, Brazil and Uruguay, relying on high quality matched employer-employee administrative data. Downward nominal wage rigidities … are more important in Uruguay, while wage indexation is dominant in Brazil. Two regime changes are observed during the … more pronounced; and (ii) in Brazil, the introduction of inflation targeting by the Central Bank in 1999 shifts the focal …

In 1994-98, Brazil's domestic debt grew very rapidly while remaining short in maturity. The main policy recommendations …

In 1999, new monetary policy regimes were adopted in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, combining inflation targeting … Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, despite higher inflation volatility in Brazil and Colombia. This paper estimates a conventional … responsiveness by the monetary authority to changes in expected inflation in Brazil and Chile, while in Colombia and Mexico monetary …