Reform of the International Monetary System: Why and How?

Reform of the International Monetary System: Why and How?

by John B. Taylor
Reform of the International Monetary System: Why and How?

Reform of the International Monetary System: Why and How?

by John B. Taylor

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Overview

An argument that a rules-based reform of the international monetary system, achieved by applying basic economic theory, would improve economic performance.

In this book, the economist John Taylor argues that the apparent correlation of monetary policy decisions among different countries—largely the result of countries' concerns about the exchange rate—causes monetary policy to deviate from effective policies that stabilize inflation and the economy. He argues that a rules-based reform of the international monetary system, achieved by applying basic economic theory, would improve economic performance.

Taylor shows that monetary polices in recent years have been deployed either defensively, as central banks counteract forces from abroad that affect the exchange rate, or offensively, as central banks attempt to move the exchange rate to gain a competitive advantage. Focusing on the years from 2005 to 2017, he develops an empirical framework to examine two monetary policy instruments: the policy interest rate (the more conventional of the two) and the size of the balance sheet. He finds that an international contagion in central bank decisions about the policy interest rate has accentuated the deviation from standard interest rate rules that have worked in the past. He finds a similar contagion in decisions about the size of the balance sheet. By considering a counterfactual policy in the estimated model, Taylor is able to estimate by how much the policy of recent years has increased exchange rate volatility. After several rounds of monetary actions and reactions aimed at exchange rates, Taylor finds, the international monetary system is left with roughly the same interest rate configuration, but much larger balance sheets to unwind.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780262536752
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 04/09/2019
Series: Karl Brunner Distinguished Lecture Series
Pages: 152
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

John B. Taylor is Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and George P. Schultz Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

1 Monetary Policy Interconnections 1

2 Deep Questions about Rules-Based Monetary Policy 53

3 Do We Get More Out of Theory Than We Put: In? 93

Notes 109

References 111

Index 125

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From the Publisher

John Taylor is one of the foremost monetary economists in the world. In this insightful and eminently readable book, he questions recent trends in monetary policy across the world, arguing that central bankers have become overly focused on managing exchange rates. This has led them to depart from tried and tested rules that have worked well in the past, and induces unnecessary and costly volatility in the international monetary system. Taylor offers an agenda for reform that is essential reading as we figure out the right policies in this interconnected world.

Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago

For decades John Taylor provided policy makers with a monetary policy framework. In a time of a changing international world order, it is paramount to read his case for a rule-driven international monetary system.

Markus K. Brunnermeier, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Economics, Princeton University

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