TY - BOOK AU - Vitek,Francis TI - Monetary Policy Analysis and Forecasting in the World Economy: A Panel Unobserved Components Approach T2 - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper SN - 1451873859 : SN - 1018-5941 PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Bayesian Analysis KW - imf KW - Bayesian Conditioning On Judgment KW - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy KW - Forecasting and Other Model Applications KW - Model Construction and Estimation KW - Monetary Conditions KW - China, People's Republic of KW - United States N2 - This paper develops a panel unobserved components model of the monetary transmission mechanism in the world economy, disaggregated into its fifteen largest national economies. This structural macroeconometric model features extensive linkages between the real and financial sectors, both within and across economies. A variety of monetary policy analysis and forecasting applications of the estimated model are demonstrated, based on a novel Bayesian framework for conditioning on judgment UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF001/10531-9781451873856/10531-9781451873856/10531-9781451873856.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781451873856 ER -