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The Effect of Fixed Exchange Rates on Monetary Policy of the GCC Countries

Applied Economics and Finance

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Title The Effect of Fixed Exchange Rates on Monetary Policy of the GCC Countries
 
Creator Nakibullah, Ashraf
 
Description The GCC member countries have maintained fixed exchange rates against the US dollar for a long time now. These countries also allow liberal cross-border capital movements. Given these arrangements, they have theoretically given up the monetary independence according to the trilemma stating that countries with fixed exchange rates cannot pursue both domestic monetary independence and free capital mobility. This paper tests trilemma for the GCC member countries excluding Saudi Arabia and the UAE due to the unavailability of the pertinent interest rates data from these countries. Using the most recent quarterly data for the period 2004 to 2015, the general finding is that these countries still have some monetary independence. Results for Qatar indicate that they can maintain a full monetary autonomy if the circumstances make them to do so.
 
Publisher Redfame Publishing
 
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Date 2016-12-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/aef/article/view/2053
10.11114/aef.v4i2.2053
 
Source Applied Economics and Finance; Vol 4, No 2 (2017); 11-19
2332-7308
2332-7294
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/aef/article/view/2053/2168