In June 2006 the National Monetary Council is going to define the inflation targetto 2008. That is why it is important to try to preview what the inflation behaviorcould be in 2006 and 2007. The results suggest that it will not be easy to accomplishstrictly the inflation target (4.5%) in 2007...

The potential output is an unobservable variable and therefore it is hard to measure.The aim of this paper is to contribute to the discussion of the potential outputestimation by making a theoretical and methodological survey and estimating thevariable for the Brazilian economy. After a quick...

It is proposed to estimate two versions of the potential output for Brazil in the period 1992-2010, through the production function and the HP filter, and use these results to: i) assess the relevance of the output gap in the monetary policy decisions (comparing the two estimates); and ii) to...

It is proposed to estimate two versions of the potential output for Brazil in the period 1992-2010, through the production function and the HP filter, and use these results to: i) assess the relevance of the output gap in the monetary policy decisions (comparing the two estimates); and ii) to...