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Valuation effects and external adjustment: a review
Ever since David Hume introduced his price-specie flow mechanism in 1752, the question of external adjustment has been a classic issue for international macroeconomists. In 1968 Robert Mundell asked “To what extent should surplus countries expand, to what extent should deficit countries contract?” ...
Inflation target transparency and the macroeconomy
Over the last twenty years, many central banks have adopted increasing standards of transparency in communicating their monetary policy objectives, in particular regarding the explicit definition and quantification of their price stability objective or inflation target. One important benefit of increased ...
Incorporating financial sector risk into monetary policy models: application to Chile
This article analyzes whether market-based financial stability indicators (FSIs) should be included in monetary policy models and, if so, how. Since the economy and interest rates affect financial sector credit risk, and the financial sector affects the economy, this article builds a model of financial ...
Robust learning stability with operational monetary policy rules
The recent literature examines the conduct of monetary policy in terms of interest rate rules from the viewpoint of imperfect knowledge and learning by economic agents. The stability of the rational expectations equilibrium is taken as a key desideratum for good monetary policy design. Most of this ...
Emerging market fluctuations: the role of interest rates and productivity shocks
Business cycles in emerging markets are characterized by high levels of volatility in income, investment, and net exports. Consumption is more volatile than income, and net exports are highly countercyclical (see Aguiar and Gopinath, 2007). Furthermore, the interest rates faced by these economies are ...
El primer quinquenio: el Banco Central bajo el régimen de padrón oro
El régimen de padrón oro estuvo vigente en Chile entre comienzos de 1926 y julio de 1931. Coincidió entonces con la apertura del Banco Central y se prolongó hasta la crisis económica y política que culminó en julio de 1931 cuando se suspendió la libre convertibilidad del peso y cayó el gobierno de ...
Profundización de las políticas intervencionistas: 1939-1945
Este capítulo cubre un período de la historia del Banco que coincidió con al menos cuatro circunstancias que identificaron marcadamente los contextos político y económico del país. En lo político destacó el inicio de la era que tuvo como eje al partido Radical con dos gobiernos que no terminaron sus ...
Balance de cuarenta años: objetivos funciones autonomía y responsabilidades
En este balance final se hará un resumen de la evolución del Banco desde el punto de vista de algunos aspectos o atributos que son particularmente interesantes para apreciar las fortalezas y debilidades de su trayectoria institucional. No se intenta probar ninguna hipótesis sino básicamente destacar ...