摘要:Can the structure of asset markets change the way monetary policy should be conducted? Recent literature has emphasized that welfare in an open economy can be affected by a terms of trade externality. Following a linear-quadratic approach, this paper investigates how the implications of this externality for monetary policy changes with the structure of asset markets. Our results reveal that this configuration significantly affects optimal monetary policy and the performance of standard policy rules. In particular, when comparing complete and incomplete markets, the ranking of policy rules is entirely reversed, and so are the policy prescriptions regarding the optimal level of exchange rate volatility.
关键词:Welfare, Optimal Monetary Policy, Asset Markets, Small Open Economy