Sterilized intervention in Latin America’s foreign exchange markets: Brazil, Chile and Mexico

We analyze the relevance of the conventional macroeconomic model supporting the inflation target program and examine its non-viability when interest rate parity is rejected, making it possible to apply sterilized intervention in the foreign exchange marketas a monetary policy instrument. In this stu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Rosas Rojas, Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/27752
Acceso en línea:https://www.probdes.iiec.unam.mx/index.php/pde/article/view/27752
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sterilized intervention
exchange rate
monetary policy
exchange rate discovery through interest rates
fear of floating
Intervención esterilizada
tipo de cambio
política monetaria
paridad descubierta de tasas de interés
miedo a flotar
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Sumario:We analyze the relevance of the conventional macroeconomic model supporting the inflation target program and examine its non-viability when interest rate parity is rejected, making it possible to apply sterilized intervention in the foreign exchange marketas a monetary policy instrument. In this study, we want to use econometric methods to evaluate whether three Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile and Mexico) –which referto themselves as having floating currencies, as their central banks adopt inflation target programs, and where a magnified pass-through effect is observed from the exchangerate to inflation –effectively use sterilized intervention in the foreign exchange market to regulate their exchange rates