Optimal Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy Under Segmented Asset Markets and Sticky Prices

September 1, 2007

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Juan Pablo Medina Guzman, and Ruy Lama. Optimal Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy Under Segmented Asset Markets and Sticky Prices, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed November 23, 2024

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Summary

This paper studies optimal monetary policy in a two-sector small open economy model under segmented asset markets and sticky prices. We solve the Ramsey problem under full commitment, and characterize the optimal monetary policy in a calibrated version of the model. The findings of the paper are threefold. First, the Ramsey solution mimics the allocations under flexible prices. Second, under the optimal policy the volatility of non-tradable inflation is close to zero. Third, stabilizing nontradable inflation is optimal regardless of the financial structure of the small open economy. Even for a moderate degree of price stickiness, implementing a monetary policy that mitigates asset market segmentation is highly distortionary. This last result suggests that policymakers should resort to other policy instruments in order to correct financial imperfections.

Subject: Asset prices, Consumption, Financial markets, Inflation, National accounts, Prices, Securities markets, Sticky prices

Keywords: Asset market segmentation, Asset prices, Consumption, Inflation, Inflation rate, Market segmentation, Monetary policy, Nominal interest rate, Open economy, Optimal monetary policy, Securities markets, Sensitivity analysis, Sticky price, Sticky prices, Substitution effect, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

55
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2007/217
Stock No:

WPIEA2007217
ISBN:

9781451867817
ISSN:

1018-5941

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