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Macroprudential Policies in Response to External Financial Shocks

Author/Editor: Irineu E de Carvalho Filho, DingXuan Ng.

Release Date:January, 2023

This paper examines how countries use Macroprudential Policies (MaPs) to respond to external shocks such as US monetary policy surprises or fluctuations in capital flows. Constructing a model of a more...



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Predicting Macroeconomic and Macrofinancial Stress in Low-Income Countries

Author/Editor: Hans Weisfeld, Irineu E de Carvalho Filho, Fabio Comelli, Rahul Giri, Klaus-Peter Hellwig, Chengyu Huang, Fei Liu, Sandra V Lizarazo Ruiz, Alexis Meyer-Cirkel, Andrea F Presbitero.

Release Date:December, 2020

In recent years, Fund staff has prepared cross-country analyses of macroeconomic vulnerabilities in low-income countries, focusing on the risk of sharp declines in economic growth and of debt more...



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Can Foreign Exchange Intervention Stem Exchange Rate Pressures from Global Capital Flow Shocks?

Author/Editor: Olivier J. Blanchard, Gustavo Adler, Irineu E. de Carvalho Filho.

Release Date:July, 2015

Many emerging market economies have relied on foreign exchange intervention (FXI) in response to gross capital inflows. In this paper, we study whether FXI has been an effective tool to dampen the more...



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Inflation Targeting and the Crisis : An Empirical Assessment

Author/Editor: Irineu E. de Carvalho Filho.

Release Date:February, 2010

This paper appraises how countries with inflation targeting fared during the current crisis, with the goal of establishing the stylized facts that will guide and motivate future research. We find more...



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Exchange Rate Assessments : Methodologies for Oil Exporting Countries

Author/Editor: Irineu E. de Carvalho Filho, Rudolfs Bems.

Release Date:December, 2009

Are the current account fluctuations in oil-exporting countries excessive? How should their real exchange rate respond to the evolution of external (and domestic) fundamentals? This paper proposes more...



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Current Account and Precautionary Savings for Exporters of Exhaustible Resources

Author/Editor: Rudolfs Bems, Irineu E. de Carvalho Filho.

Release Date:February, 2009

Exporters of exhaustible resources have historically exhibited higher income volatility than other economies, suggesting a heightened role for precautionary savings. This paper uses a parameterized more...



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Household Income As A Determinant of Child Labor and School Enrollment in Brazil : Evidence From A Social Security Reform

Author/Editor: Irineu E. de Carvalho Filho.

Release Date:October, 2008

This paper studies the effects of household income on labor participation and school enrollment of children aged 10 to 14 in Brazil using a social security reform as a source of exogenous variation more...



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The Myth of Post-Reform Income Stagnation : Evidence from Brazil and Mexico

Author/Editor: Irineu E. de Carvalho Filho, Marcos Chamon.

Release Date:August, 2008

Economic policies are often judged by a handful of statistics, some of which may be biased during periods of change. We estimate the income growth implied by the evolution of food demand and durable more...



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