In an effort to examine role of capital markets' efficiency in transmission of monetary policy, 28 time series of market efficiency development are estimated with use of long-term memory and fractal dimension measures and a panel of 27 inflation targeting countries is constructed to run a random effect regres- sion. The cases of Czech Republic and Austria are thereafter more closely examined with use a vector-autoregressive and threshold vector-autoregressive frameworks on macroeconomic data spanning from 1996:Q3 to 2018:Q4. The evidence obtained through the conducted analyses support the hypothesis, that a more efficiently functioning capital market better contributes to monetary policy pass-through, or conversely, that high transaction costs, barriers to cap- ital market entry, or poor information availability may hinder the effects of central bank's monetary policy. JEL Classification F12, F21, F23, H25, H71, H87 Keywords capital market efficiency, inflation targeting, monetary transmission mechanism Author's e-mail teddy.krejci@gmail.com Supervisor's e-mail LK@fsv.cuni.cz

The goal of this thesis is to identify domestic and foreign shocks that mostly explain variation in the Czech price level. This goal is accomplished by the use of structural vector autoregression. As the Czech Republic is considered to be a small open economy, it is crucial to include foreign variables into the model which are represented by shocks in euro zone. Furthermore, a block exogeneity restriction is imposed because it is unlikely that shocks in the Czech economy can influence macroeconomic development in euro zone. The results of the thesis indicate that foreign shocks explain 70% variability in Czech price level out of which 50% is explained by euro zone's price level shocks. It is likely that in near future Czech economy will experience deflation for a while. Nevertheless, by 2018 Czech inflation rate should be in 1-3% band.

This thesis examines dynamic relationships between inflation and monetary policy in a sample of African economies using quarterly data over the period 1980:01 to 2012:04. The literature on inflation dynamics and monetary policy focuses on developed economies, with little attention devoted to the African economies, which is potentially explained by the fact that in the past monetary policy played second fiddle because of fiscal policy dominance following episodes of high inflation and stabilization policies that occurred in the 1980's. This thesis fills an important gap in assessing African's monetary policy. The thesis predominantly uses the Vector-Autoregression (VAR) framework to examine the monetary policy frameworks of the African economies. The thesis finds that an interest rate shock on average explain a more significant proportion of the variance in the output gap and inflation than the exchange rate, in terms of analysing the decomposition of shocks to the economy. This shows a shift in the monetary policy focus away from exchange rate management to interest rate targeting as the African economies have become more market oriented. The monetary policy reveal strong asymmetric responses with respect to the macroeconomic variables when inflation exceeds its threshold value. The analysis suggests that monetary policy in the African economies is regime-dependent, propagated through the inflation thresholds, such that the authorities strongly implement policy changes when inflation goes beyond a certain threshold. The thesis reveals that by taking into account the prior belief of the monetary authorities, it helps produce better estimates of the performance of the monetary policy transmission mechanism, as it combines prior information with the sampling information which is contained in the data. The overall novelty of the thesis is that some African economies are adopting inflation targeting policies instead of exchange rate management. It is imperative that the subsequent inflation targeting frameworks will achieve monetary policy objectives for the African economies and the use of interest rate management should be continued.

This thesis analyzes the impact of the monetary policy of the Czech Republic on the Czech banking sector. It explains the monetary transmission mechanism in an inflation targeting regime and its channels: interest rates channel, asset price channel, exchange rate channel and credit channel. The aim of the thesis is to introduce and analyze channels of the Czech transmission mechanism by Correlation and Graphical Analysis of chosen time series and using Linear Regression Model. The analyses are calculated in MS Excel and Gretl.

The aim of the thesis is to analyze and to explain monetary policy of Russian central bank and to determine its specific characteristics during 2010 -- 2014 as well as to describe its main instruments, goals, models and methods of regulation. First of all, the author will introduce common problems of monetary policy and there will be described general theoretical aspects of monetary policy functioning as well as impacts of monetary measures in open economy with different regimes of exchange policy and capital mobility. Further, there will be described instruments and transmission mechanism of monetary policy. The author will try to describe conditions of monetary policy realization, which have an impact on the direction of Bank of Russia measures, within the analytical part. The author will describe instruments that are characteristic for Russian central bank and foreign exchange policy, which are important for prediction of impact from monetary actions. At the end of the thesis the author will try to estimate an efficiency of monetary policy with the comparison of reality and the prognoses of Bank of Russia.

This diploma thesis is focused on a role of reference interest rates in developed market economies. There are described interest rate transmission mechanism and discussed factors, which led to manipulation of the LIBOR. How the manipulation was done and what reactions of supervisory authorities it induced. There are also listed proposed recommendations to ensure transparent reference indicators. This work also includes analysis of reference interest rates used in the Czech Republic. At the end of the thesis can be found application of a reference rate fixing process in a game theory model as well as application of Benford´s law as an indicator of the manipulation.

