Minella, André; Freitas, Paulo Springer de; Goldfajn, Ilan - 2003
This paper assesses the first three years of the inflation-targeting regime in Brazil adopted in July 1999. The … inflation-targeting framework has shown to be highly important for the macroeconomic stabilization. We stress three important … following results: i) the inflation targets have worked as an important coordinator of expectations; ii) the Central Bank has …