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Central banks wish to avoid self‐fulfilling fluctuations. Interest rate rules with a unit response to real rates achieve this under the weakest possible assumptions about the behavior of households and firms. They are robust to household heterogeneity, hand‐to‐mouth consumers, non‐rational household or firm expectations, active fiscal policy, and to any form of intertemporal or nominal‐real links. They are easy to employ in practice, using inflation‐protected bonds to infer real rates. With a time‐varying short‐term inflation target, they can implement an arbitrary inflation path, including optimal policy. This provides a way to translate policy makers' desired path for inflation into one for nominal rates. U.S. Federal Reserve behavior is remarkably close to that predicted by a real rate rule, given the desired inflation path of U.S. monetary policy makers. Real rate rules work thanks to the key role played by the Fisher equation in monetary transmission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper's objective is to examine the asymmetric cointegration and asymmetric effects of financial development and monetary policy on monetary transmission mechanisms in the Nigerian context using annual data spanning the period from 1986 to 2023. This study pushes the frontiers of knowledge by providing information on the nonlinear impacts of monetary policy and financial sector innovations on monetary transmission mechanisms in Nigeria to help policymakers tailor their strategies to local conditions, enhancing the effectiveness of monetary interventions in the economy. To achieve this, this paper adopted nonlinear ARDL models to understand how changes in the direction of monetary policy and developments in the financial system induce changes in the transmission of monetary policy. The findings document the existence of asymmetries in both the short and long run, revealing that the impacts of financial development and monetary policy on the different monetary policy channels are not uniform. These asymmetries indicate that the responses of various economic variables to monetary policy actions differ depending on the level of financial development. These findings underscore the complexity of the monetary transmission mechanism and the necessity for a nuanced understanding of how financial development and monetary policy interact in different contexts. Consequently, this finding is symptomatic of some characteristics of those financial markets on their way toward advanced developments. As the financial system matures, monetary policy may have a greater impact on the cost of short-term funding for banks without having any discernible effect on the rates at which businesses and households access funding. Therefore, this paper recommends focusing on the policies that will foster the financial system across the banking sector, capital market, bond market, and overall financial sector to improve the efficiency of the monetary transmission process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The relationship between Islamic banking and monetary policies, and the way this relationship is reflected in the real sector has attracted increasing attention, primarily because of the growing importance of Islamic banking activities. Therefore, a review of the effectiveness of the loan schemes of Islamic banks in Turkey can make a significant contribution to the literature. This study analyzes whether the loan schemes of public and private participation banks operating in Turkey’s dual banking system, are effective. To this end, the study relies on variance decomposition and impulse response function analyses of VAR models compiled from monthly data between 2009:01 and 2020:03. The industrial production index represents economic activity, the interest rate applied to consumer loans, and the total money supply (M1), representing the monetary policy instruments. The model also includes total loans and deposit variables made available for the participation banks, representing the bank loan scheme and other variables, including the nominal exchange rate and consumer price indexes. The study measures the responses of the exchange rate, inflation rate, industrial production index, participation banks’ total loans, and total deposits to one-unit shocks applied to monetary policy and interest rates. The findings from the impulse-response functions indicate that the credit channel in participation banks is partially additional since their total loans and deposits react to monetary policies in certain periods due to changes in money supply and interest rates. However, they cannot reflect this at the production level.

