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Spillover Effects of US Monetary Policy on Emerging Markets Amidst Uncertainty

General Economics 2024-02-13 v1 Economics

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of US monetary policy tightening on emerging markets, distinguishing between direct and indirect spillover effects using the global vector autoregression with stochastic volatility covering 32 countries. The paper demonstrates that an increase in the US interest rate significantly reduces output for emerging markets, leading to larger, more prolonged, and persistent declines. Such an impact is further intensified by global trade integration, causing a sharper yet slightly quicker rebounding output drop. The spillover effects are significantly amplified when US monetary policy tightening is accompanied by an increase in monetary policy uncertainty. Finally, emerging markets exhibit considerable heterogeneity in their responses to US monetary policy shocks.

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@article{arxiv.2402.07266,
  title  = {Spillover Effects of US Monetary Policy on Emerging Markets Amidst Uncertainty},
  author = {Povilas Lastauskas and Anh Dinh Minh Nguyen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.07266},
  year   = {2024}
}