The transmission mechanism of monetary policy in a stabilizing economy: notes on the case of Brazil

Vol. 17 No. 3 (1997)

Jul-Sep / 1997
Published July 1, 1997
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How to Cite

Lopes, Francisco. 1997. “The Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy in a Stabilizing Economy: Notes on the Case of Brazil”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 17 (3):323-29. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571997-1049.

The transmission mechanism of monetary policy in a stabilizing economy: notes on the case of Brazil

Francisco Lopes
Diretor do Banco Central do Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 17 No. 3 (1997), Jul-Sep / 1997, Pages 323-329

Abstract

This note presents some considerations about the difficulty to understand the
transmission mechanism of monetary policy. This difficulty becomes even more accentuate
in case of economies experiencing a change in an environment from high to low rates of
inflation, with an analysis to the Brazilian case.

JEL Classification: E52; E58.


Keywords: Monetary policy inflation stabilization exchange rate