Official dollarization as a monetary regime : its effects on El Salvador /

Official dollarization as a monetary regime : its effects on El Salvador /

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Author / Creator:	Swiston, A. (Andrew James), author.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (26 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper ; WP/11/129 IMF working paper ; WP/11/129.
Subject:	Dollarization -- El Salvador -- Econometric models. Interest rates -- El Salvador -- Econometric models. Foreign exchange rates -- El Salvador -- Econometric models. Foreign exchange rates -- Econometric models. Interest rates -- Econometric models. El Salvador.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12499352

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Other authors / contributors:	International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department, issuing body.
ISBN:	128356162X 9781283561624 9781455282548 1455282545 9781455258390 1455258393 1462392970 9781462392971 9786613874078 6613874078 1462302165 9781462302161
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English.
Summary:	This paper examines El Salvadors transition to official dollarization by comparing aspects of this regime to the fixed exchange rate regime prevailing in the 1990s. Commercial bank interest rates are analyzed under an uncovered interest parity framework, and it is found that dollarization lowered rates by 4 to 5 percent by reducing currency risk. This has generated net annual savings averaging 1/4 percent of GDP for the private sector and 1/2 percent of GDP for the public sector (net of the losses from foregone seigniorage). Estimated Taylor rules show a strong positive association between Salvadoran output and U.S. Federal Reserve policy since dollarization, implying that this policy has served to stabilize economic activity more than it did under the peg and more than policy rates in Central American countries with independent monetary policy have done. Dollarization does not appear to have affected the transmission mechanism, as pass-through of monetary policy to commercial interest rates has been similar to pass-through under the peg and in the rest of Central America.
Other form:	Print version: Swiston, Andrew. Official Dollarization as a Monetary Regime: Its Effects on El Salvador. Washington : International Monetary Fund, ©2011 9781455258390

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Summary:	This paper examines El Salvador's transition to official dollarization by comparing aspects of this regime to the fixed exchange rate regime prevailing in the 1990s. Commercial bank interest rates are analyzed under an uncovered interest parity framework, and it is found that dollarization lowered rates by 4 to 5 percent by reducing currency risk. This has generated net annual savings averaging 1/2 percent of GDP for the private sector and 1/4 percent of GDP for the public sector (net of the losses from foregone seigniorage). Estimated Taylor rules show a strong positive association between Salvadoran output and U.S. Federal Reserve policy since dollarization, implying that this policy has served to stabilize economic activity more than it did under the peg and more than policy rates in Central American countries with independent monetary policy have done. Dollarization does not appear to have affected the transmission mechanism, as pass-through of monetary policy to commercial interest rates has been similar to pass-through under the peg and in the rest of Central America.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (26 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	128356162X 9781283561624 9781455282548 1455282545 9781455258390 1455258393 1462392970 9781462392971 9786613874078 6613874078 1462302165 9781462302161