Chile
Chile holds rates at 5.75%
The Central Bank of Chile's rate-setting board voted on Tuesday to keep its monetary policy interest rate at 5.75% despite CPI inflation of more than 6%.
Colombia will benefit from free trade with US
Juan Mauricio Ramirez, a vice president of the Private Council of Competitiveness and a former head of the inflation and macroeconomic programming department at the Banco de la Republica, takes issue with Joseph Stiglitz's views on the proposed Free…
Central Bank of Chile - Annual Report 2006
The Chilean economy benefited from a higher-than-expected rise in the price of copper in 2006.
Chile's Corbo highlights main risks
Three phenomena threaten economic stability in Chile, according to Vittorio Corbo, the governor of the central bank.
Does monetary policy impact banking spreads?
The nominalisation of interest rates has led to a breakdown in the relationship between banking spreads and monetary policy in Chile, argues a paper from the central bank.
Chile holds rates at 5.75%
The Central Bank of Chile's policy board voted to keep its benchmark rate at 5.75% despite mounting concern over rising inflation.
World Bank to invest $5 billion in bonds for poor
The World Bank will set up a $5 billion fund to invest in bonds denominated in currencies of poor nations.
Bollard defends monetary policy framework
Alan Bollard, the governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand said yesterday that if the central bank were to aim for exchange rate stability the price to be paid would be big swings in interest rates.
Chile raises rate
The Central Bank of Chile decided on Thursday to raise its interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.75%.
Chilean rates reach five-year high
Chile's central bank lifted its overnight lending rate to the highest in five years, and suggested that additional tightening is likely to be needed to keep inflation anchored around the 3% inflation target.
Is an international lender welfare enhancing?
This Central Bank of Chile working paper examines the role of an extra lender in the international markets - such the IMF or another similar institution. The authors suggest that the existence of such a lender "is not beneficial from a welfare standpoint…
Chile announces first rate rise in a year
The Central Bank of Chile raised interest rates for the first time in a year and hinted that there was more to come. In a widely anticipated move, the central bank's five-strong board raised rates 25 basis points to 5.25%.
Unexpected June price rises in Chile
Consumer prices in Chile rose 0.9% in June, representing their biggest monthly rise since September 2005. Food and housing costs were largely responsible for the shock.
New Bank of Chile paper on inflation expectations
This paper studies the relationship between inflation compensation and inflation expectations in Chile. The results show that inflation-expectations movements account for about only 25% of the relative returns, indicating that premiums are a very…
Rates on hold in Chile
Chile's central bank held its overnight lending rate unchanged for a fifth month in a row, but suggested that higher interest rates may be necessary later this year as inflation accelerates.
Chile's Corbo sees inflation at low end of range
Chilean central bank President Vittorio Corbo told reporters Wednesday 21 March he sees inflation at the low end of the central bank's target range in the coming months as economic growth "gradually" rebounds.
Chile's Corbo on the Fund's medium-term strategy
In the speech 'The Fund's medium-term strategy - a view from Latin America and a dialogue with high-level officials' given on 11 December Vittorio Corbo of the Central Bank of Chile said after almost twenty years since the debt crisis of the eighties, a…
BIS papers on financial globalisation
On 19-20 June 2006, the BIS held its fifth Annual Conference, on Financial Globalisation, in Brunnen, Switzerland. The BIS published Papers from the event on 28 December.
Chilean cb's study of sovereign debt in Americas
This paper contains the first comprehensive database on sovereign debt systematically compiled to ensure comparability for all countries in the Americas, the authors claim.
Living standards and the wealth of nations: successes and failures in real convergence.
Edited by Leszek Balcerowicz and Stanley Fischer. MIT Press, 2006.
Central Bank of Chile - Annual Report 2005
According to the Central Bank of Chile's Annual Report 2005, in 2005, the Chilean economy continued to face very favorable external conditions.
Inflation targeting in dollarized economies
According to this Working Paper from the Central Bank of Chile, the shift to an inflation targeting regime has contributed to the relatively low inflation observed in some emerging market economies.
Inflation targeting in dollarized economies
According to this IMF Working Paper, the shift to inflation targeting has contributed to the relatively low inflation observed in some emerging market economies.
Chile's Corbo on central banks & global imbalances
In the speech 'Central banks and global imbalances' given on 9 June Vittorio Corbo of the Central Bank of Chile said the way in which global imbalances will unwind is one of the major uncertainties that central bankers face.