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International aspects of the zero lower bound constraint
Large negative aggregate demand shocks can drive down an economy’s equilibrium real interest rate and if the central bank is committed to stabilizing inflation monetary policy may be hampered by the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates –the economy may be in a 'liquidity trap.' The policy dilemma ...
Indicadores de comercio exterior
Esta publicación contiene información sobre exportaciones e importaciones totales a nivel de país. Comprende dos partes: en la primera, se presenta un análisis del comportamiento global del comercio exterior, algunos estudios especiales sobre sectores de la producción y el intercambio comercial con ...
Monetary policy and key unobservables: evidence from large industrial and selected inflation-targeting countries
In recent years, the design of monetary policy has focused on gaps—the output gap, the interest rate gap, and the unemployment rate gap have all played a role in policy discussions. Standard models used for policy analysis are either specified in terms of such gaps or imply important roles for these ...
Central banking after the crisis
By the mid-2000s both academics and central banks had come to a remarkable consensus on what central banks’ basic strategy should be. However with the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 the world of central banking changed forever. The worldwide financial crisis revealed that some of the ...
The three E’s of central-bank communication with the public
Central banks used to ask, “Shall we communicate this?” Now, as a rule, they ask, “Why wouldn’t we communicate this?” This
first wave of the revolution in central-bank communication is giving rise to a second wave. The question increasingly is, “How should we communicate this in a way that engages a ...
Incentivos al ahorro personal: lecciones de la economía del comportamiento
La teoría económica se ha desarrollado basándose en una serie de axiomas sobre el comportamiento humano. La teoría supone que los individuos maximizan racionalmente un set de preferencias que es coherente y estable. Este marco ha sido aplicado con bastante éxito a un sinnúmero de problemas económicos. ...
Central banking with many voices: the communications arms race
The job of central bankers is to use the monetary powers granted to them to promote price stability, sustainable growth, and a stable financial system. They do this in an environment fraught with unavoidable uncertainties. But, in conducting policy, there is one uncertainty that policymakers can and ...
Síntesis estadística de Chile 1995-1999
Esta publicación se edita en forma anual e incluye diversos antecedentes estadísticos económicos y sociales del país de los últimos cinco años, relacionados con las áreas de cuentas nacionales, comercio exterior, precios, finanzas públicas, agricultura, minería e industria, y otras informaciones ...
Síntesis estadística de Chile 1997-2001
Esta publicación se edita en forma anual e incluye diversos antecedentes estadísticos económicos y sociales del país de los últimos cinco años, relacionados con las áreas de cuentas nacionales, comercio exterior, precios, finanzas públicas, agricultura, minería e industria, y otras informaciones ...
Jobless recoveries during financial crises: is inflation the way out?
The slow rate of employment growth relative to that of output is a sticking point in the recovery from the financial crisis episode that started in 2008 in the U.S. and Europe (a phenomenon labeled 'jobless recovery'). The issue is a particularly burning one in Europe where some observers claim that ...