World Food Prices, the Terms of Trade-Real Exchange Rate Nexus, and Monetary Policy /

How should monetary policy respond to large fluctuations in world food prices? We study this question in an open economy model in which imported food has a larger weight in domestic consumption than abroad and international risk sharing can be imperfect. A key novelty is that the real exchange rate...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Catao, Luis
Andre forfattere: Chang, Roberto
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/114
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF