The Euro bloc, the Dollar bloc and the Yen bloc: how much monetary policy independence can exchange rate flexibility buy in an interdependent world?

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The paper analyses the trade-off between exchange rate flexibility and monetary policy autonomy. It tests empirically the 'Possible Duality' hypothesis, i.e. whether countries with more flexible currency regimes are indeed able to exert more monetary policy autonomy than those with less flexible ones, and whether moving towards exchange rate flexibility allows countries to gain monetary independence. The results for a set of open emerging markets and ERM countries show no systematic link between exchange rate flexibility and monetary independence. It is also found that the Fed is still the dominant force in world capital markets, although the importance of EU monetary policy decisions has been increasing and a Euro bloc has formed in Europe.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 154

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Open Economy Macroeconomics ; Foreign Exchange ; Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General
• Subject: error correction model ; exchange rate regime ; GARCH ; international transmission ; monetary policy

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fratzscher, Marcel
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): European Central Bank (ECB)
• (where): Frankfurt a. M.
• (when): 2002

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/152588
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET