Tasa de política monetaria en México ante los efectos de Covid-19


Por: Vargas A.S., López-Herrera F.

Publicada: 1 ene 2020
Resumen:
The economic crisis feeded by Covid-19 has produced supply and demand shocks that affect the potential product and consumer preferences, an impact that suggests that the neutral real interest rate was modified and, therefore, the real interest rate should be adjusted so as not to generate a deeper economic contraction in Mexico. We estimate the value of the neutral rate using the Laubach and Williams method, based on the Kalman filter, and confirm the results with a cointegrated vector of autoregressions (CVAR) model. The results show that the neutral real rate, theoretically consistent with the full employment rate and the inflation target in Mexico, is reduced to 0.1 % and the nominal to 3.1 %. The empirical determination of the neutral rate based on two different methods for Mexico and its use to approximate how expansive the monetary policy should be in Mexico in the COVID stage. The results suggests the existence of enough room for an expansionary monetary policy that allows facing the crisis and boost economic activity for at least three years. © 2020 Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas. All rights reserved.

Filiaciones:
Vargas A.S.:
 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

 Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas. Circuito Mario de la Cueva s/n, Ciudad de la Investigación en Humanidades, Ciudad Universitaria, CDMX, C.P. 04510, Mexico

López-Herrera F.:
 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

 División de Investigación, Facultad de Contaduría y Administración., Ciudad Universitaria, Circuito Exterior s/n, Delegación Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04510, Mexico
ISSN: 16655346
Editorial
Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, A. C.
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 15 Número: 3
Páginas: 295-311
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