Asset prices have recently become a common topic in economic debate. Nevertheless, much time has been spent in determining if they effectively exhibit a bubble component, and not in examining whether asset prices affectively contain relevant information concerning future market developments....

This paper is an attempt at constructing a simple and effective macroprudential tool for policymakers. By integrating the joint occurrences of the main financial markets in Colombia into a single Financial Conditions Index (FCI), we hope to synthesize the information embedded in them regarding...

Durante los últimos años el análisis del riesgo de crédito y su dinámica se ha convertido en un tema de alta importancia para la estabilidad del sistema financiero. Es por esto que resulta vital estudiar los co-movimientos que se presentan entre este riesgo y el ciclo económico. En este...