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Large hoardings of international reserves: are they worth it?
Several Asian economies have accumulated large stocks of international reserves over the last few years. This motivates the question we address in this paper from an empirical point of view. Are these large increases in reserves an efficient crisis-prevention strategy? Or are they second-best to other ...
Assessing the flexibility of the labor market in Chile: An international perspective
The unemployment rate in Chile averaged slightly over 6.5 percent throughout a ten-year period of high economic growth that ended in 1997. Unemployment then rose significantly at the outset of the Asian crisis, reaching levels near 11 percent. This broadly coincided with the implementation of a set ...
Curva de Beveridge, vacantes y desempleo: Chile 1986.I-2002.II
Las fluctuaciones del desempleo pueden tener diferentes fuentes. Por una parte, ante una recesión que afecta a toda la economía, la demanda por trabajo disminuye y aumenta el número de desempleados. Caso contrario sucede en períodos de boom. De esta manera, el ciclo económico tiene un efecto con el ...
Inflation targeting in financially stable economies: has it been flexible enough?
The international financial crisis and Great Recession of 2008- 09 called for a range of significant policy measures by central banks beyond aggressive interest rate cuts. Measures have ranged from improving international coordination to purchasing local private loan portfolios and direct intervention ...
Medidas alternativas de brechas en modelos de inflación
El modelo actual de proyección de inflación del Banco Central de Chile (BCCh) considera, además de la dinámica habitual, el efecto de dos brechas. Una refleja las holguras en los mercados de bienes y factores, las que se capturan mediante la diferencia entre el PIE efectivo y el PIB potencial. Esta ...