{"title":"Estimates of the US Shadow-Rate","authors":"Rodrigo Alfaro, Marco Piña","doi":"10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article provides several estimates for the shadow rate (SR) of the short-term interest rate in US. We assume maximal models with two and three Gaussian factors, and we use forward rates to estimate the model’s parameters. Based on that, we conclude that point estimates of SR should be taken with caution because they depend on the characteristics of the data set, including the sample size, maturities, and smoothness. The latter is even more crucial than other settings discussed previously in the literature, such as the number of factors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100867,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Journal of Central Banking","volume":"4 1","pages":"Article 100080"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50195221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sectoral supply and demand shocks during COVID-19: Evidence from Mexico","authors":"Ricardo Chavarín, Ricardo Gómez, Alfredo Salgado","doi":"10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100083","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably caused both supply and demand shocks. Nevertheless, it is uncertain to what extent each factor contributed more to the evolution of prices and economic activity at different points since the onset of the pandemic. Whether inflationary pressures are mainly due to demand or supply shocks is an important matter for the stance of monetary policy. By employing a sign-restricted SBVAR, we study supply and demand factors as potential sources of heterogeneity in sectoral performance of economic activity in Mexico. We find that during the peak contraction in 2020-2Q, the demand shock was the dominant source of fluctuation across most sectors. Moreover, we assess the extent to which economic activity responds to foreign shocks and find that domestic demand shocks are the primary drivers of GDP fluctuations in 2020-2Q, with external demand and supply conditions and exchange rate shocks also playing significant roles. In contrast, since the beginning of 2021, external supply has negatively contributed to the variation of several sectors, particularly in industrial production, whereas domestic and external demand factors have generally positively contributed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100867,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Journal of Central Banking","volume":"4 1","pages":"Article 100083"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50195222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roberto Calderón-Colín , Juan Francisco Carmona Sánchez
{"title":"A multivariate analysis of SIEFORE daily returns","authors":"Roberto Calderón-Colín , Juan Francisco Carmona Sánchez","doi":"10.1016/j.latcb.2023.100084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2023.100084","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This document presents a multivariate analysis of the relationship among daily returns of pension funds in Mexico from 1997 to 2019. We provide evidence of a positive relationship among daily returns through five statistical methods. We find Granger causality of the returns of some funds to others, showing that some managers’ decisions affect the others’ investment decisions. We introduce financial-connectedness indicators for daily returns, finding a high degree of linkage and spillovers. The high levels of financial connectedness observed suggest that shocks on the economy affect the SIEFORE returns in the same direction and with generally similar magnitude.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100867,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Journal of Central Banking","volume":"4 1","pages":"Article 100084"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50195223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New trends in retail payments: How technological changes are reshaping the payments system. Introducing a proposal for a new pan-European instant payment system","authors":"Tommaso De Portu","doi":"10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100075","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Since the institution of a unified European market, the retail payment system has changed significantly. In September 2020, the European Commission adopted the Digital Finance Package, that includes a digital finance strategy, legislative proposals on crypto-assets and digital resilience, as well as a renewed strategy for retail payments.</p><p>This work proposes the framework for a new pan-European retail payment system based on public identity recognition and disintermediation of currently used devices: Euro-PaID. The aim is to have a competitive EU financial sector that gives consumers access to innovative financial products whilst ensuring consumer protection and financial stability.</p><p>The new system is designed in compliance with existing regulations. However, because certain aspects do not fall within the scope of applicable EU law, ad hoc regulation should be enacted. We concluded that a holistic approach is essential in rethinking regulation to address the numerous social implications of a hypothetical change in the payments system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100867,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Journal of Central Banking","volume":"3 4","pages":"Article 100075"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666143822000291/pdfft?md5=17af46d667922ed7744746ae25dfcc09&pid=1-s2.0-S2666143822000291-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72258491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of size and productivity on borrowing discouragement for small firms in Colombia","authors":"O. Jaulín-Méndez","doi":"10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100077","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100867,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Journal of Central Banking","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74080110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos A. Arango-Arango , Yanneth Rocío Betancourt-García , Manuela Restrepo-Bernal
