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An Evaluation of Monetary Regime Options for Latin America

By Andrew Berg, Paolo Mauro, Eduardo Borensztein

December 1, 2002

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Andrew Berg, Paolo Mauro, and Eduardo Borensztein. An Evaluation of Monetary Regime Options for Latin America, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2002) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

We assess monetary regime options for Latin American countries. The costs of a common currency are likely to outweigh its benefits, as those countries face diverse economic shocks, do not trade much with each other, and are affected by common international financial shocks only to the same extent as the average pair of emerging markets. Unilateral dollarization would be desirable only for those countries where there are strong links to the U.S. economy, the credibility of the monetary authorities is irreversibly lost, and there is keen demand for dollar-denominated financial assets. Finally, some countries in the region seem to be good candidates for meaningful and useful floating.

Subject: Currencies, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Floating exchange rates, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Money, Prices

Keywords: Central America, Common currency, Country, Currencies, Currency union, Dollarization, East Asia, Exchange rate, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rate regimes, Exchange rates, Floating exchange rate regime, Floating exchange rates, Inflation, Inflation pass-through, Inflation rate, Inflation stabilization objective, Nominal interest rate, Regime, South America, Unit of account, Western Europe, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    40

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2002/211

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2112002

  • ISBN:

    9781451874853

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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