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Monetary policy in Brazil: Evidence from new measures of monetary shocks As opiniões expressas no artigo são exclusivamente do autor.

Abstract

This paper derives new measures of monetary policy shocks for Brazil. First, one set of shocks is built inspired by Romer and Romer (2004)ROMER, Christina D., and David H. Romer. "A New Measure of Monetary Shocks: Derivation and Implications." American Economic Review, Volume 94(4) [2004]: 1055-1084. methodology, using official and private forecasts. Central Bank staff forecasts were collected from the technical presentations of monetary policy meetings, released after the introduction of the Access of Information Law, while private forecasts come from the Focus survey. Second, a yield curve shock is constructed for the Brazilian case, based on the Barakchian and Crowe (2013)BARAKCHIAN, S. Mahdi and Christopher Crowe. "Monetary policy matters: Evidence from new shocks data." Journal of Monetary Economics, 60 (2013): 950-966. methodology. Equipped with the shocks measures, I include them on VARs (Vector Autoregressions) and analyze the effects on inflation and output. A standardized monetary policy shock is found to reduce real GDP in up to 0.5%. In all but the yield curve shock case, it is found evidence of a price puzzle in the estimated models.

Keywords
Monetary policy; Shocks; Output; Inflation

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