We study whether monetary policy and real exchange rate shocks have non-linear effects on output and inflation in a partially dollarized economy such as Peru. For this purpose, we use a Smooth Transition Vector Autoregression methodology and then report impulse-response functions for shocks of...

The Bank Credit Channel, which amplifies the effects of the traditional channel of monetary policy, emphasizes on the structure and frictions of financial markets as determinants of aggregate spending. This paper aims at analyze and verify the existence of the bank credit channel in Colombia...

Traditional risk definitions, based on supervisor’s point of view, don’t behold explicitly the existence and interaction of other important risks such as derivative credit risks from other unsecured risk by debtors of bank system in economies partially “dollarized”. One of these critical...

A partir de las crisis financieras de los últimos años y el creciente desarrollo del sistema financiero, ha surgido la necesidad de entender la relación entre el sector financiero y el sector real de la economía desde una visión integral. Muchos autores han abordado esta relación desde el...

Este documento busca describir la dinámica de la transmisión de las medidasde política monetaria implementadas por el Banco de la República hacia lasdemás tasas de interés, con el fin de identificar la efectividad y el rezago quetienen las medidas de política monetaria. A partir de un...

This paper describes the dynamics of the monetary policy decisions enacted by the Central Bank of Colombia and the transmission to other interest rates, in order to identify the effectiveness and backwardness of such monetary policy measures. Based on a t

Este documento busca describir la dinámica de la transmisión de las medidas de política monetaria implementadas por el Banco de la República hacia las demás tasas de interés, con el fin de identificar la efectividad y el rezago que tienen las medidas de política monetaria. A partir de un...

The main purpose of this paper is to show evidence about the negative impact of oil price shocks in the economy of Spain. Since oil demand is continuously increasing all around the world and OPEC countries use to act having certain power to raise them, it is necessary to study how these price...

This paper evaluates five Nowcasting models that forecast Mexico's quarterly GDP: a Dynamic Factor Model (MFD), two Bridge Equation Models (BE) and two Principal Components Models (PCA). The results indicate that the average of the BE forecasts is statistically better than the rest of the models...