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Monetary policy under flexible exchange rates: an introduction to inflation targeting
Both policymakers and economists increasingly accept that the main medium- to long-run goal of monetary policy is the pursuit of price stability, defined as maintaining a low and stable rate of inflation. A high and variable inflation rate is socially and economically costly.
Dinámica de tasas de interés de mercado en tiempos de turbulencia financiera
La importante baja de la tasa de política monetaria (TPM) durante el año 2009 ha compensado el alza de las tasas de colocación causada por la mayor incertidumbre nacional e internacional. Este artículo concluye lo anterior al examinar la evolución de las tasas de interés de colocación de consumo y ...
Commodity prices fluctuations and monetary policy in small open ecomomies
Increased volatility in the world prices of commodities such as oil and food which are basic imports for many countries has rekindled interest on the question of how monetary policy should best adjust to external commodity price movements. Recent studies have analyzed the issue in the New Keynesian ...
A toolkit for analyzing alternative policies in the chilean economy
As noted by Leeper (1995) “the business pages of leading newspapers give the impression that the effects of alternative monetary policies on the macroeconomy are well understood and predictable.” They tend “to write with great certainty that when the monetary authority raises interest rates it slows ...
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 ...
Política monetaria y la enfermedad holandesa: rigidez de precios y de salarios
Mediante un modelo de economía pequeña y abierta, especializada en la producción de materias primas y que exhibe fricciones exógenas en la fijación de precios y salarios, estudiamos la respuesta óptima de la política monetaria y cambiaria tras un shock positivo (negativo) en el precio del producto ...
Tipo de cambio flotante, tipo de cambio fijo y transmisión de la política fiscal
De acuerdo con el paradigma convencional, la política fiscal es más efectiva bajo un régimen cambiario fijo que con tipo de cambio flexible. En este trabajo se reconsidera la transmisión de shocks al gasto de gobierno a través de estos regímenes dentro de un modelo neokeynesiano para una economía ...
Monetary policy and dutch disease: the case of price and wage rigidity
From a theoretical point of view and as we will show the presence of both price and wage rigidities implies that to the extent that fiscal policy is unresponsive to shocks full price stability is not optimal. In this paper we study optimal monetary and exchange rate policy in a small open economy with ...
Sources of uncertainty in conducting monetary policy in Chile
Monetary policy is made in an environment of substantial uncertainty. Consequently, academic researchers have sought to formally demonstrate the implications of uncertainty, as well as the ways in which central banks can manage it. The theoretical literature on uncertainty distinguishes between three ...
Fiscal inflation and cosmetic defaults in a small open economy
For a small open economy, maintaining a stable exchange rate and moderate levels of inflation is often a goal of primary importance. At the same time, the profession has recognized the tight link between fiscal and monetary policies in determining inflation dynamics. Thus, the goal of a stable exchange ...