Colombia has been on a steady disinflation path since the early 1990s. In this paper, we model the transmission mechanism of monetary policy during this disinflation. We describe how inflation evolves in response to important shocks that occurred during disinflation such as the terms of trade...

As originally drawn and estimated by professor Phillips, the Phillips curve is a curve indeed, not a straight line as often thought. Following Laxton, et. al. (1999) we estimate a convex Phillips curve and model the NAIRU as a variable that is unobserved. Using Colombian data, we provide...

The authors propose a short run model for the monetary transmission mechanism in which the output gap is modelled as an unobserved variable. By estimating this model using maximum likelihood on a Kalman Filter, the authors find an estimate of the unobserved output gap as well as its estimation...

Sudden stops seem to create the perfect environment for disinflation, especially when central banks defend the exchange rate by increasing interest rates. We propose a variation of the output gap model that incorporates the sudden stop shock. The use of the model in policy analysis shows that...

The paper provides a model of the banking firm in the macroeconomy intended to explain what determines the interest rate spread. A key factor explaining the spread in our model is the resource cost of capital. A statistical result confirms the prediction of the model, that is, the bank's spread...

Explicit inflation targets have existed in Colombia since the early nineties1 . The Colombian authorities announced a quantitative in‡ation target for the first time in 1991. The announcement was made by the Minister of Finance, at a time when there was no clear distinction between the tasks...

En este artículo se discute la importancia de la Curva spot (Cero Cupón), así como las consideraciones que deben realizarse para escoger un conjunto de métodos de estimación que suplan las múltiples necesidades a las que se enfrenta un inversionista o especulador -valoración de activos y...

En esta nota se reportan los resultados de un análisis empírico de la relación entre la tasa de intervención del Banco de la República con las tasas de interés del mercado. El objeto es comparar esta relación antes y después del abandono de la banda cambiaria en 1999. La base de datos...

This paper analyses the effects of sterilised, intraday foreign exchange market operations (non-discretionary and discretionary) on foreign exchange returns and volatility in four inflation targeting economies in Latin America. The distribution of exchange rates during intervention and...

El “Fan Chart” representa la funcion de probabilidades de los valores futuros de una variable, condicional a la informacion conocida en el presente. En el caso del Informe de Inflacion el “Fan Chart” cumple con dos objetivos: Primero, comunicar al publico las previsiones de la autoridad...