Targeting Inflation in a Dollarized Economy: The Peruvian Experience

This discusses the unique experience of Peru's Central Bank with inflation targeting in an economy characterized by a high degree of financial dollarization. The paper outlines how Peru has taken financial dollarization into consideration in the design of monetary policy, then deals with monetary policy implementation and the Central Bank's strategy for controlling financial dollarization risks. The paper concludes with analysis and lessons drawn from the Peruvian case.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors: Adrián Armas
Format: Working Papers biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:Economy, WP-538,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010957
https://publications.iadb.org/en/targeting-inflation-dollarized-economy-peruvian-experience
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