeneca, Inese
Other Authors: Maino, Rodolfo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction; Boxes; 1. Information System for Instruments of Monetary Policy; II. Using the Database to Extract Information on the Instrument Mix; Tables; 1. Types of Monetary Instruments; Figures; 1. Highly Reported Instruments by Groups of Countries; A. Direct Instruments; B. Reserve Requirements; 2. Use of Direct Instruments, 1998-2004; 2. Reserve Requirements; 2. Reserve Requirements on Foreign Exchange Deposits; C. Statutory Liquidity Requirements; 3. Lending Facility in Developing Economies; 3. Reserve and Statutory Liquidity Requirements in Groups of Countries.
  • 3. Summary of Highly Reported Instruments by Groups of Countries4. Use of Statutory Liquidity Requirements, 1998-2004; 4. Average Reserve Ratios in Groups of Countries; D. Standing Facilities; 5. The Reporting of Interest Rate Arrangement in Groups of Countries; 6. Standing Facilities; 7. Designs of Lending Facility in Groups of Countries; E. Discretionary Monetary Instruments; 5. Market-Based Instruments; 4. Government vs. Central Bank Securities: Advantages and Disadvantages; 8. Open Market Operations; F. Market Information; III. Final Remarks; 6. Market Information, 2004; Appendices.