Uzbekistan's Transition to Inflation Targeting
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Summary:
Uzbekistan has significantly improved its monetary policy framework during 2017-21. Nevertheless, the transition to inflation targeting is challenging as the country is going through a period of deep structural reforms. Therefore, the Central Bank of Uzbekistan (CBU) will have to monitor structural reforms and calibrate monetary policy accordingly. This paper identifies institutional and structural gaps, and assesses the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission. Institutional gaps are assessed using institutional indexes while transmission is assessed using VARs. It concludes that in the coming years, reforms will need to continue, to further improve the CBU’s governance and independence, develop financial markets, but most of all to reduce the still large footprint of the state in the financial sector as well as in the overall economy.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2022/229
Frequency:
regular
English
Publication Date:
November 18, 2022
ISBN/ISSN:
9798400224584/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2022229
Pages:
27
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