Chile
Central Bank of Chile - Annual Report 2004
According to the Deutsche Bundesbank's Annual Report 2005, sustained monetary impulse and a favorable external environment during the first half of 2004 created an expansionary macroeconomic climate, but initially this was not clearly reflected in…
Chile paper on central bank independence
The Central Bank of Chile Working Paper "Central bank independence and monetary policymaking institutions: Past, present, and future" published April 2006 reviews the institutional changes that occurred over the last two decades in the area of central…
Latin American monetary policy reform in the 90's
The Central Bank of Chile Working Paper "The 1990's institutional reform of monetary policy in Latin America," published December 2005, takes stock of the institutional reform of monetary policy in Latin America since the early 1990s.
Senate approves former regulator to Chile cen bank
Chile's senate has approved the appointment of former banking regulator Enrique Marshall as the new central bank director for the next 10 years, local press reported.
Krueger on the IMF and price stability
In the speech 'A prize worth having: the IMF and price stability' given on 20 October Anne Krueger of the IMF said the success of Turkish economic reforms in recent years has been beyond all expectations.
New banking regulator takes office in Chile
Gustavo Arriagada officially took over as Chile's banking regulator on Thursday 1 September, the regulatory agency Sbif said.
Inflation too low for rate rise says Chile's Corbo
Chilean central bank president Vittorio Corbo has said that the nation's inflation rate is too low to warrant a hike in the bank's benchmark lending rate.
Logica implements Chile RTGS system
Logica announced on Thursday the successful implementation of its Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System for the Banco Central de Chile (BCC), Chile's Central Bank.
IMF Research Review
The latest round-up of IMF academic publications, featuring papers by Ayhan Kose and Tito Cordella and country studies of Chile and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Chile central bank chief supports growth forecast
Vittorio Corbo, head of the Central Bank of Chile, told business leaders on Thursday 25 March that investment had begun to recover last year after a prolonged slump and the central bank was working hard to get inflation up to around 3 per cent following…
Chile's Senate approves new board member
Economist Manuel Marfan has been approved by Chile's Senate as a new member of the central bank's board. Marfan has an economics PhD from Yale University and currently works for the UN.
Chile c bank hints at further interest rate drop
Chile's central bank said Thursday it did not rule out further cuts to its historically low interest rates in an effort to further encourage the economic recovery. Despite low interest rates, inflation has remained under control and even fallen more than…
Chile's central bank rules out forex intervention
The central bank of Chile said Tuesday it would not attempt to slow the appreciation of the peso. Board member Jose de Gregorio told reporters, Reuters said, that the Bank intervenes in exceptional cases but we are far from that situation.
Central Bank of Chile - Annual Report 2002
The Central Bank of Chile has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2002. In 2002 the Central Bank continued to analyse and interact with the financial system to modernize the national payments system, developing a draft real time gross…
BIS Board invites new member central banks to join
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Board has invited six central banks to BIS membership and appointed Hans Tietmeyer as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BIS, 30 June.
Growth and Adjustment in Chile-A Look at the 1990s
A Working Paper from the Central Bank of Chile published March 2003 provides a thorough review of the post-1998 slowdown in economic growth in Chile. The paper is jointly authored by the newly named president of the Banco Central De Chile Vittorio Corbo.
Chile's new central bank chief tough but popular
The newly appointed president of Chile's central bank Vittorio Corbo has said the tight grip on inflation will be maintained as he takes office. Corbo is reported to joke, in the Reuters report, that markets rally every time U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman…
Chile appoints Corbo as new central bank president
Vittorio Corbo has been named the new president of the central bank of Chile, reports Reuters. The decision made by Chilean President Ricardo Lagos comes after Corbo's appointment to the Board of the central bank in early April.
Chilean Senate approves new Central Bank director
Chile's senate has approved the appointment of Vittorio Corbo to the board of directors of the Central Bank of Chile, according to a Reuters report. President Ricardo Lagos is widely expected to name him as the new central bank chief shortly.
Chilean scandal prompts resignation of regulator
The head of Chile's financial regulator has resigned, according to the Wall Street Journal, following the scandal involving the leakage of information from the computer of the Central Bank President.
Vittorio Corbo new Chile cb board member
The president of Chile, Ricardo Lagos, has named Vittorio Corbo as a new board member of the central bank of Chile, Reuters reports. Corbo will take Carlos Massad's place on the Bank's board. Massad resigned as president of the central bank earlier this…
Chile's central bank president Massad resigns
The president of the central bank of Chile, Carlos Massad, tendered his resignation on Monday March 31 , according to Reuters. The move comes two months after Mr Massad's secretary was arrested for selling market-sensitive information to Inverlink, a…
Special judge probes Chile central bank case
A Chilean court assigned a special judge Tuesday to probe the theft of confidential economic data from the central bank in a scandal that has shocked the financial community.
Chile central bank espionage case denied
Chilean financial group Inverlink denied in a written statement on Monday any responsibility for the alleged theft of sensitive central bank information by its former CEO Enzo Bertinelli.