Singapore: Selected Issues
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Summary:
This Selected Issues Paper discusses some observations on Singapore’s monetary policy framework. Singapore’s monetary policy uses the nominal effective exchange rate (NEER) as the instrument in a basket-band-crawl framework. The paper finds that under some conditions an exchange rate-based monetary policy may not be detrimental to external competitiveness. A key parameter is the weight of imports in the consumer basket or production function. Tightening monetary policy through a nominal appreciation helps to dampen imported cost pressures. In addition, nominal appreciation can reduce domestic sources of inflation by lowering demand for local factors of production.
Series:
Country Report No. 2013/327
Subject:
Foreign exchange Inflation Labor Labor force Prices Production Productivity Real effective exchange rates Wages
English
Publication Date:
November 14, 2013
ISBN/ISSN:
9781475520743/1934-7685
Stock No:
1SGPEA2013003
Pages:
11
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