We analysed whether the credibility of the Central Bank of Brazil (CBB) influences the substitution effect between the interest channel and the inflation expectations channel. Specifically, based on a DSGE model, we investigate the effects of central bank credibility on key domestic macroeconomic variables. The results show that higher central bank credibility reduces the harmful effect of fighting inflation on domestic macroeconomic variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The monetary transmission mechanism shows through which channels and to what extent the monetary policy implemented by the central banks affects the production level and inflation. Fundamentally, the monetary transmission mechanism, which operates through the traditional interest rate channel and includes the exchange rate, credit, asset prices and expectations channels over time, is a rather difficult and complex structure to understand. In order for central banks to implement an effective monetary policy and to determine the appropriate set of tools within the framework of this policy, it is important to understand this complex structure in the best way possible. In this study, the functioning of the channels of interest rate, credit, exchange rate and asset prices, which are among the channels of monetary transmission mechanism, and which of these channels are more effective in the period 2007:10-2022:06 in Turkey, were examined using the Diebold-Yılmaz (2012) Spillover Analysis method. Analysis findings show that the effect of the credit channel on production and the exchange rate channel on inflation is greater. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Central banks use diverse monetary policy instruments to maintain the inflation rate and real output. The impact on the real economic activity of the changes made in monetary policy isrealised over the course of diverse channels of the Monetary Transmission Mechanism (MTM). The currentstudy examinesthe balance sheet channel of MTM with reference to non-financial corporationsin Pakistan in the lastseven years. Employing a two-step system GMM estimation framework, the following features of the results are highlighted. Rising interest rates translate into a deteriorating interest coverage ratio and, ultimately, a weaker financial position. Sectorwise analysis exhibits a less pronounced negative relationship for firms belonging to the services sector. The findings strongly favour the theory of asymmetric MTM effects and suggest that the balance-sheet channel applies to all firms, but it is pertinent for small firms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The russian federation's launch of a full-scale war against independent Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has presented unprecedented challenges to the country. In addition to resistance on the battlefield, Ukraine must implement adaptive macroeconomic policies to address the situation. This combination of military and economic efforts not only prevents economic collapse but also maintains fragile macroeconomic stability during wartime. Monetary stability becomes especially important, highlighting the absolute necessity for effective implementation of monetary policy. This article aims to identify the key characteristics of Ukraine's defence economy and forecast key policy rates and exchange rates during the war. The prerequisite for forecasting was the analysis of endogenous and exogenous factors determining the current state of the Ukrainian economy: index of business expectations in Ukraine and partner countries, state of international trade and balance of payments, disparities in the labour market, reorientation of the state budget to military needs, devaluation of the national currency, high inflation, increase of financial capital price. Modelling is based on consumer price index (CPI), household inflation expectations, key policy rate of the National Bank of Ukraine, real and nominal effective exchange rates hryvnia to USA dollar, gross and net international reserves, gross and net foreign exchange market interventions, the UK CPI, the USA CPI, EU CPI, and the weighted average yield of domestic government bonds. The methodology involved the use of the VECM model (Vector Error Correlation Model) and the Bagging machine learning method, adapted to time series. Using this methodology enabled an accurate forecast of the key policy rate. In determining the optimal exchange rate, a modified formula was used that takes into account the monetary base, total bank deposits, foreign currency deposits in banks, exchange rate in the black market, and international reserves. This modification enabled the prediction of an exchange rate that closely approximates the official exchange rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the study, the validity of the risk-taking channel was investigated using the monthly data between 2003 and 2018, in particular for Brazil, South Africa and Turkey countries. According to test results, for Turkey the response of leverage rate to unexpected increases in policy interest rate was measured positively; for Brazil it was measured positively and for South Africa, it was measured positively during the sample period. Finally, for all countries the reaction of industrial production to shocks in the policy interest rate was calculated to be negative during the sample period. Thus, it is concluded that the risk-taking channel is effective for these countries during the analysis period (especially in times of crisis), and that monetary policy could be used as an effective tool for managing macroeconomic risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Economic policies aimed at managing economic variables in the short and long term have always been of special importance. These policies seek to reduce economic fluctuations in the short term and increase sustainable economic growth in the long term. One of these policies is monetary policy, which is mainly carried out by central banks worldwide. This paper uses the Keynesian Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model to examine the effects of monetary policy on the real variables of the Iranian economy through the credit channel and the balance sheet channel. The presented model analyzed information about macroeconomic variables in Iran for the period from 1990 to 2020. The obtained results show that with the implementation of restrictive monetary policy in the economy, all productive activities of enterprises decreased, and this led to a decrease in household income, which in turn reduced household savings in the form of bank deposits. Because the most important sources of financing for banks are deposits, the ability of banks to offer loans was reduced. On the other hand, a restrictive monetary shock was associated with a decline in the value of corporate securities. As a result, the amount of received loans by firms was reduced by the value of the assets. This reduced the demand of banks for bank loans, which intensified the effects of the initial shock, along with a reduction in the banks' ability to provide lending services. Further, the results indicate the relative success of the model in simulating Iran's macro economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a new contribution to the economic literature, through the analysis of the impact of monetary shocks in the main macroeconomic varia-bles and in the credit market, in Brazil, between 2011 and 2020. Three method-ologies of VAR models are used, classical (in the structural and reduced form), and bayesian (in reduced form). The results indicate that after the positive shock in the bank spread, the product moves rapidly in the first months in the negative direction, suggesting that the basic interest rate spreads to the credit market. Through the impulse-response functions, what is perceived is the little influence of the Selic rate on product and price variables. On the contrary, they influence the interest rate, which may indicate a reaction from Central Bank and expectations to changes in the main economic variables. As for credit, it does not seem to in-fluence most variables.

