Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models

This article uncovers some stylized facts about the short run fluctuations of the Brazilian economy after the Real Plan, giving special attention to the identification of the effects of monetary policy shocks. A distinctive feature of this article is the careful attention paid to monetary policy dev...

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Main Authors: Brisne Céspedes, Elcyon Lima, Alexis Maka
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Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2008-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Economia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402008000200001
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spelling doaj-9fc77c1460744da4ac74cbdcb027a7232020-11-24T23:13:13ZengFundação Getúlio VargasRevista Brasileira de Economia0034-71401806-91342008-06-0162212316010.1590/S0034-71402008000200001Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR modelsBrisne CéspedesElcyon LimaAlexis MakaThis article uncovers some stylized facts about the short run fluctuations of the Brazilian economy after the Real Plan, giving special attention to the identification of the effects of monetary policy shocks. A distinctive feature of this article is the careful attention paid to monetary policy developments after the Real Plan when dividing our sample into two subsamples (1996:07-1998:08 and 1999:03-2004:12). We use directed acyclic graphs to identify the Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) models. In contrast with most SVAR analysis for Brazil, we found empirical evidence that supports the view that a contractionary monetary policy indeed reduces the price level.<br>Este artigo obtém alguns fatos estilizados sobre as flutuações de curto prazo da economia brasileira após o Plano Real, dando atenção especial à identificação dos efeitos dos choques da política monetária. Dadas as alterações na política monetária, ocorridos após o Plano Real, optamos por dividir a nossa análise em dois subperíodos (1996:07-1998:08 e 1999:032004:12). Os modelos de Auto-Regressão Vetorial Estrutural (SVAR) foram identificados através do uso de grafos acíclicos direcionados. Em contraste com a maioria das análises feitas para o Brasil, que adotam modelos SVAR, encontramos evidências de que uma política monetária contracionista reduz o nível geral de preços.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402008000200001Structural VARMonetary PolicyDirected Acyclic Graphs
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Alexis Maka
Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models
Revista Brasileira de Economia
Structural VAR
Monetary Policy
Directed Acyclic Graphs
author_facet Brisne Céspedes
Elcyon Lima
Alexis Maka
author_sort Brisne Céspedes
title Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models
title_short Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models
title_full Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models
title_fullStr Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models
title_full_unstemmed Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models
title_sort monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in brazil after the real plan: stylized facts from svar models
publisher Fundação Getúlio Vargas
series Revista Brasileira de Economia
issn 0034-7140
1806-9134
publishDate 2008-06-01
description This article uncovers some stylized facts about the short run fluctuations of the Brazilian economy after the Real Plan, giving special attention to the identification of the effects of monetary policy shocks. A distinctive feature of this article is the careful attention paid to monetary policy developments after the Real Plan when dividing our sample into two subsamples (1996:07-1998:08 and 1999:03-2004:12). We use directed acyclic graphs to identify the Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) models. In contrast with most SVAR analysis for Brazil, we found empirical evidence that supports the view that a contractionary monetary policy indeed reduces the price level.<br>Este artigo obtém alguns fatos estilizados sobre as flutuações de curto prazo da economia brasileira após o Plano Real, dando atenção especial à identificação dos efeitos dos choques da política monetária. Dadas as alterações na política monetária, ocorridos após o Plano Real, optamos por dividir a nossa análise em dois subperíodos (1996:07-1998:08 e 1999:032004:12). Os modelos de Auto-Regressão Vetorial Estrutural (SVAR) foram identificados através do uso de grafos acíclicos direcionados. Em contraste com a maioria das análises feitas para o Brasil, que adotam modelos SVAR, encontramos evidências de que uma política monetária contracionista reduz o nível geral de preços.
topic Structural VAR
Monetary Policy
Directed Acyclic Graphs
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402008000200001
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