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

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22-Feb-2007

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero

This paper tests whether inflation targeting and floating exchange rates have reduced macroeconomic volatility in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.  Economics Department Working Paper 545.

Consolidating macroeconomic adjustment in Brazil

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14-Dec-2006

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero

Brazil’s overarching macroeconomic challenge is to continue to reduce public indebtedness while improving the quality of fiscal adjustment, which has so far relied on revenue hikes, rather than a retrenchment of expenditure commitments. Economics Department Working Paper 531.

Economic survey of Brazil 2006: Consolidating macroeconomic adjustment

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24-Nov-2006

Brazil has made considerable progress in recent years towards consolidating macroeconomic stability, which is a key framework condition for sustained growth. Monetary policy continues to respond swiftly ...

The Latin American Corporate Governance Roundtable and Companies Circle

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23-Nov-2006

The Latin American Roundtable aims to facilitate public and private sector policy-dialogue. It provides a forum for the exchange of experiences between senior policy-makers, regulators and market participants ...

Monetary policy and inflation expectations in Latin America: Long run effects and volatility spillovers

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11-Oct-2006

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero

The paper assesses empirically the monetary policy framework in Latin American inflation targeting countries. Economics Department Working Paper 518.

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Reforming Brazil's bankruptcy legislation

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01-Mar-2005

Brazil’s new bankruptcy legislation makes the restructuring of firms in financial distress more cooperative and conducive to recovery. The new law is expected to ease constraints on loan recovery, contributing ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Further developing financial markets

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01-Mar-2005

This chapter discusses the main weaknesses and strengths of Brazilian financial markets. Low credit ratios, high intermediation costs, and financial exclusion contrast with the expansion of the institutional ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Macroeconomic policies: paving the way for sustained growth

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01-Mar-2005

This chapter discusses Brazil’s macroeconomic performance, including an overview of the main policy challenges ahead. The economy is recovering in earnest and the foundations for sustained growth appear, ...

External trade in Brazil: Recent developments

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14-Dec-2004

Presentation on recent Brazilian external adjustment and export boom, its increasingly structural character, the country’s reduced external vulnerability, and reform efforts to improve the general business ...

The impact of exchange rate regimes on real exchange rates in South America, 1990-2002

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30-Jun-2004

Anne-Laure Baldi and Nanno Mulder

This paper analyses the impact of exchange rate regimes on real exchange rates, as defined by the relative price of non-tradables to tradables in Argentina, Brazil, Chile (ABC) and Mexico from 1990 to 2002. Economics Department Working Paper 396.