This paper analyzes the effect of commodity price fluctuations on a commodity-exporting economy. Using Chilean and international copper market data, I find that positive copper price changes resulting from copper-specific demand shocks generate a broad GDP expansion, with no visible decline in...

A new approach, derived from the equal expected impact (EEI) approach, was used for the calibration of the buffers for other systemically important institutions (O-SIIs) in Germany in 2020. This technical paper presents a detailed background to the EEI approach as used for the updated...

We examine the issue of the appropriate selection of macroprudential instruments according to the vulnerabilities identified and the policymakers' objectives using a version of the 3D DSGE model following Mendicino et al. (2020) and Hinterschweiger et al. (2021) calibrated for the euro area. We...