Estimating Potential Output in Chile: A Multivariate Filter for Mining and Non-Mining Sectors
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Summary:
Using a multivariate filter, we estimate potential growth rates in Chile’s mining and non-mining sectors. Estimates for the mining sector incorporate information on copper prices, whereas estimates for non-mining reflect information on inflation and unemployment rates. To better understand the drivers of potential growth, we decompose estimates into capital, labor (adjusted for human-capital and hours worked), and total-factor productivity using a production-function. Our estimates of potential output in Chile suggest that an important part of the recent growth slowdown has been structural, with potential-output growth slowing to 2½ percent in recent years, although it plausibly could be higher in the medium-term.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2016/201
Subject:
Economic sectors Metal prices Mining sector Output gap Potential output Prices Production Total factor productivity
English
Publication Date:
October 14, 2016
ISBN/ISSN:
9781475544923/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2016201
Pages:
32
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