Druck, Pablo.

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Challenges to an Effective Lender of Last Resort / Pablo Druck. [electronic resource] : Pablo Druck. - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. - 1 online resource (18 p.) - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 08/214 . - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 08/214 .

The paper analyzes the challenges for the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) to be an effective lender of last resort (LOLR) as part of a modern banking crisis resolution framework. The main results from the theoretical model of the ECCB's institutional arrangement are that the majority of currency union members may veto emergency lending in the case of a member-specific shock, as such lending may endanger the stability of the currency board (by lowering the central bank's international reserves, thus raising devaluation risk). However, in the presence of contagion across countries, all currency union members have a vested interest in liquidity supply from the central bank. A key policy recommendation is that currency union members need a stronger fiscal position to continue to access international financial markets and sustain the exchange rate peg.

1451870728 : 18.00 USD

1018-5941

10.5089/9781451870725.001 doi


Central Bank
Currency Board
Currency Boards
Exchange Rate Risk
Exchange Rate
Lender of Last Resort


Bulgaria

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