IMF Working Papers

Capital Inflows and Policy Responses in the AsEAN Region

By Linda M. Koenig

April 1, 1996

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Linda M. Koenig Capital Inflows and Policy Responses in the AsEAN Region, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1996) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

This paper reviews the experience of four ASEAN countries in dealing with an unprecedently strong influx of foreign capital in the late 1980s and early 1990s. While there was some increase in inflation associated with the inflows, it was relatively minor, and real exchange rates did not appreciate. Countries responded in the first instance by using open market operations for sterilized intervention. Subsequently, the fiscal stance was tightened. There was reluctance to allow nominal currency appreciation and, with one exception, controls on capital inflows were avoided.

Subject: Balance of payments, Capital account, Capital flows, Capital inflows, Exchange rates, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Foreign exchange

Keywords: Appreciation, ASEAN authority, ASEAN capital importer, ASEAN countries interest rate differential, ASEAN experience, ASEAN government, ASEAN region, Capital account, Capital flows, Capital importer, Capital inflows, Currency appreciation, Exchange rates, Fiscal stance, Monetary policy, Monetary policy stance, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Stability vis-à-vis, Thailand, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    50

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1996/025

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0251996

  • ISBN:

    9781451844214

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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