“…The original Taylor rule has also been modified so as to include additional variables such as changes in asset prices (Belke & Polleit, 2007;Bernanke & Gertler, 1999;Botzen & Marey, 2010;Cecchetti, Genberg, Lipsky, & Wadhwani, 2000;Clarida, Gali, & Gertler, 1998;Fernandez, Koenig, & Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, 2010;Fuhrer & Tootell, 2008;Hoffmann, 2013;Rigobon & Sack, 2003;Smets, 1997), variations in long-term interest rates (Clarida, Gali, & Gertler, 1998Goodfriend, 1998;Jones & Kulish, 2013;Smets, 1997;Yüksel, Metin-Ozcan, & Hatipoglu, 2013) and exchange rates (Ball, 1999(Ball, , 2000Berger & Kempa, 2012;Chen & Chou, 2012;Engel & West, 2006;Galí & Monacelli, 2005;Galimberti & Moura, 2013;Hoffmann, 2013;Kempa & Wilde, 2011;Lubik & Schorfheide, 2007;Molodtsova, Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, & Papell, 2008;Molodtsova & Papell, 2009;Svensson, 2000;Taylor, 2001;Wilde, 2012), among others, into the monetary reaction functions so as to provide a wider explanation to movements in interest rates. On the other hand, this framework may still lack the ability to capture the dynamics of shortterm interest rates relating to the accelerating process of globalisation and openness to external shocks which confronted central banks with challenging economic conditions.…”