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Causes and consequences of indexation: a review of the literature
Automatic price adjustment mechanisms, or indexation, have arisen in a variety of economies with distinct macroeconomic environments and in different moments in time. Examples include the labor market indexation implemented in various European countries in the postwar era, the indexation of financial ...
Inflation targeting versus price-path targeting: looking for improvements
The world’s central banks have undergone dramatic changes in the past fifteen years. Increases in independence and transparency have been coupled with a shift in focus. Price stability is now the paramount objective for the vast majority of modern central bankers. Combined, these changes in central ...
Targeting inflation in an economy with staggered price setting
After experiencing high and persistent inflation rates in the 1970s and early 1980s, most industrialized economies entered the new century with a sustained record of flow, stable inflation rates. Many commentators attribute the new environment to good luck, in the form of no major supply shocks (at ...
Elasticidades de precios de productos básicos relevantes para la economía chilena
En este trabajo se estudia el comportamiento de los precios de los dos productos básicos claves para la economía chilena, el cobre y el petróleo, especialmente en el plazo relevante para la toma de decisiones de política monetaria. Para ello, se plantea un modelo estilizado para el comportamiento de ...
A prize worth having: the IMF and price stability
It is always a pleasure to be in Santiago and I am especially pleased to be able to join you at this annual conference which in its nine years has established a high reputation for the quality of the papers and the discussion. This year’s conference is focusing on the subject of inflation targeting. ...
Indexation of public debt: analytical considerations and an application to the case of Brazil
Since the implementation of the Real Plan of 1994, the Brazilian economy has been in the process of reducing its degree of indexation. For more than three decades, Brazilian wages, rents, financial securities, and other contracts were indexed to the price level. The frequency of adjustment sometimes ...
Evolución de los precios de viviendas en Chile
La disponibilidad de información relacionada con precios de vivienda está claramente limitada en Chile, lo que hace más compleja la discusión de la posible vulnerabilidad de los hogares y el sector financiero a los riesgos derivados de los mercados inmobiliarios. Este trabajo propone un conjunto de ...
Indexed units of account: theory and assessment of historical experience
An indexed unit of account, such as the Unidad de Fomento (UF) in Chile, is a money analogue that can be used to price items for sale or to specify Amounts to be repaid in the future. While it is in a sense a sort of money, it is not true money since it is not a medium of exchange and it has no physical ...
Modelación de precios internacionales de combustibles relevantes para la economía chilena
En septiembre del 2005, se creó el Fondo de Estabilización del Precio de los Combustibles (FEPCO), con el objetivo fundamental de enfrentar las alzas del precio del petróleo y de las gasolinas y aminorar su impacto en la economía chilena. Para el funcionamiento del FEPCO , la Comisión Nacional de ...
Determinantes del índice de percepción de la economía
El índice de Percepción de la Economía (IPEC), desarrollado en Chile por Adimark, es un barómetro de la confianza de los consumidores que pretende capturar la percepción de estos sobre la situación económica actual y futura del país, así como sobre las condiciones de vida de las personas. Se calcula ...