The russian federation's launch of a full-scale war against independent Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has presented unprecedented challenges to the country. In addition to resistance on the battlefield, Ukraine must implement adaptive macroeconomic policies to address the situation. This combination of military and economic efforts not only prevents economic collapse but also maintains fragile macroeconomic stability during wartime. Monetary stability becomes especially important, highlighting the absolute necessity for effective implementation of monetary policy. This article aims to identify the key characteristics of Ukraine's defence economy and forecast key policy rates and exchange rates during the war. The prerequisite for forecasting was the analysis of endogenous and exogenous factors determining the current state of the Ukrainian economy: index of business expectations in Ukraine and partner countries, state of international trade and balance of payments, disparities in the labour market, reorientation of the state budget to military needs, devaluation of the national currency, high inflation, increase of financial capital price. Modelling is based on consumer price index (CPI), household inflation expectations, key policy rate of the National Bank of Ukraine, real and nominal effective exchange rates hryvnia to USA dollar, gross and net international reserves, gross and net foreign exchange market interventions, the UK CPI, the USA CPI, EU CPI, and the weighted average yield of domestic government bonds. The methodology involved the use of the VECM model (Vector Error Correlation Model) and the Bagging machine learning method, adapted to time series. Using this methodology enabled an accurate forecast of the key policy rate. In determining the optimal exchange rate, a modified formula was used that takes into account the monetary base, total bank deposits, foreign currency deposits in banks, exchange rate in the black market, and international reserves. This modification enabled the prediction of an exchange rate that closely approximates the official exchange rate.

Should the transmission of monetary policy be understood in terms of its impacts on interest rates and bond yields, or monetary aggregates? This article considers the relationship between those aggregates and inflation, both over the past and more recently. And explains how the MPC takes account of "QT" in its forecasts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines how ownership structure interacts with monetary policy in shaping financial intermediaries' appetite for risk. By constructing a large panel of banks across Western Europe, we provide evidence that differences in bank ownership influence the transmission of monetary policy via the risk‐taking channel. While shareholder banks actively adjust the riskiness of their portfolios to changes in interest rates, stakeholder banks appear to be less responsive to such changes. These findings call for greater attention to the nature of bank ownership when setting monetary policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the exchange rate channel as a monetary transmission mechanism in Yemen, using technique of the Vector Autoregression (VAR) model and its help tools, such as impulse reaction function analysis and variance decomposition analysis in 1991–2018. The results of the study were compatible with theoretical expectations for the exchange rate (EXR) impact on the net exports (NX), the real economic growth (RGDP), and the inflation rate (CPI). Consequently, the exchange rate channel plays an important role in transferring the impact of monetary policy decisions to RGDP and the CPI in Yemeni economy. Our study has shown the effectiveness of the exchange rate channel in influencing both RGDP and CPI, due to the large role that the exchange rate plays in influencing economic activity in Yemen since the Yemeni economy is highly open to other economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper has adopted a Bayesian FAVAR approach to examine the monetary transmission mechanism in North Macedonia. The model is based on a broad data set that encompasses 140 monthly time series spanning between January 2010 and January 2019. In particular, the impact of policy on bank portfolio variables, and the impact of policy on economic activity variables have been evaluated. Our findings show that monetary tightening, causes a fall in output, inflation rate, employment, bank lending, the stock of government securities held by banks, and equity prices. On the other hand, it increases short-term money market rates, lending rates, deposits, and only in the immediate aftermath of the key policy rate rise, the share of non-performing loans in the loan portfolio. The study is expected to provide useful input to monetary policy implementation in North Macedonia. The study as well enriches the literature in this domain by discussing the challenges facing monetary authorities of small open economies with fixed exchange rate regimes in understanding how their policy instrument work through the economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Understanding the monetary policy transmission mechanism is pivotal for the design of an effective monetary policy. In this regard, the coexistence of interest rate and cost channel of monetary policy has raised important implications for the conduct of monetary policy. This article estimates a New Keynesian model to quantify the strength of interest rate and cost channel by estimating retail rate stickiness and share of firms considering interest rate in their marginal cost function. It examines the extent of interest rate pass-through and cost channel for exogenous monetary policy shock and endogenous movement in official rate arising due to other financial, nominal, and real shocks in the economy. The trade-off between the degree of pass-through and cost channel of monetary policy has also been examined. The minimum distance estimation of the Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model has confirmed that the degree and nature of interest rate pass-through depend on the nature of shock hitting the economy and the cost channel exists only for monetary and financial shocks. A weak trade-off also exists between the degree of pass-through and cost channel of monetary policy. The study recommends that coordination between central banks and financial and non-financial firms is essential for effective stabilization through monetary policy.

