MONETARY POLICY AND PUBLIC DEBT:

WHAT HAS CHANGED WITH THE CHANGE IN THE EXCHANGE REGIME?

Authors

  • Roberto Meurer UFSC
  • Robert Wayne Samohyl UFSC

Keywords:

monetary policy, public debt, exchange regime

Abstract

In this work, we try to verify if the change of the exchange rate regime from semi-fixed to floating, occurred in Brazil in 1999, influenced the conduct of monetary policy and the behavior of the federal public debt. Therefore, the conditioning factors of the monetary base are analyzed and the cost of debt for the periods from October 1994 to December 1998 and January 1999 to June 2003. The main characteristic of the conduction of Brazilian monetary policy, which is the use of operations with government bonds to sterilize other factors and achieve the target of
interest rate is maintained. Primary fiscal surpluses are important for sustainability of the Brazilian public debt. The floating exchange rate became a major factor in debt variation public debt, which underpins the strategy of reducing the exchange debt and reducing vulnerability
external. Debt behavior projections indicate that economic growth and
the reduction in the real interest rate may allow some easing of fiscal policy.

Author Biographies

Roberto Meurer, UFSC

Professor do Departamento de Economia da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).

Robert Wayne Samohyl, UFSC

Professor do Departamento de Engenharia de Produção e Sistemas da UFSC.

Published

2022-06-22

How to Cite

Meurer, R., & Samohyl, R. W. (2022). MONETARY POLICY AND PUBLIC DEBT:: WHAT HAS CHANGED WITH THE CHANGE IN THE EXCHANGE REGIME?. Planejamento E Políticas Públicas, (28). Retrieved from //ipea.gov.br/ppp/index.php/PPP/article/view/48

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