{"title":"An application of the tourist test to Colombian merchants","authors":"Carlos A. Arango-Arango , Yanneth Rocío Betancourt-García , Manuela Restrepo-Bernal","doi":"10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100076","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As in many developing economies, cash is still widely used in Colombia, even among merchants who accept payment cards. Indeed, 60% of these merchants use dissuasive strategies to make their clients pay with cash. This paper presents estimates of merchant card fees that are optimal according to the Tourist Test, so that merchants are indifferent between being paid with cash or cards. We find the estimates are far below the rates that the industry charges because of the low marginal costs of cash and the incentives that sales-tax evasion—a common practice in many developing economies—adds to its promotion. Moreover, we find that reductions in cash usage may lead to an increase in optimal merchant card fees due to scale effects. The results show that the Tourist Test should be used as a guideline for regulators but ought to be complemented with a broader analysis of the industry.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100867,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Journal of Central Banking","volume":"3 4","pages":"Article 100076"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666143822000308/pdfft?md5=1dd4b89d4fe89053f0e9e549ef9a6d76&pid=1-s2.0-S2666143822000308-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72225456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New trends in retail payments: How technological changes are reshaping the payments system. Introducing a proposal for a new pan-European instant payment system","authors":"Tommaso De Portu","doi":"10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100867,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Journal of Central Banking","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80457689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Loan renegotiation and the long-term impact on total factor productivity","authors":"Antonio Sánchez Serrano","doi":"10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100074","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>When a loan is close to becoming non-performing, banks have stronger incentives to renegotiate it in favourable conditions for the borrower (loan forbearance) rather than for recognising and resolving the non-performing loan. At the aggregated level and looking at borrowers (non-financial corporations), the preference for loan renegotiation may affect total factor productivity and aggregate productivity growth, as new entrants, typically using technologies that are more advanced, may be crowded out from bank funding by incumbent non-financial corporations (this would particularly be the case in the absence of well-developed financial markets). The empirical analysis finds that a wider use of loan renegotiation, seen through lower values of provisions to total loans, has a negative effect on the change of total factor productivity (in addition to the influence of consumption growth). These results provide useful insights when considering the resolution of non-performing loans and the long-term consequences on the real economy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100867,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Journal of Central Banking","volume":"3 4","pages":"Article 100074"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266614382200028X/pdfft?md5=4dffaae2467708b231556fb780a12063&pid=1-s2.0-S266614382200028X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72225454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Relationship between Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Colombia: An Empirical Exploration of the Credit Channel","authors":"Ignacio Lozano-Espitia , Fernando Arias-Rodríguez","doi":"10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100072","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper provides evidence of the relationship between fiscal and monetary policy in Colombia through an empirical exploration of the credit risk channel. Under this empirical approach, fiscal policy serves as an important explanatory role in the sovereign risk premium which, in turn, could affect the exchange rate and inflation expectations. The colombian central bank reacts to inflation expectations by using the policy interest rate; consequently, such reaction could be indirectly influenced by fiscal policy behavior. Using monthly data from January 2003 to December 2019, we estimate a reduced-form system of equations that describes the credit risk channel in a small open economy. Our findings are in line with the theoretical predictions. Fiscal policy affected the country’s sovereign risk during this period, although its incidence was not particularly large. Thus, we infer that there could be insufficient evidence of fiscal dominance in Colombia during the period analyzed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100867,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Journal of Central Banking","volume":"3 4","pages":"Article 100072"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666143822000266/pdfft?md5=7e09551776008134af679ee2b2b9a76b&pid=1-s2.0-S2666143822000266-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136477065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supply shocks and monetary policy responses in emerging economies","authors":"José Antonio Ocampo , Jair Ojeda-Joya","doi":"10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100071","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100071","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Supply shocks bring about important dilemmas for monetary policy in emerging economies. We compute monetary policy responses to supply shocks using quarterly data and a Bayesian panel VAR for 24 emerging economies during the period 2004–2019. In this framework, we identify supply shocks as unexpected and temporary total factor productivity innovations which are orthogonal to demand related shocks. We highlight three results from this econometric exercise. First, monetary policy is, in average, procyclical in emerging economies after temporary supply shocks. Second, monetary policy is more procyclical in fixed than in flexible exchange-rate regimes. Third, monetary policy is more procyclical in economies with a higher degree of financial openness. The latter result is a central dilemma for emerging economies during supply shocks, since it implies that financial openness prevents less procyclical monetary policy reactions due to the trade-off between exchange rate and income volatility.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100867,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Journal of Central Banking","volume":"3 4","pages":"Article 100071"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666143822000254/pdfft?md5=2170503775a48dadf20183f9329acb6d&pid=1-s2.0-S2666143822000254-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84751774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}