臺灣貨幣政策慣性之分析

THE INERTIA OF MONETARY POLICY: EMPIRICAL RESULTS FOR TAIWAN

高崇瑋(Chung-Wei Kao) ； 萬哲鈺(Jer-Yuh Wan)

《臺灣經濟預測與政策》 50卷2期 (2020/03) Pp. 1-44

摘要

本研究以臺灣之即時資料與修正資料為對象，討論貨幣政策法則內落後一期利率具顯著解釋能力，是因貨幣當局面對具序列相關之衝擊使然，抑或與貨幣政策慣性之性質有關。透過English et al.（2003）與Castelnuovo（2003）之架構，以前瞻式泰勒法則進行的分析指出，中央銀行利率平滑化措施，為落後一期利率在貨幣政策法則內具顯著解釋能力的原因。而改以不同利率平滑化與衝擊序列相關設定，或將股價變化納入貨幣政策法則內後，原有分析結論依然可以成立，顯示文中有關貨幣政策慣性之推論具有穩健性。以逐步擴大樣本進行的估計指出，貨幣政策慣性程度有隨時間而提高的變化，且未因2007年全球金融風暴而受到影響。此外貨幣政策法則內各參數估計值的顯著性，亦會隨時間改變而出現消長，這隱含臺灣貨幣當局之政策反應函數有隨經濟發展階段不同而改變之特性。

關鍵字

泰勒法則 ； 貨幣政策 ； 慣性 ； 利率平滑化

並列摘要

Based on real-time data and revised data of Taiwan, we address whether the lagged interest rate in monetary policy rules means inertia of monetary policy or serially correlated policy shocks faced by the Central Bank. Adopting the model of English et al. (2003) and Castelnuovo (2003) and based on the frame- work of forward-looking Taylor rules, the empirical results indicate that implementing monetary policy in a gradual fashion by the Central Bank of Taiwan is the cause of the lagged interest rate entering estimated monetary policy rules. Besides, the conclusion that the lagged interest rate in monetary policy rules represents inertia of monetary policy can also be confirmed by alternative specifications of interest rate smoothing and persistent shocks and by taking the role of financial variables in Taylor rules into account. Considering the impacts of the global financial crisis of 2007 on the issue investigated in this research, the inferences about the inertia of monetary policy of Taiwan can still hold. The significance of the coefficients in Taylor rules varies over time, and this implies that the reaction function of the Taiwan monetary authority is accommodating different phrases of economic development.

並列關鍵字

Taylor rules ； Monetary policy ； Inertia ； Interest rate smoothing

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