We study the effects of monetary policy surprises on stock returns under low and high uncertainty in U.S. using Panel Smooth Transition Regression (PSTR) model to identify regimes. Monetary are unexpected changes Federal Funds Rate (FFR) Open Market Committee (FOMC) announcement days, where mimicking portfolio method is used obtain a regular time series with since announcements occur an irregul...

This paper argues that the primary objective of monetary policy should be long run price stability or at least a low average rate of in°ation. But there is also a welfare improving role for monetary policy in helping the economy adjust to nonpolicy shocks. This gives rise to a fundamental tension in the conduct of monetary policy. Understanding this tension is central to interpreting the qualit...

We examine the impact of different degrees of fiscal feedback on debt in an economy with nominal rigidities where monetary policy is optimal. We look at the extent to which different degrees of fiscal feedback enhances or detracts from the ability of the monetary authorities to stabilise output and inflation. Using an objective function derived from utility, we find the optimal level of fiscal ...

This paper re-examines the evolution in the US monetary transmission mechanism using an empirical framework that incorporates substantially more information than the standard trivariate VAR model used in most previous studies. In particular, we employ an extended version of the factor-augmented VAR proposed by Bernanke et al. (2005). Our extensions include allowing for time variation in the coe...

Most analyses of monetary policy delegation schemes typically ignore the behavior of the fiscal policy maker. The paper investigates how monetary price level targeting or monetary nominal income targeting may yield social gain in an economy with government debt and where the fiscal policymaker, acting strategically, may take counter actions. We argue that the choice of fiscal policy instrument ...

With the development of market-oriented economic reforms, Chinese monetary policy plays an important role in the world. The objective of this paper is to review the recent conduct of Chinese monetary policy and the central bank’s rule-based behavior in period 1994-2006 by estimating the monetary policy rules (monetary policy reaction function). It compares four kinds of monetary policy rules -T...

This paper suggests an identified VAR model that identifies monetary policy actions for the G-7 countries without encountering empirical puzzles such as the price puzzle and the liquidity puzzle. Using the model, the effects of monetary policy shocks are examined for the postwar period. Monetary policy shocks have significant effects on output in the short run. However, the contribution of mone...