Foreign exchange intervention and the Dutch disease /

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Author / Creator:	Faltermeier, Julia, author.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, [2017] ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (35 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper, 1018-5941 ; WP/17/70 IMF working paper ; WP/17/70.
Subject:	Foreign exchange rates. Foreign exchange rates -- Econometric models. Monetary policy -- Econometric models. International finance -- Econometric models. Foreign exchange rates. Foreign exchange rates -- Econometric models. International finance -- Econometric models. Monetary policy -- Econometric models.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11705128

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Other authors / contributors:	Lama, Ruy, 1975- author. Medina Guzman, Juan Pablo, 1971- author.
ISBN:	9781475589337 1475589336 1475589336 1475589239 9781475589238
ISSN:	1018-5941
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	We study the optimal foreign exchange (FX) intervention policy in response to a positive terms of trade shock and associated Dutch disease episode in a small open economy model. We find that during a Dutch disease episode tradable production drops below the socially optimal level, resulting in lower welfare under learningby- doing (LBD) externalities. FX reserves accumulation improves welfare by preventing a large appreciation of the real exchange rate and by inducing an efficient reallocation between the tradable and non-tradable sectors. For an empirically plausible parametrization of LBD externalities, the model predicts that in response to a 10 percent increase in commodity prices FX reserves should increase by 1.5 percent of GDP. We also find that the welfare gains from optimally using FX reserves are twice as high as the gains from relying only on monetary policy. These results suggest that FX intervention is a beneficial policy to counteract the loss of competitiveness during a Dutch disease episode.
Other form:	Print version: Faltermeier, Julia. Foreign Exchange Intervention and the Dutch Disease. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, ©2017 9781475589238
Standard no.:	10.5089/9781475589238.001

Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. A Small Open Economy Model; 2.1. Households; 2.2. Wage Setting Process; 2.3. Firms; 2.4. Commodity Sector; 2.5. Monetary Policy and Foreign Exchange Intervention; 2.6. Market Clearing Conditions; 2.7. Calibration; 3. Foreign Exchange Intervention and the Dutch Disease; 3.1. Dutch Disease and Learning-by-Doing Externalities; 3.2. Dutch Disease and Optimal Policy Rules; 3.3. Sensitivity Analysis; 4. Conclusions; References; Appendix: Equilibrium Conditions; Tables; Table 1 Baseline Calibration; Table 2 Welfare Analysis; Figures.
Figure 1 Commodity Cycle and Foreign Exchange InterventionFigure 2 Effects of Learning-by-Doing; Figure 3 Dutch Disease and Policy Rules; Figure 4 Sensitivity Analysis; Figure 5 Welfare Gains and Sensitivity Analysis.

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