The Georgian Hyperinflation and Stabilization

May 1, 1999

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Jian-Ye Wang. The Georgian Hyperinflation and Stabilization, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed December 22, 2024

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Summary

This paper anlayzes the Georgian hyperinflation of 1993-94, which featured endogenous fiscal expenditures and the money supply, depreciation, and currency substitution. Hyperinflation was stopped by removing generalized consumer subsidies and tightening of monetary policy, and not by a sudden rush of credibility or imposition of an exchange rate anchor. A de facto exchange rate anchor served ex post as a vehicle for building credibility, which ensured a dramatic reversal of currency substitution when the currency reform was implemented. The paper also discusses the relatively rapid output recovery in Georgia.

Subject: Currencies, Exchange rates, Foreign exchange, Hyperinflation, Inflation, Monetary base, Money, Prices

Keywords: Broad money, Central bank, Coupon economy, Coupon exchange rate vis-à-vis, Coupon inflation, Coupon price inflation, Coupon vis-à-vis, Currencies, Exchange rate, Exchange rate depreciation, Exchange rate vis-à-vis, Exchange rates, Georgia price liberalization, Hyperinflation, Inflation, Monetary base, Nominal exchange rate, Real value, Ruble exchange rate, Unit of account, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

34
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Series:

Working Paper No. 1999/065
Stock No:

WPIEA0651999
ISBN:

9781451848663
ISSN:

1018-5941

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