02161cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008556 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451842722 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Parrado, Eric. Singapore's Unique Monetary Policy : How Does it Work? / Eric Parrado. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (22 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The Monetary Authority of Singapore, instead of relying on short-term interest rates or monetary aggregates as its monetary policy instrument, conducts policy by managing the trade-weighted exchange rate index (TWI). This paper investigates how this operating procedure actually works. For empirical purposes, it assumes the authorities follow a reaction function that aims the TWI at stabilizing expected inflation and maintaining output at potential. A partial adjustment mechanism is included to dampen the actual changes in the exchange rate. The estimates confirm that the major focus of monetary policy in Singapore is controlling inflation. The estimated changes in the TWI track the actual change relatively well, and the estimated parameters are as expected. Accordingly, they support the hypothesis that monetary policy in Singapore can be described by a forward-looking policy rule that reacts to both inflation and output volatility. The results suggest that Singapore's monetary policy has mainly reacted to large deviations in the target variables, which is consistent with monetary policy's medium-term orientation. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/010 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2004/010/001.2004.issue-010-en.xml IMF e-Library