L’objectif est d’analyser les déterminants et les mécanismes de transmission de la politique monétaire en Chine au cours des deux décennies passées. Elle contribue à la littérature par le biais de deux nouvelles mesures de la politique monétaire en Chine, l'une combinant les instruments utilisés par la banque centrale et l'autre basée sur les discours de la banque centrale sur la politique monétaire. Ces deux approches permettent de prendre en compte le comportement complexe et adaptatif de la banque centrale. Ces mesures permettent de mettre en évidence des changements substantiels dans le style de la politique à partir de 2002, plus graduelle et agressive envers l’inflation, en lien avec le début du mandat du gouverneur Xiaochuan, le processus de libéralisation des taux d’intérêt et l’ouverture commerciale et financière de la Chine. De plus, l’estimation d’un modèle à choix discret révèle une politique monétaire caractérisée par une politique accommodante sur l’inflation avant 2002 et un ciblage implicite de l’inflation à partir de 2002, similaire à celles du G3 pré- et post-1979. Enfin, cette thèse analyse les facteurs expliquant la déformation de la courbe des taux obligataires en Chine au cours de la dernière décennie. Alors que le contrôle des taux d’intérêt peut entraver l’usage de la courbe de taux comme référence pour évaluer les actifs risqués, celle-ci évolue bien en lien avec les autres instruments, la situation macroéconomique en Chine et de plus en plus aux communications de la banque centrale. Enfin, nos analyses révèlent l’influence de la politique monétaire américaine sur celle de la Chine et sur l’évolution de la courbe de taux sur la décennie passée. / The objective of this thesis is to enhance the understanding of the determinants and the transmission mechanisms of monetary policy in China over the last two decades. It contributes to the literature providing two new composite measures of monetary policy in China based on alternative approaches, one combining the large range of monetary policy instruments and the other based on central bank speeches. Both prove to be essential to take into account the complex and adaptive behavior of the People’s Bank of China (PBC). Our instrument-based monetary policy index emphasizes substantial changes in policy style towards smoother but more hawkish policy moves from 2002 onwards, consistent with the start of the mandate of Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, the interest rate liberalization process and the increasing trade and financial opening. Moreover, the estimation of a discrete-choice model implies a conduct of monetary policy characterized by an inflation-accommodating policy before 2002 and an implicit inflation targeting from 2002 onwards, which respectively resembles that of pre-1979 and post-1979 policy of the G3. Our thesis examines the deformation of the bond yield curve over the last decade to evaluate monetary policy transmission mechanisms. While regulated interest rates can hamper the use of the yield curve as benchmark for pricing risk, the latter moves in line with the other instruments, the macroeconomic situation, and increasingly to central bank communication, a crucial step toward a market oriented system. Finally, US monetary policy significantly affects monetary policy determinants and transmission mechanisms in China, particularly from its WTO accession in 2001.

The assertion that financial flows are the primary drivers of exchange rates may be considered as financial markets become increasingly large and sophisticated. However, the Post-Keynesian critique leaves little room for the real economy to impact exchange rates. This paper aims to extend the Mundell-Fleming model to address the Post-Keynesian critique of mainstream models, by incorporating wealth effects, expectations, and Taylor-rule interest targeting. Discussion of significant financial events affecting the USDJPY exchange rate finds that wealth effects are significant considerations, and that the real economy cannot be discounted completely. Empirical results find that the real interest rate is a significant factor in exchange rate determination, tying into the discussion over the relationship between savings and consumption.

We analyse the Swedish central bank, the Riksbank’s, interest setting policy in a Taylor rule framework. In particular, we examine whether or not the Riksbank has reacted to fluctuations in asset prices during the period 1995:Q1 to 2016:Q2. This is done by estimating a forward-looking Taylor rule with interest rate smoothing, augmented with stock prices, house prices and the real exchange rate, using IV GMM. In general, we find that the Riksbank’s interest setting policy is well described by a forward-looking Taylor rule with interest rate smoothing and that the use of factors as instruments, derived from a PCA, serves to alleviate the weak-identification problem that tend to plague GMM. Moreover, apart from finding evidence that the Riksbank exhibit a substantial degree of policy rate inertia and has acted so as to stabilize inflation and the real economy, we also find evidence that the Riksbank has been reacting to fluctuations in stock prices, house prices, and the real exchange rate.

