This paper focuses on the implementation of the BCRA's monetary policy from the end of the convertibility regime to the present. The issuance of interest-bearing liabilities was a central element that gave the BCRA operational autonomy to implement its monetary policy within diverse...

This paper focuses on the implementation of the BCRA's monetary policy from the end of the convertibility regime to the present. The issuance of interest-bearing liabilities was a central element that gave the BCRA operational autonomy to implement its monetary policy within diverse...

This paper contributes to the debate regarding national government debt. It asks if government should excise public debt through inflation or pay it as it was stipulated, and argues that, from an economic and social point of view, what is desirable is the just fulfillment of State obligations....

By examining the reaction functions of the Central Banks of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru (LATAM-5) over the period 2002-2019, this article explores the degree to which the adoption of inflation targeting regimes allowed these economies to have greater room of manouvre in conducting...

Spanish Abstract: Tras casi seis años con los tipos de intervención situados en niveles cercanos a cero y con numerosos estímulos no convencionales todavía en vigor, en 2014 ya se percibe la proximidad de la normalización monetaria en las economías en las que, como en Estados Unidos y el...

Spanish Abstract: En esta nota se consideran los riesgos ante las variaciones del tipo de cambio que enfrentan las instituciones financieras en el contexto de una economía dolarizada, con referencias específicas al caso venezolano

The great moderation lulled macroeconomists and policymakers alike in the belief that we knew how to conduct macroeconomic policy. The crisis clearly forces to question that assessment. This paper reviews the main elements of the pre-crisis consensus, identify where we were wrong and what tenets...