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MONETARY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORKS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2010

Antoine Martin
Affiliation:
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Cyril Monnet*
Affiliation:
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
*
Address correspondence to: Cyril Monnet, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 10 Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA; e-mail: cyril.monnet@gmail.com.

Abstract

We compare two stylized frameworks for the implementation of monetary policy. The first framework relies only on standing facilities, whereas the second framework relies only on open-market operations. We show that the Friedman rule cannot be implemented when the central bank uses standing facilities only. For a given rate of inflation, we show that standing facilities unambiguously achieve higher welfare than just conducting open-market operations. We conclude that elements of both frameworks should be combined. Also, our results suggest that any monetary policy implementation framework should remunerate both required and excess reserves.

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