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Surfing the Waves of Globalization : Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of the Trilemma

Aizenman, Joshua - 2010

choices matter for output volatility and the medium-term level of inflation. Greater monetary independence is associated with … lower output volatility while greater exchange rate stability implies greater output volatility, which can be mitigated if a … inflation rate. We find that trilemma policy configurations and external finances affect output volatility through the …

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The Impacts of Crises on the Trilemma Configurations

Aizenman, Joshua; Chinn, Menzie David; Itō, Hiro - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The "monetary trilemma" - the hypothesis that full monetary policy autonomy, exchange rate stability, and financial openness cannot simultaneously be achieved - has long been studied. Recently, holding international reserves (IR) has become an important policy instrument, insuring against...

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Central Bank Swap Arrangements in the COVID-19 Crisis

Aizenman, Joshua; Itō, Hiro; Pasricha, Gurnain Kaur - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Facing acute strains in the offshore dollar funding markets during the COVID-19 crisis, the Federal Reserve (Fed) implemented measures to provide US dollar liquidity by reinforcing swap arrangements with five major central banks, reactivating them with nine other central banks and establishing a...

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On the Effectiveness of Foreign Exchange Reserves During the 2021-22 U.S. Monetary Tightening Cycle

Ahmed, Rashad; Aizenman, Joshua; Saadaoui, Jamel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper examines the role of foreign exchange (FX) reserves and other fundamental factors in explaining cross-country differences in foreign currency depreciation observed over the 2021-22 Federal Reserve monetary policy tightening cycle that led to a sharp appreciation of the US dollar....

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Living with the Trilemma Constraint : Relative Trilemma Policy Divergence, Crises, and Output Losses for Developing Countries

Aizenman, Joshua - 2013

This paper investigates the potential impacts of the degree of divergence in open macroeconomic policies in the context of the trilemma hypothesis. Using an index that measures the relative policy divergence among the three trilemma policy choices, namely monetary independence, exchange rate...

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Assessing the Emerging Global Financial Architecture : Measuring the Trilemma's Configurations over Time

Aizenman, Joshua - 2008

with normative aspects of the trilemma, relating the policy choices to macroeconomic outcomes such as the volatility of … monetary independence can dampen output volatility while greater exchange rate stability implies greater output volatility … pursuit of stable exchange rate while financial development is at the medium level can increase output volatility, (iv …

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From the Great Moderation to the global crisis : Exchange market pressure in the 2000s

Aizenman, Joshua - 2010

This paper investigates the factors explaining exchange market pressures (EMP) and the hoarding and use of international reserves (IR) by emerging markets during the 2000s, as the Great Moderation turned to the 2008-9 global crisis and great recession. According to our results, both financial...

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Domestic and Multilateral Effects of Capital Controls in Emerging Markets

Pasricha, Gurnain - 2015

Using a novel, high frequency dataset on capital control actions in 16 emerging market economies (EMEs) from 2001 to 2012, we provide new insights into the domestic and multilateral effects of capital controls. Increases in capital account openness reduce monetary policy autonomy and increase...

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Central Banks and Gold Puzzles

Aizenman, Joshua - 2012

We study the curious patterns of gold holding and trading by central banks during 1979-2010. With the exception of several discrete step adjustments, central banks keep maintaining passive stocks of gold, independently of the patterns of the real price of gold. We also observe the...

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Using Inflation to Erode the U.S. Public Debt

Aizenman, Joshua - 2009

temptation to inflate away some of this debt burden is similar to that at the end of World War II. In 1946, the debt ratio was …

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