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A decade of inflation targeting in the world: what do we know and what do we need to know?
The emergence of inflation targeting over the last ten years represents an exciting development in central banks' approach to the conduct of monetary policy. After initial adoption by New Zealand in 1990, a growing number of central banks in industrial and emerging economies have opted for inflation ...
Inflation targeting in the context of IMF-Supported adjustment programs
For the last few years, the staff of the Iternational Monetary Fund (IMF) has been engaged in assessing the functioning and effectiveness of inflation targeting in IMF member countries that have adopted this scheme as their monetary policy anchor. This involvement was restricted to the IMF's surveillance ...
The effects of U.S. monetary policy on emerging market economies’ sovereign and corporate bond markets
The global environment for emerging market economy (EME) bond markets has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Local currency bond markets (LCBMs) have developed especially in EMEs with low inflation stronger institutions and well defined creditor rights (see Burger and Warnock 2003 2006 ...
Respuesta del rendimiento de los bonos soberanos a la política monetaria de Estados Unidos
Este trabajo compara los efectos de la política monetaria convencional de EE.UU. sobre el rendimiento de los bonos de gobiernos extranjeros con los de las medidas no convencionales adoptadas luego de que la tasa de los fondos federales alcanzara su límite inferior efectivo. Para dicho período, ...
Endogenous exchange-rate pass-through and self-validating exchange rate regimes
Un dilema de larga data en las economías abiertas se refiere a la moneda en que se denominan los precios nominales y los contratos. Este trabajo analiza la interacción entre los precios de exportación de las empresas y la política monetaria, y sus posibles implicancias macroeconómicas en la sincronización ...
Negative interest rates: lessons from the Euro area
In June 2014 the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to cut the rate on its deposit facility (DFR) by 10 basis points (bp) into negative territory an unprecedented move as no major central bank had used negative rates before. This decision was part of a more comprehensive monetary policy easing package ...
Credibility and inflation targeting in Chile
After a long history of high and volatile inflation, the Central Bank of Chile began implementing its monetary policy in the early 1990s by announcing yearly targets for inflation. This new framework was the first step toward a full-fledged inflation-targeting setup, although the Central Bank continued ...
The response of sovereign bonds yields to U.S. monetary policy
To provide further stimulus to the economy in response to a cascade of shocks that roiled financial markets in the latter part of 2008 the U.S. Federal Reserve started to aggressively employ unconventional monetary policy measures after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lowered the target for ...
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 ...
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 ...