This paper investigates the dynamic interrelationship among money growth, inflation, and output growth for Colombia and Mexico on the basis of implementation of a vector autoregression methodology. The evidence for Colombia generally shows autonomous output growth and money growth behavior, and...

During the past two years Latin America has received sizable international capital inflows. This paper compares the recent experience with that of the late 1970s. The analysis examines differences and similarities between the two episodes in three broad areas: domestic macroeconomic conditions...