Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Weera Prasertnukul
Author-Name-First: Weera
Author-Name-Last: Prasertnukul
Author-Workplace-Name: Bank of Thailand
Author-Name: Donghun Kim
Author-Name-First: Donghun
Author-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Email: dhkim2@yonsei.ac.kr
Author-Workplace-Name: Yonsei University
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.yonsei.ac.kr/
Author-Name: Makoto Kakinaka
Author-Name-First: Makoto
Author-Name-Last: Kakinaka
Author-Email: kakinaka@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of University
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Title: Exchange Rates, Price Levels, and Inflation Targeting: Evidence from Asian Countries
Abstract: This study examines how the adoption of inflation-targeting influenced exchange rate pass-through and volatility in four Asian countries (Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand) over the sample period of January 1990 to June 2007. We find that reforming policy by adopting inflation targeting generally helped reduce pass-through in Korea and Thailand, while the results are less clear in Indonesia and the Philippines. Still, the findings indicate that inflation targeting has caused a decline in exchange rate volatility in all four countries. The important lesson from the experiences of these Asian countries is that the adoption of inflation targeting contributes to achieving the ultimate goal of inflation stability through reducing exchange rate pass-through or variability.
Classification-JEL: E31, E52, F31
Length: 36 pages
Creation-Date: 2010-03
Number: EMS_2010_03
File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2010_03.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2010
File-Size: 568KB
Keywords: Inflation targeting, Exchange rates, Pass-through, Exchange rate volatility
Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2010_03