External demand during the first half of 2013 was somewhat weaker than expected. In the United States, our largest trading partner, the increase in private spending is being offset partly by fiscal consolidation, which has led to a slight decline in the forecast for that country’s growth. The…
Granados-Castro, Joan Camilo
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Global economy continued to recover in the fourth quarter of 2013, thanks to the added momentum in the developed economies, especially the United States. In the euro area, the economic indicators pointed to low, but positive economic growth. Growth in the major emerging countries of Asia and…
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Since early last year relative food prices has shown an upward trend, which has not reverted yet (Graph B2.1). In annual terms, food inflation has risen almost steadily since December 2013, the month when it reached 0.9%, before jumping to 4.7% a year later and ending …
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In this paper we study the effect of monetary policy shocks on commodity prices. While most of the literature has found that expansionary shocks have a positive effect on aggregate price indices, we study the effect on individual prices of a sample of four commodities. This set of commodity…