In this work, I analyse inappropriateness of single monetary policy in the euro area and its impact on credit growth for the oldest twelve euro members and a time period spanning 1999Q1-2013Q3. The inappropriateness is expressed by deviations of actual interest rate from Taylor rule prescriptions. The obtained results are in line with a majority of existing literature since they show that the ECB's single interest rate was the least suitable for the so called PIIGS countries prior to the recent economic crisis. The impact of the deviations on credit growth is estimated econometrically by dynamic panel data estimation. The findings confirm my hypothesis that the deviations from the Taylor rule have a significant positive effect on credits volume, i.e. the higher is the Taylor rule prescription above the actual rate, the higher is the credit growth.

Este trabalho analisa se entre 2011 e 2016 a economia brasileira operou sob um regime de dominância fiscal ou de dominância monetária. Considerando que cada um destes regimes implica ações diametralmente opostas para a política econômica, a identificação de qual regime está em vigor é de fundamental importância para as autoridades fiscal e monetária. Para realizar esta avaliação, foram testados quatro modelos distintos, cada qual com uma estrutura particular que objetiva identificar sob qual regime a economia está operando. De modo geral, os resultados apontaram que durante o período de interesse predominou o regime de dominância monetária. Contudo, há sinais de que em determinados momentos a economia se encontrou próxima um regime de dominância fiscal, algo que implica em alterações na importância das políticas fiscal e monetária para o equilíbrio da economia. / This paper analyzes if between 2011 and 2016 the Brazilian economy operated under a regime of fiscal dominance or monetary dominance. Considering that each of these regimes implies diametrically opposed actions for the economic policy, the identification of which regime is in force is of fundamental importance for the fiscal and monetary authorities. In order to carry out this evaluation, four distinct models were tested, each one with a particular structure that aims to identify under which regime the economy is operating. In general, the results pointed out that during the period of interest the regime of monetary dominance prevailed. However, there are signs that at certain times the economy has found itself close to a regime of fiscal dominance, something that implies changes in the importance of fiscal and monetary policies for the equilibrium of the economy.

The purpose of this paper is to examine how a current-looking Taylor rule explains the setting of the repo rate by the Riksbank between 1995-2018 vis-à-vis a forward-looking Taylor rule. Furthermore, we investigate whether the explanatory power of these rules change after the financial crisis. The implied Taylor rates are calculated using our own estimates of the natural rate of interest. These rates are then plotted on a graph creating a span of uncertainty in which the repo rate can be set between. Finally, we regress the repo rate on the Taylor rates. In this way, we examine which rule is more in line with the repo rate. The results showed that a forward-looking Taylor rule based on a varying real interest rate is more in line with the repo rate than the current-looking rule, both for the period as a whole and after 2008. The explanatory power of both rules decreases in the period following 2008.

