A Changing Financial Environment and the Implications for Monetary Policy

Abstract

Monetary policy affects activity, and ultimately inflation, in a number of ways. The most important of these is generally considered to be through the effect of interest rates directly on the demand for goods by households and firms. However, monetary policy can also influence activity through its impact on the value of assets that, in turn, will influence the behaviour of households and firms; e.g. by changing wealth and, through an impact on balance sheets, borrowing costs. Recent financial market developments may have made these effects of monetary policy more important but at the same time less easy to predict. In particular, the size of financial markets has risen relative to activity and readily tradable assets are becoming increasingly important relative to other financial assets. Prices of such assets tend to be sensitive to shifts in market expectations about the future course of general economic developments and in particular interest rates. With these changing financial ... La politique monétaire influe sur l’activité, et finalement sur l’inflation, de plusieurs manières. On considère généralement que la plus importante est celle qui affecte directement la demande de biens des ménages et des entreprises à travers les taux d'intérêt. Cependant, la politique monétaire peut aussi influencer l’activité par son impact sur la valeur des actifs qui à son tour influencera le comportement des ménages et entreprises ; par exemple en changeant la richesse et, au travers de sa répercussion sur le bilan, les coûts des emprunts. Les récents développements du marché financier peuvent avoir rendu ces effets de la politique monétaire plus importants mais en même temps moins faciles à prévoir. En particulier, la taille des marchés financiers s’est accrue par rapport à l’activité, et des biens facilement négociables ont pris de plus en plus d’importance par rapport aux autres biens financiers. Les prix de tels biens tendent à être sensibles aux changements sur les ...gradualism, wealth effects, monetary transmission mechanism, balance sheet effect, mécanisme de transmission monétaire, effet de patrimoine, effet de bilan, gradualisme

The Existence of Islamic Fintech in Encouraging National Economic Growth

“…The relationship between fintech and monetary policy is still an empirical question. Fintech as a form of financial market development has a significant effect on the effectiveness of monetary policy (Mylonas, Schich, & Wehinger, 2000). Fintech causes financial asset prices to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates which implies that fintech influences monetary policy through its effect on interest rates and ultimately on financial asset prices.…”

“…Fintech causes financial asset prices to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates which implies that fintech influences monetary policy through its effect on interest rates and ultimately on financial asset prices. Fintech as a form of financial innovation strengthens the role of interest rates in transmitting monetary policy (Mishra & Pradhan, 2008;Mylonas et al, 2000).…”

“…However, they further argue that evolving financial market conditions and more advanced financial technology will only make monetary policy more effective in the short term. In contrast to Mylonas et al, (2000) and Mishra & Pradhan, (2008), Fiedler et al, (2017 concluded that fintech as a form of financial innovation does not directly affect monetary policy. Fintech will only directly influence monetary policy if conventional currencies compete with digital money issued by nonbanking companies.…”