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It is possible for central banks to carry out their policies effectively by making the correct assessment of the reflection of their monetary policy decisions on real economic activities. For this reason, it is important to examine the effects of applied policies on real economic activities and inflation. Accordingly, the 2008 global financial crisis revealed the importance of the relationship between monetary policy, house prices, and real economic activity, in other words, the channel of transmission of house prices. As a matter of fact, developments in the housing industry have a significant impact on the process leading up to the 2008 Global financial crisis. In this context, after the 2008 Global financial crisis, both the role of house prices in monetary policy implementation and the function of house prices in the transmission mechanism has begun to be questioned. In this study, the effectiveness of the house prices transmission channel, a subgroup of the asset prices channel based on the experience of the 2008 Global financial crisis, was empirically analyzed based on the Turkish economy. The VAR model has been preferred as a method of empirical analysis. The analysis covers the period 2010-2019, and the monthly data set is used in the analysis. The results of the analysis show that monetary policy affects house prices, but house prices do not have a statistically significant effect on housing investment, industrial production index, and inflation. Related results show that the housing prices transmission channel is not active in the Turkish economy

The monetary transmission mechanism in a New‐Keynesian model with contemporary features is put to scrutiny. In contrast to Rupert and Sustek (2019), we find that the real interest rate channel is structural when the model contains empirically realistic frictions on the flow of investment. A monetary contraction (expansion) is always followed by an increase (decrease) in the real interest rate. The monetary transmission mechanism indeed operates through the real interest rate channel in this class of models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a new contribution to the economic literature, through the analysis of the impact of monetary shocks in the main macroeconomic variables and in the credit market, in Brazil, between 2011 and 2020. Three methodologies of VAR models are used, classical (in the structural and reduced form), and bayesian (in reduced form). The results indicate that after the positive shock in the bank spread, the product moves rapidly in the first months in the negative direction, suggesting that the basic interest rate spreads to the credit market. Through the impulse-response functions, what is perceived is the little influence of the Selic rate on product and price variables. On the contrary, they influence the interest rate, which may indicate a reaction from Central Bank and expectations to changes in the main economic variables. As for credit, it does not seem to influence most variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prior to the series of manipulation scandals, financial benchmarks were perceived as a competitive and objective reflection of underlying money markets. For example, the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), underpinning financial contracts worth trillions of dollars was unthinkable. To prevent manipulation, financial market regulators around the world have recommended a paradigm shift from estimation-based to transaction-based financial benchmarks. This shift is based on the mainstream economic view that financial benchmarks anchored on actual transactions are not susceptible to anticompetitive behavior. However, unlike auction markets, underlying interbank money markets have unique features. As most activity takes place over the counter, they are opaque and are governed by conventions, trust, and reciprocity. This complicates the achievement of competitive pricing. Using a novel dataset from Bank of Zambia, this article makes an empirical investigation into transaction-based benchmarks' susceptibility to anticompetitive behavior. Additionally, it contributes to the theoretical understanding of transaction-based financial market benchmarks. The study reflects on financial market regulators' recommendation to transit from estimation-based to transaction-based financial market benchmarks. Further, the study is of interest to central bankers, as short-term interbank rates are the first stage of the monetary transmission mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper is focused on the performance features of the monetary transmission mechanism (MTM) in Ukraine as a small open economy. To assess the efficiency of monetary transmission channels, it is important to disclose their interaction, define criteria and tools for analyzing their impact on key macroeconomic parameters. The study deepens approaches to the analysis of the intensity of using monetary, credit, interest rate and exchange rate channels in Ukraine in 2005–2020 and detects violations in the functioning of the MTM. Using economic and statistical methods and regression models, the influence of the main channels of monetary transmission on real GDP growth rate and inflation in Ukraine was assessed. It was concluded that it is advisable to clarify the conditions for increasing the efficiency of MTM in Ukraine; also, the parameters of forecasting the intensification of its channels in the medium and long term are determined. The paper highlights measures to improve the formation of volume and structure of the monetary base and monetary aggregates, improve credit and investment climate, and increase the efficiency of monetary regulation. Moreover, interest rate and foreign exchange policies of the central bank to transmit impulses from the decisions of monetary authorities to market participants were substantiated.