Submitted by Eduardo Pavinato Olimpio (epolimpio@gmail.com) on 2015-02-11T11:13:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Eduardo_Pavinato_Olimpio_v2.pdf: 909989 bytes, checksum: 77a7740bfe398788f777f020fb78522c (MD5) / Rejected by Renata de Souza Nascimento (renata.souza@fgv.br), reason: Prezado Eduardo, Seu trabalho foi rejeitado, pois você deve aguardar o recebimento da ficha catalográfica, que será enviada pela biblioteca. Encaminhei um e-mail com divergências na formatação para que você corrija e quando você receber a ficha catalográfica, deverá fazer a nova submissão de seu trabalho. Peço verificar todo o conteúdo, pois constam páginas em branco (ex: página 28, 48, 58...) com isso você deve corrigir também o seu sumário. Att Renata. on 2015-02-11T15:41:54Z (GMT) / Submitted by Eduardo Pavinato Olimpio (epolimpio@gmail.com) on 2015-02-12T22:39:58Z No. of bitstreams: 2 teseconsolidada.pdf: 888609 bytes, checksum: 707b8184fbf6bf378198a5f1c1d3f9ab (MD5) teseconsolidada.pdf: 888609 bytes, checksum: 707b8184fbf6bf378198a5f1c1d3f9ab (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Renata de Souza Nascimento (renata.souza@fgv.br) on 2015-02-12T22:49:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 teseconsolidada.pdf: 888609 bytes, checksum: 707b8184fbf6bf378198a5f1c1d3f9ab (MD5) teseconsolidada.pdf: 888609 bytes, checksum: 707b8184fbf6bf378198a5f1c1d3f9ab (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-13T12:34:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 teseconsolidada.pdf: 888609 bytes, checksum: 707b8184fbf6bf378198a5f1c1d3f9ab (MD5) teseconsolidada.pdf: 888609 bytes, checksum: 707b8184fbf6bf378198a5f1c1d3f9ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-01-12 / Neste trabalho apresentamos um modelo DSGE de pequena escala com economia fechada para estudar os efeitos de um aumento do crédito subsidiado e de uma política fiscal expansionista sobre as decisões de política monetária. O modelo, construído com base na literatura nacional e internacional, é constituído por uma economia fechada, com formação de hábito dos consumidores, firmas atuando em um mercado de competição monopolística (NEISS; NELSON, 2003) e rigidez de preços a la Calvo (CHRISTIANO; EICHENBAUM; EVANS, 2005). O governo é inserido no modelo através da autoridade monetária, que segue a Regra de Taylor definida por Vasconcelos e Divino (2012), e através da autoridade fiscal, que segue uma meta de superávit primário como em Castro et al. (2011). Por fim, o volume de investimento financiado por crédito subsidiado e a taxa deste crédito são definidos exogenamente pela autoridade fiscal, afetando sua restrição orçamentária. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que a política fiscal expansionista é mais importante que o aumento do subsídio ao crédito para o aumento da taxa de juros real neutra. Estes efeitos, porém, explicam pouco da variância das variáveis macroeconômicas quando comparados aos choques de demanda e de produtividade. Além disso, o modelo mostra evidências de um caráter inflacionário recente da política monetária no Brasil. / In this work we present a small-scale DSGE model with closed economy in order to study the monetary effects caused by an increase of the subsidized credit and an expansionary fiscal policy. The model is developed over several works on the Brazilian and international literature is based on a simple model of a closed economy with households consumption habit formation and firms acting in a monopolistic competitive maket (NEISS; NELSON, 2003) and Calvo price rigidities (CHRISTIANO; EICHENBAUM; EVANS, 2005). The government is inserted through a monetary rule defined by Vasconcelos e Divino (2012) and through the fiscal authority via a primary surplus rule as in Castro et al. (2011). Finally, the amount of investment financed with subsidized credit and its interest are exogenously defined by the fiscal authority, affecting its budget constraint. Our results suggest that an expansionary political is more important than the increase of the credit subsidy in their effects on the neutral real interest rate. However, these effects have less relevance on the variance of the macroeconomic variables when compared to the effects of a demand or technology shocks. Moreover, the model evidences the inflacionary character of the recent monetary policy in Brazil.

