Monetary Policy Transparency in the Inflation Targeting Countries: The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

CASE Studies and Analyses Working Paper No. 281

32 Pages Posted: 14 Feb 2005

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Mariusz Jarmuzek

European Central Bank (ECB); International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Lucjan T. Orlowski

Sacred Heart University - John F. Welch College of Business

Artur Radziwill

CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research

Date Written: June 2004

Abstract

This paper quantifies transparency of monetary policy in the three EU New Member States that have adopted direct inflation targeting strategy. Two measures of transparency are applied. The institutional measure reflects the extent to which a central bank discloses information that is related to the policymaking process. The behavioural measure reflects the clarity among the financial market participants about the true course of monetary policy. The paper shows an ambiguous association between the two measures of transparency, which may be attributed to the active exchange rate management policy that undermines the actual transparency proxied by the behavioural measure.

Keywords: Monetary policy, institutional and behavioural transparency, direct inflation targeting, EU New Member States, European Monetary Union

JEL Classification: E52, E58, P52

Suggested Citation

Jarmuzek, Mariusz and Orlowski, Lucjan T. and Radziwill, Artur, Monetary Policy Transparency in the Inflation Targeting Countries: The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland (June 2004). CASE Studies and Analyses Working Paper No. 281, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=666102 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.666102

Mariusz Jarmuzek

European Central Bank (ECB) ( email )

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Germany

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

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United States

Lucjan T. Orlowski (Contact Author)

Sacred Heart University - John F. Welch College of Business ( email )

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United States
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HOME PAGE: http://www.sacredheart.edu/ltorlowski.cfm

Artur Radziwill

CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research ( email )

Al. Jana Pawła II 61/212
00-944 Warsaw, 01-031
Poland

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