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The contagion effect of public debt on monetary policy

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  • Fernando de Holanda Barbosa

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This paper attempts to explain why the Brazilian inter-bank interest rate is so high compared with rates practiced by other emerging economies. The interplay between the markets for bank reserves and government securities feeds into the inter-bank rate the risk premium of the Brazilian public debt. JEL Classification: E4; E5.

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  • Fernando de Holanda Barbosa, 2006. "The contagion effect of public debt on monetary policy," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 26(2), pages 231-238.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:26:y:2006:i:2:p:231-238:id:598
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    1. Costa da Silva, Guilherme Jonas & Guimarães e Souza, Gustavo José & Nabakashi, Luciano & Oreiro, José Luis, 2012. "The economics of demand-led growth: theory and evidence for Brazil," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), April.
    2. Mr. Roberto Perrelli & Mr. Shaun K. Roache, 2014. "Time-Varying Neutral Interest Rate—The Case of Brazil," IMF Working Papers 2014/084, International Monetary Fund.
    3. Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira & Cleomar Gomes da Silva, 2008. "Inflation Targeting in Brazil: A Keynesian Approach," Chapters, in: L. Randall Wray & Matthew Forstater (ed.), Keynes and Macroeconomics After 70 Years, chapter 11, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    4. André de Melo Modenesi & Rui Lyrio Modenesi & José Luis Oreiro & Norberto Montani Martins, 2013. "Convention, interest rates and monetary policy: a post-Keynesian–French-conventions-school approach," European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Edward Elgar Publishing, vol. 10(1), pages 76-92.
    5. Rossi, Jose Luiz & Delmondes de Carvalho Rossi, Marina & Carvalho Cunha, Daniel, 2019. "Transmission of monetary policy through the wealth channel in Brazil: Does the type of asset matter?," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 279-293.
    6. Helder Ferreira de Mendonça & Marcio Pereira Duarte Nunes, 2011. "Public debt and risk premium," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 38(2), pages 203-217, May.

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    Keywords

    inter-bank interest rate; public debt risk premium; monetary policy operational procedures;
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    JEL classification:

    • E4 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates
    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

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