Studien syftar till att undersöka hur den penningpolitiska transmissionsmekanismen, särskilt hur förändringar i styrräntan, påverkar hushållens konsumtion. Huvudsyftet som undersöks är huruvida effekten av konsumtion-förmögenhetskanalen existerar vid förändringar i styrräntan. Genom att estimera en SVAR- modell och använda impuls respons funktioner (IRF) kan vi besvara våra syften och analysera hur en chock med en standardavvikelse på styrräntan kommer att påverka hushållens konsumtionsbeteende. Vidare inaktiveras konsumtion- förmögenhetskanalen för att kunna göra en jämförelse med studiens tidigare estimat och påträffa en eventuell existens. Resultaten från studien visar att det inte finns några signifikanta indikationer på en konsumtion-förmögenhetskanal i samband med penningpolitiska åtgärder under tidsperioden från första kvartalet 1996 till fjärde kvartalet 2022. Slutsatsen av studien indikerar således att en konsumtion-förmögenhetskanal inte är den dominerande transmissionsmekanismen för att påverka hushållens konsumtion vid penningpolitiska åtgärder. / The study aims to examine how the monetary policy transmission mechanism, specifically changes in the policy interest rate, affect household consumption. The main objective investigated is whether the effect of the consumption-wealth channel exists during changes in the policy interest rate. By estimating a Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) model and utilizing impulse response functions (IRFs), we can address our objectives and analyze how a shock of one standard deviation in the policy interest rate will impact household consumption behaviour. Furthermore, the consumption-wealth channel is deactivated to enable a comparison with the study's previous estimates and identify any potential existence. The results of the study indicate no significant evidence of a consumption-wealth channel associated with monetary policy measures during the period from the first quarter of 1996 to the fourth quarter of 2022. Thus, the study's conclusion suggests that the consumption-wealth channel is not the dominant transmission mechanism for influencing household consumption during monetary policy measures.

本文主要研究日本央行實施緊縮性貨幣政策時，日本銀行業貸款組合變動與對實質經濟影響之關係，透過比較貨幣性衝擊、單純產出衰退及總和需求衰退對於銀行貸款組合的影響，以分析銀行在貨幣政策所發揮的功能。經VAR模型實證結果顯示，日本國內貨幣緊縮會使短期實質產出衰退、價格上升；銀行對於家計部門消費信用以及購屋貸款的放款減少、對企業的放款則增加。進一步檢驗不同規模企業貸款發現，銀行對大型企業的放款較為寬鬆，而對於中小企業的放款增幅較不明顯。另一方面，考慮信用標準擴散指數的VAR模型分析發現，日本國內的貨幣緊縮政策使銀行對於家計單位信用標準趨於嚴格的程度最大，再來依序為中型企業、小型企業及大型企業。這些實證結果支持銀行信用管道的存在，也說明銀行在貨幣傳遞機制中扮演重要的角色。 / The paper mainly studies the relationship between the change of Japanese bank loan portfolios and its substantial effect on economy during implementation of monetary tightening policy by Japan authority. Through comparison of monetary impacts, as well as the effects of the downturns in both output and real demand on bank loan portfolios, with the downturns are generated in a way that they produce the same dynamic real output and final demand path as that from a monetary downturn. The empirical results of VAR model reveal that the domestic monetary tightening in Japan would cause decrease in short-term real output and price level rise. General banks offer less consumption credits and house loans for households, but turn to increase loans for enterprises. When further examining the loans for enterprises of different scales, the paper finds that the banks take a looser attitude in offering loans to large-scale enterprises than to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), whose loans seem to have insignificant increase. On the other hand, after analysis of VAR model that considers the credit standard diffusion index, it is found that because of the domestic monetary tightening policy of Japan, the banks’ practices in their offer of credits appear to be strictest to households, and then less strict to SMEs and large enterprises. These facts prove the existence of credit channels of banks, and show the important roles that banks take in monetary transmission mechanism.

