To Cut or Not to Cut? : That is the (Central Bank's) Question In Search of the Neutral Interest Rate in Latin America /

This paper estimates neutral real interest rate (NRIR) ranges for 10 Latin American countries that either have full-fledged inflation targeting regimes in place or have recently adopted them, using an array of methodologies commonly used in the literature. We find that NRIRs have declined in the las...

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Yazar: Magud, Nicolas
Diğer Yazarlar: Tsounta, Evridiki
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/243
Online Erişim:Full text available on IMF
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