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We present a detailed survey of changes in the reserve requirement system in Brazil and analyze the system's main functions and goals during the period from 1994 to 2012. We identify four different subperiods with respect to the use of this policy tool. In the first subperiod, from july 1994 to...
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We present a detailed survey of changes in the reserve requirement system in Brazil and analyze the system's main functions and goals during the period from 1994 to 2012. We identify four different subperiods with respect to the use of this policy tool. In the first subperiod, from july 1994 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230124
Monetary policy, inflation and economic growth: the influence of the monetary authority?s reputation upon the economy … The following paper aims to show that, although a monetary policy, which merely seeks to control inflation through an … interest rate rule (under inflation targeting), may reach such a goal, it will present a worst outcome whether compared to a …
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Inflation targeting and price-making in monetary economies: is it possible to conciliate growth with price stability …? - Recently a number of countries have adopted explicit inflation targets as a guide for policy since a numerical target is … attractive for anchoring inflation expectations. Monetary policy, under inflation targeting, is implemented grounded on handling …
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The evaluation of forecasts performance of market expectations about the Brazilian inflation rate (Focus survey) is …) showed that, in the period 2000.1 2005.4, several models had superior forecast ability than the mean of market inflation rate …
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The evaluation of forecasts performance of market expectations about the Brazilian inflation rate (Focus survey) is …) showed that, in the period 2000.1 2005.4, several models had superior forecast ability than the mean of market inflation rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009231336
This article verifies the occurrence of a real estate bubble in the Brazilian economy. Overall, our results suggest the existence of a bubble in the real estate sector of the economy. The Austrian School of economics provides a solid explanation to this phenomenon, which are reinforced by...
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This paper deals with the financial statements of Central Banks. The starting point is the analysis of their balance sheets, which reveal their strong connections, on the one hand, with the National Treasuries; on the other hand, with the financial firms. The balance sheets reveal, besides the...
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Given that several countries have adopted inflation targeting, and that the main objective of this regime is to …
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This paper tests two hypotheses for the overbidding behavior of the banks in the fixed rate tenders conducted by the European Central Bank from January 1999 until June 2000. One hypothesis attributes the overbidding to expectations of a future tightening of monetary policy, while the other...
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