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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Monetary Policy B

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 156-0344/02
Abbreviation MP B
Course title Monetary Policy B
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Applied Economics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Luboš Komárek, Ph.D. MBA M.Sc.

Subject syllabus

Part I. “Theory of Monetary Policy”
1. Central Bank and its aggressiveness, Taylor rule, Taylor principle, Time inconsistency of Monetary Policy
2. Monetary Policy regimes – its advantages and disadvantages
3. The transmission mechanisms of Monetary Policy
Part II. “Money and Monetary Policy”
4. Neutrality of Money
5. Money market gaps, relations of money and GDP
6. p*model
Part III. “Exchange rate and Monetary Policy”
7. Advanced theories of exchange rate determination
8. Theories and models of balanced exchange rates (BEER, DARER, NATREX)
9. Real appreciation in long run (empirical evidence, theoretical substantiation)
10. Tradable and non-tradable goods in exchange rate models, TNT model, Dutch disease
Part IV. “Contemporary tasks of Monetary Policy”
11. Monetary Policy and assets markets
12. Financial integration and monetary policy
13. Monetary policy and oil (commodities)
14. Unconventional Monetary Policy (Monetary Policy in low inflation periods)

Literature

FRAIT, Jan, Zlatuše KOMÁRKOVÁ a Luboš KOMÁREK. Monetary Policy in a Small Economy after Tsunami: A New Consensus on the Horizon? Finance a úvěr-Czech Journal of Economics and Finance. 2010, roč. 61, č. 1, s. 5-33. ISSN 0015-1920 .

Advised literature

OBSTFELD, M. – ROGOFF, K. Foundations of International Macroeconomics. 1996. ISBN 0-262-15047-6