Exchange Rate Policy and Monetary Strategy Options in the Philippines : The Search for Stability and Sustainability /

This paper evaluates the Philippines' experience with different exchange regimes since 1970. It argues that the shift to a flexible regime was crucial to restoring external viability and generating an export-led economic take-off, but that mixed performance in meeting money targets and asymmetr...

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Autore principale: Houben, Aerdt
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Serie:IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 1997/004
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF
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Riassunto:This paper evaluates the Philippines' experience with different exchange regimes since 1970. It argues that the shift to a flexible regime was crucial to restoring external viability and generating an export-led economic take-off, but that mixed performance in meeting money targets and asymmetric policy reactions to exchange rate pressures have resulted in an uneven inflation performance. Since adoption of a firm nominal anchor for monetary policy would contribute to a more effective control of inflation and thereby to better prospects for sustained growth, the merits of three monetary strategy options are reviewed: stricter adherence to a money supply rule, adoption of an exchange rate peg, and a switch to direct inflation targeting.
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ISSN:1934-7456
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