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Monetary policy and macroeconomic stability in Latin America: The cases of Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico

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25-Apr-2008

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero use a conventional New Keynesian model to empirically test whether adoption of inflation targeting in a flexible exchange rate regime has affected macroeconomic volatility in four Latin American countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.  

Brazil: Taming inflation expectations

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25-Apr-2008

Afonso Bevilaqua, Mário Mesquita and André Minella

Afonso Bevilaqua, Mário Mesquita and André Minella discuss the conduct of monetary policy in Brazil. Their econometric analysis underscores the critical role played by the inflation targets as “attractors” for expectations.

Local Development Benefits from Staging Global Events

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27-Mar-2008

This book identifies how international events work as a trigger for local development and what hosting cities and nations can do to ensure that positive local development is realised.

OECD’s programme of work with Brazil for 2007-08

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22-Oct-2007

Excerpts from the OECD’s Global Relations Programme, which describes the OECD wide range of policy dialogue and capacity building activities with non-Member economies.

Monetary policymaking and inflation expectations: the experiences of Latin America

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19-Mar-2007

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero

Background document for the seminar on monetary policy in emerging markets organised by the Economics Department jointly with the Bank of England’s Centre for Central Bank Studies on 28 February 2007.

Caribbean Rim Investment Initiative (CRII)

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17-Jul-2006

The CRII promotes a creative and pragmatic co-operative approach between countries of Central America and the Caribbean and international organisations with a view to enhancing investment opportunities ...