A toolkit for analyzing alternative policies in the chilean economy

As noted by Leeper (1995) “the business pages of leading newspapers give the impression that the effects of alternative monetary policies on the macroeconomy are well understood and predictable.” They tend “to write with great certainty that when the monetary authority raises interest rates it slows...

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Autor principal: Chumacero, Rómulo
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spelling oai-20.500.12580-36992021-04-24T10:30:21Z A toolkit for analyzing alternative policies in the chilean economy Chumacero, Rómulo POLÍTICA MONETARIA MACROECONOMÍA TASAS DE INTERÉS DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO As noted by Leeper (1995) “the business pages of leading newspapers give the impression that the effects of alternative monetary policies on the macroeconomy are well understood and predictable.” They tend “to write with great certainty that when the monetary authority raises interest rates it slows economic growth, and with it inflation, bidding down stocks and bonds. With equal certainty, press accounts report that the monetary policy responds to economic conditions.” Statements like “the recent strength of the economy will prompt the monetary authority to raise interest rates as a preemptive strike against inflation” are not uncommon. With the economy responding to policy and policy responding to the economy, it is hard to tell what causes what. Chile is no exception: similar statements are frequently found in local newspapers. 2019-11-01T00:02:44Z 2019-11-01T00:02:44Z 2005 Artículo 956-7421-21-8 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12580/3699 eng Series on Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies, no. 9 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ .pdf Sección o Parte de un Documento p. 261-302 application/pdf CHILE Banco Central de Chile
institution Banco Central
collection Banco Central
language eng
topic POLÍTICA MONETARIA
MACROECONOMÍA
TASAS DE INTERÉS
DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO
spellingShingle POLÍTICA MONETARIA
MACROECONOMÍA
TASAS DE INTERÉS
DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO
Chumacero, Rómulo
A toolkit for analyzing alternative policies in the chilean economy
description As noted by Leeper (1995) “the business pages of leading newspapers give the impression that the effects of alternative monetary policies on the macroeconomy are well understood and predictable.” They tend “to write with great certainty that when the monetary authority raises interest rates it slows economic growth, and with it inflation, bidding down stocks and bonds. With equal certainty, press accounts report that the monetary policy responds to economic conditions.” Statements like “the recent strength of the economy will prompt the monetary authority to raise interest rates as a preemptive strike against inflation” are not uncommon. With the economy responding to policy and policy responding to the economy, it is hard to tell what causes what. Chile is no exception: similar statements are frequently found in local newspapers.
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title A toolkit for analyzing alternative policies in the chilean economy
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