Arbeitspapier

Monetary policy operations of debtor central banks in MENA countries

The paper analyses the monetary policy operations of central banks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). We distinguish the pattern of monetary policy operations of the liquidity providing central banks of the large industrialized countries (creditor central banks) and the liquidity absorbing central banks of emerging market economies (debtor central banks). Many debtor central banks provide liquidity through foreign exchange intervention in reaction to foreign exchange inflows. If the respective liquidity expansion is regarded as a threat to domestic price and financial stability, liquidity is partly absorbed through sterilization operations. The paper finds that most MENA countries are debtor central banks due to a general pattern of excessive liquidity creation as well as due to country specific reasons.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Paper ; No. 65

Classification
Wirtschaft
Foreign Exchange
Subject
Emerging Markets
Debtor Central Banks
Foreign Exchange Inflows
Sterilization

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Schnabl, Gunther
Schobert, Franziska
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Universität Leipzig, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
(where)
Leipzig
(when)
2007

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Schnabl, Gunther
  • Schobert, Franziska
  • Universität Leipzig, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Time of origin

  • 2007

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