This blog post shares the story behind our recent working paper on how Colombia’s unique Gross Leverage Position in foreign exchange derivatives helped prevent a housing bubble from bursting and what emerging economies can learn from it.
The impact of integration on financial stability is a topic that has generated an extensive debate on its advantages and disadvantages. In our most recent study we revisit the debate on the effects of openness on financial stability.
FLARblog | What Happened to Integration and Financial Stability after the Global Financial Crisis? An Answer from Machine Learning
Instant Payments: The Present and Future of Payments in Latin America and the Caribbean
We are pleased to share with you the re-run of the session ‘Monetary Policy in Sudden Stop-Prone Economies’ by FLAR at the LACEA – LAMES 2023 annual meeting.
Press release | Joint IMF-RFAs press release on the 8th High-level RFA Dialogue
New Working Paper | U.S. Monetary Policy Shocks and Bank Lending in Latin America: Evidence of an International Bank Lending Channel
FLARblog | Does the U.S. Monetary Policy Shocks Affect Bank Lending in Latin America?
FLARblog | Latin America: A better than expected second quarter.
New working paper in academic journal | An Explained Extreme Gradient Boosting Approach for Identifying the Time-Varying Determinants of Sovereign Risk
FLARblog | Fiscal Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World: This time is not different.
This study provides an overview of steps taken by Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) to incorporate climate considerations into their activities, covering the areas of economic monitoring, lending, capacity building, and internal policies and operations.
New Working Paper | Banks’ Leverage in Foreign Exchange Derivatives in Times of Crises: A Tale of Two Countries
On October 27, the XXXVI Conference of Central Banks and Official Institutions was held in Cartagena de Indias. In its 36 editions, this is the first to propose a hybrid format for its sessions.
Official Announcement | XXXVI Conference of Central Banks and Official Institutions is coming up!
On August 12, the XVII Annual Conference of Economic Studies: Monetary Policy and Post-Covid Fiscal Rules will be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Event organized by FLAR in conjunction with the Development Bank of Latin America
FLAR Talks | The dollar debt of companies in Latin America: the warning signs
FLAR contributes to the well-being of Latin America and the Caribbean by promoting macroeconomic and financial stability in the region.