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Cuenta corriente y financiamiento externo
Este trabajo muestra un resumen integrado de los aspectos más sobresalientes de los trabajos presentados en la décima Conferencia Anual del Banco Central de Chile 'Cuenta Corriente y Financiamiento Externo', realizada en noviembre de 2006 y por aparecer compilados en un libro de próxima publicación. ...
Inflation targeting in the context of IMF-Supported adjustment programs
For the last few years, the staff of the Iternational Monetary Fund (IMF) has been engaged in assessing the functioning and effectiveness of inflation targeting in IMF member countries that have adopted this scheme as their monetary policy anchor. This involvement was restricted to the IMF's surveillance ...
Current account deficits: the Australian debate
Large and persistent current account deficits are frequently raised as a cause for concern for a number of reasons. Perhaps the key concern is that countries in this situation could be on a path to insolvency, building up excessive net foreign debt, raising the prospects of default or a sharp reversal ...
Optimal monetary policy in a small, open economy: a general-equilibrium analysis
The two central issues in monetary policy are separated by time horizon. The first relates to the short run: what is the appropriate monetary policy across the business cycle? The second relates to the long run: waht is the optimal long-run rate of inflation? This paper explores these classic issues ...
Denominación de la deuda del gobierno de Chile: una perspectiva de manejo de riesgos
Este trabajo propone un marco de análisis para evaluar la conveniencia de la denominación actual de la deuda del Gobierno Central de Chile, a través del efecto en el riesgo asociado al resultado fiscal. Se propone una metodología tipo VaR (Valor en riesgo) para comparar denominaciones alternativas de ...
Experiences with current account deficits in Southeast Asia
In the 1990s, Southeast Asia experienced very rapid growth associated with large and persistent current account deficits. The episode lasted from 1990 to around 1996, ending with the outbreak of the Asian crisis in 1997–98. Current account deficits peaked at around 10 percent of gross domestic product ...
Lessons from inflation targeting in New Zealand
The number of central banks that have adopted formal inflation targeting regimes expanded over the past decade from only one to eight. The number increases even further when central banks that set policy consistent with a formal inflation target are included. Commesurate with the formal or informal ...
Shocks externos y transmisión de la política monetaria en Chile
Este trabajo considera evidencia empírica para una economía pequeña y abierta, caracterizando e identificando los efectos dinámicos de shocks externos y de política monetaria sobre la economía Chilena. Se utiliza la metodología de VAR estructurales con restricciones contemporáneas no recursivas. De ...
Quantity and quality of economic growth
Most cross-country studies of economic growth, including my earlier research, focus on the determinants of narrow economic variables. The variables most often studied are the growth rate of per capita gross domestic product (GDP) and the ratio of investment to GDP. In this study, my focus is on the ...
Régimen de metas de inflación y credibilidad de la política monetaria en Chile
En este artículo presentamos nueva evidencia de cambios recientes en la dinámica inflacionaria en Chile. Mostramos que las rigideces de precios han aumentado, mientras el grado de indexación a la inflación pasada ha decrecido a lo largo del tiempo. También mostramos que el traspaso del tipo de cambio ...