Inflation targeting in MENA countries
Subtitle: an unfinished journey
By: [edited by] David Cobham, Mongi Boughzala
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230290211
Subjects: Monetary policy; Inflation (Finance)
Description: "This volume assesses the current state of play for Middle East and North African countries, in the light of wider work on inflation targeting, and provides lessons from the evolution of monetary policy in Europe. "--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: PART I: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES; title: Moving towards domestic monetary anchors - Are financial markets ready in the Mediterranean region?; title: Fiscal policy and macroeconomic stability in Mediterranean countries; title: Capital account liberalization, exchange rate flexibility, and monetary policy: issues and challenges; title: Monetary policy transmission and targeting mechanisms in the MENA region; title: Monetary transmission mechanisms: the credit vs. the interest rate channels; title: PART II: THE JOURNEY TOWARDS IT; title: From Bretton Woods to inflation targeting: financial change and monetary policy evolution in Europe; title: Explicit Inflation Targeting in Turkey: the reasons and the outcome; title: The evolution of monetary policy in Egypt: Is Egypt now ready for inflation targeting?; title: Preparations for the journey towards IT in Tunisia; title: Monetary policy and the journey towards inflation targeting in Morocco.