Macroeconomy, financial volatílity and rate of sacrifice in Colombia Macroeconomía, volatilidad financiera y tasa de sacrificio en Colombia

In a context of exchange rate liberalization, the current recession is the result of two factors: a) the instability generated by international capital flows, and b) the high cost resul ting from by monetary policy. This article proposes some causal relations between financial internationalization,...

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Main Author: González Jorge Iván
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 1999-06-01
Series:Cuadernos de Economía
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/ceconomia/article/view/11418
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Summary:In a context of exchange rate liberalization, the current recession is the result of two factors: a) the instability generated by international capital flows, and b) the high cost resul ting from by monetary policy. This article proposes some causal relations between financial internationalization, monetary policy and the real sector which allowus to understand the interaction between those two factors in the period 1991-1997.<br>En un contexto de liberalizacion cambiaria, la recesion actual es resultado de dos factores: a) la inestabilidad generada por los flujos de capitales internacionales y b) el alto costo ocacionado por la politica monetaria. En este articulo se proponen unas relaciones de causalidad entre internacionalizacion financiera, politica monetaria y sector real que permiten entender la interacion entre estos dos factores durante el periodo 1991-1997.
ISSN:0121-4772