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Risco-Brasil: The Lula Effect and the Central Bank Effects

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  • Joaquim Elói Cirne de Toledo

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This short paper discusses the behavior of Brazil’s sovereign risk spread, since the adoption of a floating exchange rate regime in the beginning of 1999. The data presented seem to support the hypothesis of perverse effects of domestic monetary policy on countryrisk. On the other hand, fears of a future debt default — sparked by volatile presidential election polls — do not seem to explain a significant part of the risk spread, until very recently. The author is fully aware of the existence of a rich and fast-growing literature on country-risk. This paper is not an attempt to add new pieces of theory or rigorous analytical evidence to that literature; its sole aim is to make a small contribution to the debate, by pointing at some usually neglected factors that may explain Brazil’s sovereign risk spread. JEL Classification: E43.

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  • Joaquim Elói Cirne de Toledo, 2002. "Risco-Brasil: The Lula Effect and the Central Bank Effects," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 22(3), pages 524-532.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:22:y:2002:i:3:p:524-532:id:950
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    Keywords

    Brazil risk; monetary policy; public debt;
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    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

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