Submitted by Bernardo Dutra (btdutra@globo.com) on 2015-06-01T22:56:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Bernardo.pdf: 1312660 bytes, checksum: df59f930e5c26a2087f17e85baa0af68 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2015-06-02T12:29:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Bernardo.pdf: 1312660 bytes, checksum: df59f930e5c26a2087f17e85baa0af68 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-06-02T17:21:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Bernardo.pdf: 1312660 bytes, checksum: df59f930e5c26a2087f17e85baa0af68 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-05-07 / Using microdata from the FGV/IBRE Consumer Survey we investigate if brazilian consumers form expectations consistent with the Taylor rule and if consistency changes according to monetary policy conducted by the Central Bank of Brazil. Based on an analysis similar to Carvalho and Nechio (2014), we find that the public can properly understand the relationship between interest rates and inflation in the rule framework, but not the relationship between interest rates and unemployment, probably due to the single mandate adopted in Brazil and some features of the data. Furthermore, we find that the consistency of expectations signifi- cantly drops in periods that the central bank deviates from the Taylor rule, indicating that a higher tolerance to inflationary shocks can damage the coordination of society’s expectations. / Utilizando microdados da Sondagem do Consumidor do FGV/IBRE, investigamos se os consumidores brasileiros formam expectativas consistentes sobre a regra de Taylor e se essa consistência se altera de acordo com a condução da política monetária feita pelo Banco Central do Brasil. A partir de uma análise semelhante a de Carvalho e Nechio (2014), encontramos que o público consegue capturar corretamente a relação entre juros e inflação no arcabouço da regra, mas não a relação entre juros e desemprego, provavelmente por causa do regime de política monetária adotado no país e por particularidades dos dados. Além disso, encontramos que a consistência das expectativas sofre quedas significativas nos períodos em que o banco central desvia da regra de Taylor, indicando que uma maior tolerância a choques inflacionários por parte da autoridade monetária pode prejudicar a coordenação das expectativas da sociedade.

Este trabalho analisa se entre 2011 e 2016 a economia brasileira operou sob um regime de dominância fiscal ou de dominância monetária. Considerando que cada um destes regimes implica ações diametralmente opostas para a política econômica, a identificação de qual regime está em vigor é de fundamental importância para as autoridades fiscal e monetária. Para realizar esta avaliação, foram testados quatro modelos distintos, cada qual com uma estrutura particular que objetiva identificar sob qual regime a economia está operando. De modo geral, os resultados apontaram que durante o período de interesse predominou o regime de dominância monetária. Contudo, há sinais de que em determinados momentos a economia se encontrou próxima um regime de dominância fiscal, algo que implica em alterações na importância das políticas fiscal e monetária para o equilíbrio da economia. / This paper analyzes if between 2011 and 2016 the Brazilian economy operated under a regime of fiscal dominance or monetary dominance. Considering that each of these regimes implies diametrically opposed actions for the economic policy, the identification of which regime is in force is of fundamental importance for the fiscal and monetary authorities. In order to carry out this evaluation, four distinct models were tested, each one with a particular structure that aims to identify under which regime the economy is operating. In general, the results pointed out that during the period of interest the regime of monetary dominance prevailed. However, there are signs that at certain times the economy has found itself close to a regime of fiscal dominance, something that implies changes in the importance of fiscal and monetary policies for the equilibrium of the economy.

Este trabalho analisa se entre 2011 e 2016 a economia brasileira operou sob um regime de dominância fiscal ou de dominância monetária. Considerando que cada um destes regimes implica ações diametralmente opostas para a política econômica, a identificação de qual regime está em vigor é de fundamental importância para as autoridades fiscal e monetária. Para realizar esta avaliação, foram testados quatro modelos distintos, cada qual com uma estrutura particular que objetiva identificar sob qual regime a economia está operando. De modo geral, os resultados apontaram que durante o período de interesse predominou o regime de dominância monetária. Contudo, há sinais de que em determinados momentos a economia se encontrou próxima um regime de dominância fiscal, algo que implica em alterações na importância das políticas fiscal e monetária para o equilíbrio da economia. / This paper analyzes if between 2011 and 2016 the Brazilian economy operated under a regime of fiscal dominance or monetary dominance. Considering that each of these regimes implies diametrically opposed actions for the economic policy, the identification of which regime is in force is of fundamental importance for the fiscal and monetary authorities. In order to carry out this evaluation, four distinct models were tested, each one with a particular structure that aims to identify under which regime the economy is operating. In general, the results pointed out that during the period of interest the regime of monetary dominance prevailed. However, there are signs that at certain times the economy has found itself close to a regime of fiscal dominance, something that implies changes in the importance of fiscal and monetary policies for the equilibrium of the economy.