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Heterodox Central Banking in the Periphery

In: Including a Symposium on Latin American Monetary Thought: Two Centuries in Search of Originality

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  • Esteban Pérez Caldentey
  • Matías Vernengo

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Traditionally, monetary policy in Latin America followed the recommendations of the missions of the monetary “doctors” who defended an independent central bank and a pro-cyclical monetary policy, adhering to the automatic adjustment of the gold standard. A key function of central banks was to support fiscal stability. The effects of the Great Depression and its aftermath in the periphery countries questioned these recommendations and gave way to a shift in monetary policy. An illustrative example is provided by the creation of the Central Bank of the Argentina Republic (BCRA) under the auspices of Raúl Prebisch, and the technical assistance missions of the United States Federal Reserve to several Latin American countries some of which were led by Robert Triffin. Prebisch actively participated in mission to Paraguay and the Dominican Republic bringing the experience he had acquired as director of the BCRA and the tools devised to adapt monetary policy to a changing external context and circumstances. The use of the discount window and exchange controls, among other instruments, was seen in this new view as necessary to pursue counter-cyclical policies and to provide support for industrialization and full employment in the periphery.

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  • Esteban Pérez Caldentey & Matías Vernengo, 2018. "Heterodox Central Banking in the Periphery," Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, in: Including a Symposium on Latin American Monetary Thought: Two Centuries in Search of Originality, volume 36, pages 81-100, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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    DOI: 10.1108/S0743-41542018000036C005
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    1. Flores Zendejas, Juan & Nodari, Gianandrea, 2021. "Latin American Experiments in Central Banking at the Onset of the Great Depression," Working Papers unige:152742, University of Geneva, Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History.

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    Keywords

    Prebisch; Triffin; Latin America; central banking; exchange controls; countercyclical monetary policy.; B22; B31; E12; E58; N26;
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    JEL classification:

    • B22 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Macroeconomics
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • N26 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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