Esta nota presenta un análisis de la tasa de interés comercial cobrada por los bancos en Chile, describiendo su nivel y dispersión para los distintos sectores económicos. Se caracterizan los créditos de las empresas y su principal producto financiero: los créditos en cuotas pactados en pesos. Los ...

One of the most striking features of the world economy over the last twenty-five years has been the sharp decline in the real interest rate from approximately 4% in the early 1990s to -1.5% in 2013 (figure 1). During this period there have been two waves of large capital inflows into emerging economies ...

In the early 90’s a literature emerged emphasizing the role of external factors in explaining business cycle fluctuations in emerging countries. In particular changes in the terms of trade and world interest rates are generally viewed as the main external factors affecting these economies. Additionally ...