Understanding the monetary policy transmission mechanism is pivotal for the design of an effective monetary policy. In this regard, the coexistence of interest rate and cost channel of monetary policy has raised important implications for the conduct of monetary policy. This article estimates a New Keynesian model to quantify the strength of interest rate and cost channel by estimating retail rate stickiness and share of firms considering interest rate in their marginal cost function. It examines the extent of interest rate pass-through and cost channel for exogenous monetary policy shock and endogenous movement in official rate arising due to other financial, nominal, and real shocks in the economy. The trade-off between the degree of pass-through and cost channel of monetary policy has also been examined. The minimum distance estimation of the Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model has confirmed that the degree and nature of interest rate pass-through depend on the nature of shock hitting the economy and the cost channel exists only for monetary and financial shocks. A weak trade-off also exists between the degree of pass-through and cost channel of monetary policy. The study recommends that coordination between central banks and financial and non-financial firms is essential for effective stabilization through monetary policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of monetary policy channels in transmitting the impact of monetary policy on economic growth in Yemen using a VAR model and annual data over the period 1990-2016. The study included the variable of the economic growth rate, in addition to four variables that represent the monetary transmission channels, namely: the channel of monetary (M1), the channel of interest rate (IR), the channel of the exchange rate (DEXR), and the channel of bank lending (LOANS). The empirical results showed the importance of both the channel of monetary and exchange rate in impacting economic growth. It also showed that the channel of interest rate was less important, while the channel of bank lending was not important. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Motivation: Monetary policy decisions, through the process of transmission mechanism, affect the term structure of nominal interest rates as well as other asset prices, and thus influences aggregate demand (e.g. consumer spending and business investments) and price levels through these effects. The aspect of monetary transmission to various components of aggregate demand has been relatively little studied in the literature of the subject. Aim: The main aim of the study is to empirically investigate the effect of the Fed's monetary policy on major components of aggregate demand over the past 35 years. To this aim, the scale and timing of the interest rate pass-through to economic activity have been examined. Results: The empirical findings showed that that between 1984 and 2019, the sensitivity of consumption and investment expenditures to interest rate impulses were different. Firstly, fixed investment spending accounted for a significant part that was responsible for the response of real GDP following an interest rate shock. Secondly, in the case of personal consumption expenditures, expenses for durable goods were more sensitive to changes in the Fed's interest rate than spending on services and nondurable goods. In this way, the study expands the existing literature by reporting the effects of the Fed's monetary policy on major components of aggregate demand over the past 35 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study develops a simple theoretical framework and conduct a comprehensive empirical analysis on (a) the role of monetary policy on external funding and loan growth, (b) the consequent growth in national spending and finally, (c) the effects of these on the external deficit of Turkey within the period of 2002 to 2016. We argue that this was a highly unusual period with abundant global liquidity, substantial decrease in domestic real interest rates, considerable growth in capital inflow and bank lending, but a remarkable deterioration in external balance. Our empirical approach sheds light on both short and long run dynamics among key domestic and global economic indicators, those related to monetary policy, capital inflows, domestic spending, exchange rates and external deficit. Overall, while clearly validating the import dependency of the Turkish economy, our findings provide mixed evidence about the role of monetary policy on external deficit. Among the monetary policy tools tested, only the reserve requirement policy, seems to have a direct effect, however, real interest rates seem to be influential only via the channel of consumer loans and consumption expenditures. Expansions in bank lending cause corresponding increases in components of national expenditure, which subsequently contribute to the deterioration in trade deficit. As for the policy implications of our findings, to reduce external deficit, in long run, lowering the import dependency of the economy and reducing the shortfall in national savings is vital, whereas, in short run, only distortionary policies, such as limiting loan growth or restricting imports, are only feasible options. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Money market benchmarks are important indicators for economic agents. They are also crucial for central banks in assessing the functioning of the interest rate channel of the monetary transmission mechanism. However, whereas the unsecured interbank money market conventionally has been seen as encompassing instruments with maturities up to one year, it appears as if it consists of two markets. The ultra-short-term money market (typically just one day) is large, liquid, and traded regularly. The term money market (one, three or six months), by contrast, is small, illiquid and rarely traded. This article explores the feasibility of creating and maintaining a money market benchmark which does not represent an underlying liquid market. From a sociological perspective, it addresses two critical aspects of financial benchmarks: (1) that they are related to but separate and distinct from the objects determining them and (2) that they are measurements and as such cannot be bought or sold (Stenfors and Lindo 2018). By doing so, the article also reflects upon the desire by financial regulators following the LIBOR manipulation scandal to replace estimation-based by transaction-based benchmarks, as well as some challenges and contradictions in conventional central banking theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]