L’objectif de cette thèse est d’analyser l’effet de la globalisation sur la dynamique de l’inflation et sur la politique monétaire dans un monde de globalisation. Cette thèse porte 3 chapitres :Dans le premier chapitre, nous nous intéressons à l’impact de la globalisation financière sur le comportement du ciblage d’inflation dans les pays émergents, avec une attention particulière portée au taux de change : la Banque centrale répond-elle aux mouvements du taux de change ? Nous nous sommes basés sur des données trimestrielles de six pays émergents qui pratiquent la politique de ciblage d’inflation, depuis la date de l’adoption de cette dernière, jusqu’au dernier trimestre 2009 (2009 Q4). L’étude se base sur un modèle de petite économie ouverte néo-Keynésien à la Gali et Monacelli (2005). Nous utilisons un estimateur GMM à équations multiples pour analyser la relation. Les résultats nous montrent que la réponse de la Banque Centrale au taux de change est statistiquement significatif dans le cas du Brésil, du Chili, du Mexique et de la Thaïlande. En revanche, elle ne l’est pas pour la Corée ni pour la République Tchèque. Théoriquement, le résultat ne devrait pas être significatif même avec un ciblage d’inflation flexible où la banque centrale répond aux écarts d’inflation et de production.Nous pensons que les caractéristiques particulières des pays émergents, telles que la peur du flottement “fear of floating”, le manque de développement du système financier ainsi qu’un manque de crédibilité de la banque centrale, expliquent cette préoccupation des banque centrales pour les variations de change. Dans le deuxième chapitre, nous étudions d’une façon empirique l’importance relative des canaux de transmission de la politique monétaire pour le Brésil, le Chili et la Corée. Cette partie se base sur des données mensuelles depuis l’adoption du ciblage d’inflation jusqu’à décembre 2009 (2009 M12). Nous utilisons un modèle SVAR, en incorporant les principaux canaux de transmission monétaire simultanément au lieu de les considérer séparément. Les résultats empiriques indiquent que le canal de taux de change ainsi que canal du prix des actifs ont une importance relativement plus élevée que le canal du taux d’intérêt traditionnel ou le canal du crédit pour la production industrielle. Les résultats sont très différents dans le cas de l’inflation, à l’exception de la Corée. Le classement élevé canal du taux de change et du canal du prix des actifs correspondent aux résultats de Gudmundsson (2007) : le canal du taux de change pourrait avoir pris une importance grandissante avec la développement de la globalisation financière.Dans le troisième chapitre, nous étudions empiriquement le rôle de l’ouverture - réelle et financière - sur la dynamique de l’inflation au Brésil, Chile en Corée du Sud. L’étude se base sur des données mensuelles, depuis l’adoption du ciblage d’inflation jusqu’à décembre 2009. Dans ce dernier chapitre, nous utilisons méthode de moments généralisée (GMM). Le ratio Importation sur PIB est considéré comme étant l’indicateur de l’ouverture réelle. En ce qui concerne l’ouverture financière, nous considérons alternativement l’indice de Chinn et Ito (KAOPEN) mesurant le degré de libéralisation des opérations sur le compte financier, et l’indicateur proposé per Lane et Milesi-Ferreti (2009).Nous concluons dans ce chapitre qu’il existe en général une relation positive entre l’ouverture réelle et l’inflation. En ce qui concerne l’ouverture financière, les résultats sont moins tranchés et dépendent largement de l’indicateur utilisé pour mesurer l’ouverture financière. / The aim of this thesis is to analyze the impact of globalization on the dynamics of inflation and monetary policy in a globalized world. It consists of three essays.In the first essay we investigate the impact of financial globalization on the behaviour of inflation targeting emerging market economies with respect to exchange rate – Do central banks respond to exchange rate movements or not? We use quarterly data for six emerging market inflation targeting economies from the date of their inflation targeting adoption to 2009 Q4. The chapter uses small open economy new Keynesian model à la Gali and Monacelli (2005), and employs multi-equation GMM technique to investigate the relationship. We find that the response of central bank to the exchange rate in case of Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Thailand is statistically significant while insignificant for Korea and Czech Republic. Theoretically, it should not be so as even under flexible inflation targeting central bank responds to inflation deviation and output gap; we think that the peculiar characteristics of emerging markets, like fear of floating, weak financial system and low level of central bank credibility make exchange rate important for these economies. In the second essay we investigate empirically the relative importance of monetary transmission channels for Brazil, Chile and Korea. This chapter uses monthly data from the inception of inflation targeting regime to 2009 M12. We use a SVAR model incorporating the main monetary transmission channels combined together instead of individual channels in isolation. The empirical results indicate that the exchange rate channel and the share price channel have higher relative importance than the traditional interest rate and credit channel for industrial production. The results are not much different in case of inflation, except for Korea. The high ranking of exchange rate and share price channel is in line with the results by Gudmundsson (2007), which finds that exchange rate channel might have overburdened in the wake of financial globalization.In the third chapter we investigate empirically the role of openness – real and financial – on the inflation dynamics of Brazil, Chile and Korea. The chapter uses monthly data from the inception of inflation targeting regime to the end month of 2009. In this chapter we employ the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) technique. We use imports to GDP ratio as an indicator for real openness whereas Chinn and Ito index (KAOPEN) and total assets plus total liabilities to GDP ratio form the data set of Lane and Milesi-Ferretti are two proxies for financial openness. The chapter concludes that there exists, generally, a positive relationship between real openness and inflation. However, in case of financial globalization the results are inconclusive as they are sensitive to measurement method of financial globalization.

The thesis "Monetary policy of ČNB and prospects of euro adoption" focuses on assessment of current monetary policy of the Czech National Bank its role in the process of preparation for the adoption of the single European currency and the Czech Republic's preparations for joining the European Monetary Union. The second part deals with the monetary policy of the Czech National Bank in connection with the entry into the European Monetary Union and its alignment with the monetary policy of the European Central Bank. The third section examines the impact of financial crisis on the monetary policy of the Czech National Bank, and development of economy of the Czech Republic in comparison with the European Monetary Union.