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Inflation dynamics in a small open economy model under inflation targeting: some evidence from Chile
Following the influential work of Christiano, Eichenbaum, and Evans (2005) and Smets and Wouters (2003), many central banks are building and estimating dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models with nominal rigidities and are using them for policy analysis. This new generation of sticky ...
International reserve management and the current account
This paper assesses the costs and benefits of active international reserve management. The first part outlines and appraises various channels through which international reserve management may enhance economic performance, focusing on two important channels: it lowers the real exchange rate volatility ...
Valuation effects and external adjustment: a review
Ever since David Hume introduced his price-specie flow mechanism in 1752, the question of external adjustment has been a classic issue for international macroeconomists. In 1968 Robert Mundell asked “To what extent should surplus countries expand, to what extent should deficit countries contract?” ...
Inflation target transparency and the macroeconomy
Over the last twenty years, many central banks have adopted increasing standards of transparency in communicating their monetary policy objectives, in particular regarding the explicit definition and quantification of their price stability objective or inflation target. One important benefit of increased ...
Robust learning stability with operational monetary policy rules
The recent literature examines the conduct of monetary policy in terms of interest rate rules from the viewpoint of imperfect knowledge and learning by economic agents. The stability of the rational expectations equilibrium is taken as a key desideratum for good monetary policy design. Most of this ...
Emerging market fluctuations: the role of interest rates and productivity shocks
Business cycles in emerging markets are characterized by high levels of volatility in income, investment, and net exports. Consumption is more volatile than income, and net exports are highly countercyclical (see Aguiar and Gopinath, 2007). Furthermore, the interest rates faced by these economies are ...
El primer quinquenio: el Banco Central bajo el régimen de padrón oro
El régimen de padrón oro estuvo vigente en Chile entre comienzos de 1926 y julio de 1931. Coincidió entonces con la apertura del Banco Central y se prolongó hasta la crisis económica y política que culminó en julio de 1931 cuando se suspendió la libre convertibilidad del peso y cayó el gobierno de ...
Profundización de las políticas intervencionistas: 1939-1945
Este capítulo cubre un período de la historia del Banco que coincidió con al menos cuatro circunstancias que identificaron marcadamente los contextos político y económico del país. En lo político destacó el inicio de la era que tuvo como eje al partido Radical con dos gobiernos que no terminaron sus ...
Balance de cuarenta años: objetivos funciones autonomía y responsabilidades
En este balance final se hará un resumen de la evolución del Banco desde el punto de vista de algunos aspectos o atributos que son particularmente interesantes para apreciar las fortalezas y debilidades de su trayectoria institucional. No se intenta probar ninguna hipótesis sino básicamente destacar ...