Since the global financial crisis, non-reserve-issuing economies (NREs) have been highly sensitive to episodes of external pressures. With monetary policy independence constrained by this sensitivity, many NREs have utilized other policy instruments. This paper confirms the vulnerability of NREs to external shocks and finds that in some circumstances managing such shocks with multiple instruments can both lessen the policy response required from any one policy tool to financial and external shocks and increase the effectiveness of policies in stabilizing macro-financial conditions. Effectiveness however does not always imply appropriateness, which rests on an evaluation of potential trade-offs and unintended consequences.
Poirson Ward, Helene and Porter, Nathaniel John and Fayad, Ghada and Agur, Itai and Bi, Ran and Chen, Jiaqian and Eugster, Johannes L. and Laseen, Stefan and Menkulasi, Jeta and Moriyama, Kenji and Rochon, Céline and Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna and Tovar, Camilo E. and Zhang, Zhongxia and Zdzienicka, Aleksandra, Managing External Volatility: Policy Frameworks in Non-Reserve Issuing Economies (December 1, 2020). IMF Working Paper No. 2020/288, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3772494
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