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Inflation targeting in Latin America

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  • Adolfo Barajas
  • Roberto Steiner
  • Leonardo Villar
  • César Pabón

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Examinamos cómo se ha llevado a cabo la política monetaria en los cuatro primeros países en adoptar inflación objetiva: Brasil, Chile, Colombia y Perú. En primer lugar, un enfoque de Markov Switching muestra que si bien los cuatro países presentan una gran estabilidad en sus respuestas a las brechas de inflación y producto, la mayoría han salido de esta regla en tiempos de crisis extrema. También encontramos evidencia de un enfoque de IO "extendida" o "integrado" en dos países, la tasa de política en respuesta a un tipo de cambio real o una brecha de crédito privado, este último posiblemente indicando problemas de estabilidad financiera. No encontramos evidencia de cambios en la credibilidad a través del tiempo. En segundo lugar, la intervención de la divisa es impulsada principalmente por desajustes de los tipos de cambio, en lugar de por la volatilidad del tipo de cambio o por un objetivo de reservas internacionales. Tal intervención generalmente responde con más fuerza a las apreciaciones que las depreciaciones, y no responde a la inflación. Por lo tanto, la IO en estos países hasta el momento se puede caracterizar como flexibles, coexistiendo con un grado de temor a la flotación y un objetivo de estabilidad financiera, ya sea integrado directamente en la regla política o complementarse con medidas macroprudenciales.

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  • Adolfo Barajas & Roberto Steiner & Leonardo Villar & César Pabón, 2014. "Inflation targeting in Latin America," Working Papers Series. Documentos de Trabajo 11550, Fedesarrollo.
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    Keywords

    Inflation targeting; Markov Switching; Taylor rules; intervention in foreign exchange markets.Inflación objetivo; Markov switching; regla de Taylor; intervención en mercados de cambio extranjeros.;
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    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination

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