Al administrar reservas internacionales los bancos centrales generalmente se enfrentan al problema de determinar su nivel óptimo o adecuado. En este documento se presenta una revisión crítica de algunas metodologías para el cálculo del saldo óptimo de reservas, así como un conjunto de...

International reserves are very important for emerging economies, as they allow to buffer possible liquidity vulnerabilities within a countries' balance of payments. Consequently, the issue of how many reserves should each country hold is a relevant issue for economic policy. The literature has...

La crisis internacional al final de la década anterior produjo cambios importantes en el grado, tamaño y volatilidad de los flujos de capitales hacia los países emergentes, lo que se ha convertido en un reto para sus autoridades económicas, por los posibles efectos negativos que estos...

Banco de la República's FX intervention policy is described, with a focus on its objectives and main features. Then, based on a survey of the effectiveness of sterilized intervention in Colombia, it is argued that this tool is not useful to cope with the challenges posed by medium term external...

Este documento analiza el efecto contagio de las variables bursátiles, monetarias y financieras de Estados Unidos sobre el comportamiento de estas en Colombia a través de pruebas de causalidad de Granger y un modelo de Vectores Autorregresivos (VAR) que nos arroja los impulso-respuesta entre...

Este documento describe la política monetaria aplicada en Colombia durante el período 1990-2007 antes de la crisis financiera mundial del presente siglo y analiza la incidencia que tuvo el resultado de dicha política sobre la tasa de paridad de intereses. Para probar la hipótesis de paridad...

Since the beginning of the 1990s, capital flows to emerging markets soared to historically high levels. However, many countries suffered sudden stops in these capital flows. These sudden stops affected simultaneously several countries with different economic characteristics. Taking into account...

Foreign portfolio flows constitute a key component of economic activity in small open economies such as Colombia. The dynamics of these flows are subject to the influence of both external (push) factors and domestic (pull) factors. Consequently, economic crises and episodes of financial distress...

Financial globalization has led to a large increase in international asset holdings. While the rise of associated dividend and interest flows has until now been muted by the decreasing trend in interest rates, this pattern could change, leading to a larger role of investment income flows in the...

Foreign portfolio flows constitute a key component of economic activity in small open economies such as Colombia. The dynamics of these flows are subject to the influence of both external (push) factors and domestic (pull) factors. Consequently, economic crises and episodes of financial distress...