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020 _z9781513584393
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024 7 _a10.5089/9781513584393.001
_2doi
035 _a(IMF)WPIEA2015260
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_beng
100 1 _aGrigoli, Francesco.
245 1 0 _aInterest Rate Pass-Through in the Dominican Republic
_h[electronic resource] /
_cFrancesco Grigoli.
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bInternational Monetary Fund,
_c2015.
300 _a1 online resource (28 p.)
490 1 _aIMF Working Papers
520 3 _aA well-functioning monetary transmission mechanism is critical for monetary policy. As the Dominican Republic recently adopted an inflation targeting regime, it is even more relevant to guarantee that changes in the monetary policy rates are quickly and fully reflected in retail rates, to eventually influence aggregate demand and inflation. This paper estimates the interest rate pass-through of the monetary policy rate to retail rates and explores asymmetries in the adjustment. We find evidence of complete pass-through to retail rates, confirming the effectiveness of the monetary policy transmission mechanism. However, our results also suggest a faster pass-through to lending rates than to deposit rates and asymmetric adjustments of short-term rates, as deposit rates respond faster to policy rate cuts and lending rates respond faster to policy rate hikes. Measures to enhance competition in the financial system could help to achieve a symmetric adjustment of retail rates.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 7 _aAsymmetric
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650 7 _aInterest Rate
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650 7 _aPass-Through
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650 7 _aTransmission Mechanism
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650 7 _aWestern Hemisphere
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651 7 _aDominican Republic
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776 0 8 _iPrint Version:
_aGrigoli, Francesco.
_tInterest Rate Pass-Through in the Dominican Republic.
_dWashington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
_z9781513584393
830 0 _aIMF Working Papers
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